In a move that's reignited the endless Epstein saga just weeks before Donald Trump's January 20, 2026, inauguration, the GOP-led House Oversight Committee unleashed over 20,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate on November 12, 2025. The trove—emails, spreadsheets, court filings, and redacted attachments—offers a raw peek into the late sex offender's web of influence, spanning politicians, moguls, and media insiders. While much is old news recycled from prior leaks, the release has supercharged partisan fireworks: Democrats spotlighted three Trump-mentioning emails as "serious questions" on his Epstein knowledge, prompting Republicans to counter with the full dump, accusing Dems of "cherry-picking clickbait." As one survivor put it in a CNN interview, it's a "step forward—but we need the full files, not just elite name-drops." With House Speaker Mike Johnson now pledging a floor vote next week on broader Epstein disclosures, this could be the opening salvo in a pre-inauguration transparency brawl.The documents stem from a subpoena issued by Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) to Epstein's estate attorneys, bypassing the FBI and DOJ for direct access. This follows a September 2025 dump of 33,000+ DOJ-held pages, but Wednesday's batch is estate-specific: post-2019 death records, including Epstein's final wheeling-and-dealing emails amid his legal woes. The full archive—searchable via Google Pinpoint on the committee's site—spans 2007-2019, with redactions shielding victim IDs and sensitive intel.Democrats kicked off the day by leaking three emails invoking Trump, framing them as evidence he "knew more than he lets on." Republicans fired back hours later with the mega-release, slamming it as a "Dem hoax" timed to distract from the recent 43-day government shutdown. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called it "selective smears," noting unredacted GOP files reveal Epstein's disdain for Trump and no victim accusations against him. Trump himself hit Truth Social: "The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax is back—Democrats' desperate deflection!"
