HRES 589
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Requires the Attorney General to publish Justice Department records on Jeffrey Epstein's investigation, detention, and death in a searchable, downloadable form within 30 days, with limited exceptions for victim identities, child sexual abuse material, and certain classified or secret grand jury material.
Official title: Providing for the public release of certain documents, records, and communications related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
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House
Referred
17-JUL-2025
On the calendar
21-JUL-2025
- Requires the Attorney General to make public credible documents, records, and communications, including metadata, about the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations, Epstein's detention or death, and specified court cases.
- Bars withholding, delaying, or redacting records because of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including for government officials, public figures, or foreign dignitaries.
- Allows withholding or redaction for victim identities, child sexual abuse material, active investigations if narrowly tailored, grand jury secrecy under Rule 6(e), images of death or injury, properly classified information, and records that are demonstrably false or unauthenticated, with written justifications published in the Federal Register and sent to Congress.
- Requires a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees within 15 days after the release is completed, listing released and withheld records, redaction bases, and government officials and politically exposed persons named in the materials.
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Crime and Law Enforcement
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15 Republicans