1. United States
2. Ill.
3. Letter

The Justice Department released over 3 million pages of Epstein files on Friday following the 2024 congressional mandate, but approximately 200,000 pages remain redacted or withheld based on claimed privileges including attorney-client and deliberative process protections. This partial disclosure is insufficient given the scope of crimes documented and the public interest in full transparency. The released documents reveal extensive connections between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and powerful figures across politics, business, and finance. A draft indictment from the 2000s would have charged Epstein and three unnamed co-conspirators with conspiracy involving 19 girls, some as young as 14, between 2001 and 2005. That indictment was never brought. Instead, Epstein received a controversial non-prosecution agreement in 2007. The public deserves to know who those three co-conspirators were and why they were never charged. A DOJ diagram shows Epstein's inner circle including Ghislaine Maxwell, Jean-Luc Brunel, employees, pilots, and Leslie Wexner, but redacted five individuals including Maxwell's assistant and four Epstein employees. These redactions protect potential co-conspirators while survivors report that numerous victims' names appear unredacted despite DOJ claims of prioritizing victim privacy. This selective protection is unacceptable. The files document that many powerful individuals maintained relationships with Epstein after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. The public has a right to know the full extent of who enabled, participated in, or had knowledge of Epstein's crimes. Attorney-client privilege should not shield criminal conspiracy, and deliberative process protections should not apply to closed investigations involving deceased subjects. I urge you to demand the Justice Department release all remaining Epstein files without redactions except for genuine victim privacy protections. Transparency and accountability require nothing less than complete disclosure.