President Donald Trump declared that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has “done its job” in releasing records related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and that it is “time to end” the ongoing demand for more transparency. The president’s statement, made in a lengthy post on his social media platform, Truth Social, comes as a coalition of Democrats and Republicans continues to press for the full disclosure of documents related to the disgraced financier.
Trump’s remarks Friday morning followed a week of intense scrutiny over the federal government’s handling of the Epstein files. In his post, the president launched a broadside against Democrats, accusing them of a “hoax” and claiming they did “nothing” about Epstein “while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money!” He questioned the motivations behind their current calls for transparency, stating, “Now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love and heartfelt concern for his victims. Does anybody really believe that?”
The president went on to assert that the DOJ had fulfilled its obligations, writing, “The Department of Justice has done its job, they have given everything requested of them.” He then called for an end to what he termed the “Democrat Epstein Hoax” and urged that Republicans be given “credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing,” except that the files have been heavily redacted, so you can’t see what they don’t want you to see.
Trump keeps trying to kill the Epstein case
However, Trump’s position runs contrary to the efforts of several high-profile Republicans who have joined Democrats in calling for the release of more information. Among those outspoken members of Congress are Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
Massie, a Republican, has been at the forefront of this push, working with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California to circulate a discharge petition. This legislative maneuver would force a floor vote in the House to compel the DOJ to hand over all remaining documents to Congress. The petition requires 218 signatures to pass, and supporters have expressed confidence that they will secure the necessary support by the end of September.
In lengthy post, Trump rails against the quest for more Epstein info, calling it a “Democrat hoax”
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He also says DOJ has “given everything requested of them” by Congress
But Oversight Committee has said they’ve only received a first batch, and Speaker Johnson insists more coming pic.twitter.com/fSnvgp4902
In response to Trump’s Friday post, Massie issued a statement pushing back on the administration’s stance. “The administration’s opposition to our discharge petition is evidence that not all of the files have been released by them,” Massie said. He further criticized the documents that have been made public so far, stating they are “heavily redacted as to be useless” and “by design, not a single complicit associate of Epstein and Maxwell is named.”
The controversy has been simmering all summer, exacerbated by a July DOJ memo that concluded there was no proof of a so-called “client list.” Despite this, pressure from within Trump’s own political base, the MAGA movement, has been a key factor in the push for more transparency. In July, Trump had even ordered then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “pertinent” grand jury testimony from the Epstein case.
The House Oversight Committee has only received approximately one-third of the total 100,000 pages of files. The committee confirmed Tuesday it had obtained more than 33,000 pages, many of which were already in the public domain.
