1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

On January 30, 2026, the Department of Justice released over 3.5 million pages of documents, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The material included FBI diagrams of Epstein's victim network, sworn depositions naming powerful individuals, flight logs, financial records, and photographs from his properties. Despite this massive evidence release, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated federal prosecutors found nothing that allowed them to prosecute anybody. This federal inaction is structural, not evidentiary. Federal prosecutors answer to the Attorney General, who serves at the President's pleasure, creating a chain of command that protects politically connected individuals. The President can fire U.S. attorneys, pardon federal convictions, and direct investigations. In November 2025, at President Trump's urging, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced investigations into Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats who had not been accused of misconduct by survivors, demonstrating political weaponization of federal prosecutorial power. I urge you to support the Epstein Justice Act, model legislation that enables state-level criminal investigations and prosecutions related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking network. The constitutional authority is settled law under the dual sovereignty doctrine, reaffirmed in Gamble v. United States (2019) by a 7-2 Supreme Court vote. A state prosecution for crimes within its borders operates entirely outside federal control. The President cannot fire state attorneys general, cannot pardon state convictions, and cannot direct state investigations. Epstein committed crimes in multiple states where survivors testified under oath about abuse. The proposed legislation, modeled on New York's Martin Act, would grant our state attorney general independent authority to open criminal investigations into conduct described in the Epstein files when it allegedly occurred within our borders. It would establish investigative subpoena power to compel testimony and document production, create mechanisms to receive relevant federal materials, and eliminate statutes of limitations prospectively for sex trafficking offenses involving minors. The legislation is ready. The evidence is public. The constitutional authority is settled. We need someone willing to go first. I ask you to introduce or co-sponsor the Epstein Justice Act and demonstrate that our state will not allow political connections to shield those who enabled child sex trafficking.