Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein's years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
On the eve of the news conference, the House committee that's been investigating the Epstein files released thousands of documents related to the case that the Justice Department had handed over to lawmakers.
The surprise document dump of nearly 34,000 pages by the House Oversight Committee included a Justice Department interview with one-time Epstein partner Ghislaine Maxwell, and videos that appear to show the inside of Epstein's Palm Beach, Florida home.
THOUSANDS OF EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS SUDDENLY RELEASED
"This is the most thorough investigation into Epstein and Maxwell to date, and we are getting results," Oversight Committee chair Rep. James Comer of Kentucky said Tuesday evening.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at the New Hampshire AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast, on Sept. 1, 2025, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News )
In the ensuing years, there has been intense speculation and theories regarding who else may have been involved in the sex ring the financier allegedly operated.
A House vote on a separate resolution proposed by GOP leadership, which calls on the Oversight Committee to formally continue its investigation into the Epstein files, along with the document release Tuesday evening, appear to be a concerted effort to blunt Khanna and Massie.
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Massie claimed that the leadership's resolution aims to "provide political cover for those members who don’t support our bipartisan legislation to force the release of the Epstein files."
But Johnson, hours later, shot back, arguing, "I would not put much stock into what Thomas Massie says."
And the Speaker added that "the House is going to do its job here, and you're going to get maximum transparency. And we'll let the American people decide."
A handful of accusers of both Epstein and Maxwell, who was convicted of sex-trafficking and is serving 20 years in prison, were on Capitol Hill Tuesday and met privately with Johnson and Comer.
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