Epstein files -- Breaking the law to protect predators is a new low even for Trump
Breaking the law to protect predators is a new low even for Trump.
- Fri, Dec 19 2025 at 4:40 PM
Dear Mark,
Today is a big day for those of us who care about ending sexual violence. It's the day that all case files related to the late child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein were finally set to be released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, with minimal required redactions.1 Unfortunately, that's not what happened.
While we now have access to more files than ever before--a true testament to the tenacity and resilience of Epstein's survivors--U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Department of Justice will not meet the deadline to fully release the Epstein files as required by law under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.2,3 This is a slap in the face to survivors everywhere.
We need your help getting these demands to the House Oversight Committee: Hold the DOJ accountable for failing to comply with Congress and the law, and release all the files you have access to.
Join us and our friends at the Sexual Violence Prevention Association (SVPA) in writing live letters to the House Oversight Committee with this demand.
CLICK HERE When you click the button above, you will be directed to a page with instructions and a full letter template that you can adjust and personalize. The letter is live, meaning it will be emailed to all House Oversight Committee members in real-time.
What we need to convey to the members of the House Oversight Committee is that:
- Their constituents and the public are infuriated at the DOJ's partial release of the Epstein files, which is in direct violation of the law, and a blatant subversion of our democracy. We are paying closer attention than ever and will not rest until we receive transparency and accountability.
- We expect them to ensure that the DOJ releases ALL remaining files with only minimal required redactions, as mandated in the Epstein Files Transparency Act, immediately.
- We expect them to release all of the files that they have, given the DOJ’s failure to adhere to the legal mandate.
- We expect them to hold the DOJ accountable, including launching an investigation into the agency’s failure to adhere to the law.
- We expect them to facilitate true accountability and justice for the people and institutions named in the files as complicit in Epstein and Maxwell’s abuse.
A huge thank you to those of you who have already written to the House Oversight Committee this week! If you have already written a letter, a second letter will be a crucial follow-up in the wake of such blatant disregard of the law. If you haven't written yet, your letter is essential to signal to Congress that our movement is growing in the wake of DOJ's deceitful, performative release.
We've said this before, and we'll say it again: Survivors are exhausted. Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell abused at least 1,000 women over a decade or more. Some of their victims were young girls at the time of their abuse.4 And yet, political leaders continue to protect abusers over survivors. These women deserve far more than what was delivered today, and the public deserves far more than what was delivered today.5
This year alone, hundreds of thousands of allies across the United States--including UltraViolet Action and SVPA community members--have signed petitions, made phone calls, and rallied in person, demanding full transparency into Epstein and Maxwell's massive crime ring. All of this was done across the political spectrum, following the lead of brave survivors abused by Epstein and Maxwell.6 And now, on the day we were supposed to finally receive transparency, the truth remains obscured. What are they hiding? How many more excuses can they make?
Let us be crystal clear: We fought to pass a law that required the DOJ to release the files with only a handful of redactions, to protect the privacy of survivors. We will not be satisfied until the DOJ fully adheres to the provisions in the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Once it does, and all of Epstein's accomplices are revealed, we will demand accountability of every individual and institution that committed or enabled sexual violence, pedophilia, and human trafficking. Until then, we will keep fighting.
Please help us send this message loudly, clearly, and urgently to the House Oversight Committee.
Thank you for fighting this fight alongside us, and alongside survivors everywhere.
Thanks for speaking out!
--Jenna and the UltraViolet Action Team
Sources:
1. DOJ must release Epstein files by Friday or risk repercussions, law's co-author says, NBC News, December 17, 2025
2. Blanche says DOJ won’t release full Epstein files by Friday deadline, The Hill, December 19, 2025
3. Epstein files' release: What's required, what could be held back, The Hill, December 17, 2025
4. Jeffrey Epstein victimized 1,000 women and children. His survivors have a message, USA Today, November 20, 2025
5. Justice Department official says full Epstein files won't come by Friday deadline, NPR, December 19, 2025
6. The Epstein Survivors Are Demanding Accountability Now, The Nation, December 17, 2025
- Fri, Dec 19 2025 at 1:01 PM
Mark –
Today is the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to release the full Epstein files. Not a preview. Not a selective dump. Not a slow trickle stretched out over weeks. The law is explicit, and the clock is about to run out.
And yet, reporting this morning makes clear that the Justice Department is preparing to violate both the spirit and the letter of the law by releasing records piecemeal instead of all at once as required. That is not transparency. It is delay dressed up as compliance.
Congress anticipated this exact scenario. That is why the Epstein Files Transparency Act states plainly that records cannot be withheld, delayed, or redacted to avoid embarrassment, political consequences, or reputational harm for powerful people. Congress did not pass this law so the Department of Justice could decide what the public is allowed to see and when.
Even Republican co-sponsors of the bill have warned what to look for today. If the release contains no names of accused individuals, no meaningful accounting of decisions not to prosecute, and no clear explanation of what is being withheld, then the department has failed to comply. It is that simple.
At that point, responsibility shifts squarely to the House Committee on Oversight. Republican members cannot claim ignorance. They cannot hide behind process. They cannot allow the executive branch to ignore federal law without consequence. Oversight only matters if it is enforced.
This moment is not about partisan games. Survivors have been clear that their abuse should not be exploited or buried for political reasons. Transparency delayed protects the powerful and betrays the public.
SIGN THE PETITION The deadline is today. What happens next depends on whether lawmakers feel real pressure to act.
Thanks for taking action,
— People For the American Way
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