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Maya Yang

US congressmen ask judge to appoint official to force release of all Epstein files

documents showing a mugshot of a man
Documents that were included in the US Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed on 2 January 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) Photograph: Jon Elswick/AP

Two US House of Representatives members have asked a federal judge to appoint a special master to compel the justice department to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.

On Thursday, Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative of California and his Republican colleague Thomas Massie of Kentucky asked US district judge Paul Engelmayer to release the full Epstein files, as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

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