Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in 2025 by a near-unanimous vote. Republicans and Democrats agreed the public has a right to see what the government knew about Jeffrey Epstein and the people around him. Then the administration kept releasing the files with names and emails blacked out, and there was nothing in the law to stop it.
It took a journalist, Katie Phang, suing under a separate statute to get a federal judge to act. On June 25, 2026, Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Justice Department to release additional unredacted records, including a draft Epstein indictment with co-conspirators' names hidden and a 2019 email naming others, or explain by July 2 why they should stay secret. A reporter had to force what the law you passed was supposed to guarantee.
I am asking you to do two things.
First, demand that the Justice Department fully comply with Judge Sullivan's order by July 2 and stop redacting names the public has a right to see. Use oversight hearings to make that happen.
Second, amend the Epstein Files Transparency Act to add a real enforcement mechanism, with firm deadlines and penalties for noncompliance, so no future administration can quietly ignore a disclosure law Congress passed.
A transparency law no one can enforce is not transparency. Please give it teeth and make sure these files reach the public.
