House oversight panel releases 33,000 pages of Epstein files

WASHINGTON (NYT) — A top House committee released more than 33,000 pages of records on Tuesday that the Justice Department had turned over last month in connection with its investigation of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, as Republican leaders toiled to tamp down pressure in their ranks for more transparency.

The release of the files by the House Oversight Committee, the chamber’s chief investigative panel, had been expected, and it was not immediately clear whether it included any material the Trump administration had not already made public. Epstein, whose rich and powerful friends included President Donald Trump, died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

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