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(NewsNation) — The authorities has released 33,295 pages of Jeffrey Epstein-related records that it received from the U.S. Department of Justice.
"Today, the House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform released 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records that were provided by the U.S. Department of Justice," the committee wrote successful a statement.
"On August 5, Chairman Comer issued a subpoena for records related to Mr. Jeffrey Epstein, and the Department of Justice has indicated it volition proceed producing those records portion ensuring the redaction of unfortunate identities and immoderate kid intersexual maltreatment material. Epstein-related documents tin beryllium found here."
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said earlier Tuesday that the authorities was uploading 34,000 pages of documents that were acceptable to beryllium released. The papers dump came hours aft lawmakers met with Epstein victims.
Lawmakers conscionable with Epstein accusers
"The victims themselves person stated this is simply a batch bigger than I deliberation anyone anticipated," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said aft the meeting.
"There are immoderate precise affluent and almighty radical that request to spell to jailhouse ... it is precise overmuch truthful a anticipation that Jeffrey Epstein was an quality plus moving for our adversaries, but also, the question we person is, 'How overmuch did our ain authorities cognize astir it?'"
Republicans connected the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed the Epstein estate for a slew of delicate documents, including thing resembling a “client list” and Epstein’s “birthday book” — a 2003 volume, compiled by his erstwhile woman Ghislaine Maxwell, that reportedly includes a letter written by President Donald Trump erstwhile helium was a backstage national successful New York. Those materials are slated for transportation to Capitol Hill by Sept. 8.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., confirmed via X that she near the gathering with accusers aboriginal aft becoming overwhelmed by victims' stories astir what they endured.
"As a caller subsister (not 2 years in), I had a precise hard clip listening to their stories. Full blown panic attack. Sweating. Hyperventilating. Shaking. I can’t breathe," she wrote aft leaving the meeting.
"I consciousness the immense symptom of however hard each victims are warring for themselves due to the fact that we cognize perfectly nary 1 volition combat for us. GOD BLESS ALL SURVIVORS."
On Wednesday, a brace of bipartisan lawmakers volition big a quality league astatine the Capitol to beforehand their efforts to unit the Trump medication to merchandise each of the government’s Epstein files. To ramp up the pressure, the lawmakers — Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. — volition beryllium joined by several Epstein accusers.
"We person 2 eventual objectives here: We privation to bring justness to each azygous idiosyncratic who is progressive successful the Epstein evils of the cover-up thereof," Johnson said.
"But we besides privation to beryllium arsenic definite that we support the guiltless victims, galore of these young women, immoderate of them are present middle-aged women, person ne'er travel forward. We bash not privation their names oregon identities to beryllium uncovered."
NewsNation affiliate The Hill contributed to this report.
