The House Oversight Committee released over 33,000 documents on Tuesday related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that the Justice Department shared with the panel in August.

Why it matters: The release delivers on months of pressure to make the Epstein files public. It could sap momentum from GOP rebels pushing their own discharge petition to release the files.

Catch up quick: The DOJ sent "thousands of pages" of records to the Oversight Committee in August as a result of a subpoena, with more files on the way. • But the panel's top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), said the majority of the documents shared are already public. • Oversight has lined up depositions with Bill and Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, and, newly added, former U.S. Attorney Alex

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