House Oversight Committee releases some Justice Department files in Epstein and Maxwell cases

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON AP The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell The folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell They also contained video files appearing to be body cam footage from police searches as well as law enforcement interviews with casualties with their faces Related Articles Trump addresses fitness rumors after days without citizens events Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition Trump says US strike on vessel in Caribbean targeted Venezuela s Tren de Aragua gang killed The -year-old law that governs military s role in local law enforcement Watch live Trump announces Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama The Justice Department disclosed the files to the committee in response to a subpoena but Democrats on the committee have reported the files mostly contain information that was already publicly known Still pressure is growing in Congress for lawmakers to act to force greater disclosure in the occurrence House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to quell an effort by Democrats and specific Republicans to force a vote on a bill that would require the Justice Department to release all the information in the so-called Epstein files with the exception of the casualties personal information of the casualties