Epstein Files Expected to Start Reaching Lawmakers This Week

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23.Photographer: Adam Gray/Getty Images

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August 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM UTC

The Justice Department will begin providing members of Congress with files related to the sex-trafficking operation run by the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein this week, according to a House Republican leader.

The action comes in response to a subpoena demanding the “full, complete, unredacted Epstein files” sent earlier this month by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer. The subpoena ordered the department to turn over the materials by Aug. 19.