Thousands of Epstein files released by GOP lawmakers

Shortly after Democrats released emails showing that Jeffrey Epstein discussed his relationship with President Trump, Republicans on the Oversight Committee released 20,000 additional documents

House Republicans on Wednesday released a trove of 23,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after months of delays — shortly after Democrats released several emails included in the trove that suggested that President Trump knew more about Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking than he has previously acknowledged.

The documents were obtained by the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Representative James Comer, through a subpoena in August. They were published online about two hours after House Democrats released an email from Mr. Epstein in which he wrote that Mr. Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims…(Read full story)