Overview
- Lawmakers are slated to begin viewing unredacted Justice Department Epstein records on department computers starting Monday, with Judiciary leaders prioritized and no staff or devices allowed.
- The public release spans more than three million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos, with the DOJ cautioning that mentions do not prove wrongdoing and many documents are raw or unverified.
- Bill and Hillary Clinton say their House Oversight testimony should be public rather than closed-door, arguing transparency will prevent partisan misuse; no evidence has linked them to criminal conduct in the files.
- Official reports and reviewed video logs detail security failures around Epstein’s 2019 jail death, fueling online speculation and viral, unverified posts, including an image flagged by users as likely AI-generated.
- Political fallout has accelerated across Europe—with firings, suspensions and probes in the U.K., Norway and elsewhere—while consequences in the United States remain more limited and contested.