The GOP-controlled House has released the first tranche of documents in its investigation into convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein — a move intended to quash the mounting calls for answers around why the Justice Department allowed Epstein to continue to prey on victims for decades.
The trove of materials, however, is unlikely to satisfy those clamoring for more information about the case. The first batch of files, subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, contains almost exclusively information that has already been released publicly.
The pages were originally handed over to lawmakers last month, but Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee took more than a week to privately review 33,000 files. The committee’s GOP majority said it was coordinating with the Justice Department to redact information that could compromise the victims or ongoing criminal matters.
It’s expected that DOJ will continue to turn over information.
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