On Aug. 31, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., finally delivered on his threat to read the names of the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged accomplices on the House floor. Massie has long pushed for the release of the Epstein files, backing the Epstein Transparency Act alongside Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., which President Donald Trump signed into law last year. But the Justice Department has dragged its feet in releasing the documents, and what has been disclosed so far has been heavily redacted — except for some cases where victims’ names were exposed — and is apparently not complete.
“The government continues to withhold over three million files,” Massie said. “That’s why we’ve introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, to bring the fight to the state courts, accountability to the Department of Justice and closure for survivors. We want perpetrators of these crimes to be investigated and prosecuted.”
