Providing for the public release of certain documents, records, and communications related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Public release of Epstein investigation files

This resolution would require the Attorney General to publish, in a searchable and downloadable format, all credible DOJ documents, records, and communications that refer or relate to the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations. The release would include FBI and U.S. Attorney files, records tied to United States v. Maxwell, United States v. Jeffrey Epstein, and Farmer v. United States, and materials about Epstein's detention or death. The release would be completed not later than 30 days after enactment. The resolution would bar withholding or redaction for embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity. Narrow redactions would still be allowed for specified reasons: victims' personally identifiable information, child sexual-abuse images, narrowly tailored information that would jeopardize an active investigation or prosecution, certain grand jury protections, images of death or injury, properly classified national-security material, and demonstrably false or unauthenticated items. Every redaction would need a written justification published in the Federal Register and sent to Congress. The Attorney General would be asked to declassify covered items to the maximum extent possible, or else provide an unclassified summary for each withheld classified item. Within 15 days after finishing the release, the Attorney General would send Congress a report listing categories released and withheld, a summary of redactions and legal bases, and a list of all government officials and politically exposed persons named in the materials. Any decision to classify covered information after July 1, 2025 would have to be published and sent to Congress with the date, who classified it, and an unclassified justification.