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The Justice Department, which has been criticized for withholding files on Jeffrey Epstein from the public, plans to release a new set of documents on the notorious sex offender “very soon,” MS Now reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The development came a day after the House Oversight Committee approved a motion to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for questioning about her handling of the Justice Department’s investigation into Epstein and her handling of documents about him that are required by law to be made available to the public.
“AG Bondi claims the Justice Department has released the entire Epstein file. The record is clear: They haven’t released it,” said Rep. Nancy Mace, R.S.C., in a post to X on Thursday, which introduced the motion. “The Epstein scandal is one of the biggest cover-ups in American history.”
“The Epstein case is one of the largest cover-ups in U.S. history. His global sex trafficking network is larger than is currently being revealed,” Mace said.
“Three million documents have been released, and we still don’t know the full truth. We can’t find the video, we can’t find the audio, we can’t find the logs. There are millions more documents out there. We want to know why the Department of Justice is more focused on protecting the powerful than delivering justice.”
Mr. Mace gave a fiery speech about Mr. Bondi to reporters on Thursday, telling reporters, “There’s a lot more I’d like to ask you, but I’m not going to talk about the stock market, so when you come to the Oversight Committee, don’t bring those notes with you.”
The comment was in reference to Bondi’s angrily telling members of the House Judiciary Committee last month that they should talk about the strong stock market when asked by Representative Jerry Nadler of New York how many of Epstein’s co-conspirators he had indicted. Bondi has not prosecuted anyone in connection with Epstein.
In a new statement Thursday, the Justice Department said “mistakes are inevitable” in a massive project to examine millions of documents to determine what the law requires to be released about Epstein and convicted procurer Ghislaine Maxwell.
“If brought to our attention by the public, we will immediately work to correct any mistakes our team may have made in the first place,” the Justice Department said.
“As with all documents reported by the public, if a document is inappropriately tagged during the review process and found to be compliant with the Act, the Department will of course make it public.”
The Epstein Transparency Act, passed by Congress last year and signed by President Donald Trump after months of opposition, requires the Justice Department to release all files it has on Epstein.
The Department of Justice does no such thing.
It has released about 3.5 million documents in recent months, but millions more have been withheld. And new reports reveal that the Justice Department has removed some previously released files from public view.
Among the files withheld were notes and memos related to FBI interviews with women who said they were sexually abused by President Trump when they were minors.
Trump has never been charged with any wrongdoing related to his former friend Epstein. He also claims that the files “exonerate” him.
This week, the oversight committee called on Microsoft founder Bill Gates, top Goldman Sachs lawyer Katherine Ruemmler, billionaires Leon Black and Ted Waite, and three others to testify about their dealings with Epstein.
The committee recently questioned former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, about Mr. Epstein.
