WASHINGTON – Women who say they were abused by the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein are speaking out to force the Justice Department to release all of the criminal investigative files in the case.

The demands pose a challenge for President Donald Trump and some Republican congressional leaders who demanded more information about Epstein for years but now say the full release of documents could hurt his victims.

House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-Louisiana, told reporters a vote to force the Justice Department to release more documents is no longer necessary after a House committee released 33,295 pages of subpoenaed records Sept. 2.

"It's superfluous at this point, and I think we're achieving the desired end here," Johnson said. More: How Trump and 'terrific guy' Jeffrey Eps

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