“A bill to direct the Attorney General to make publicly available documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes.”
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This section directs the Attorney General to make publicly available, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act in a searchable and downloadable format, all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice—including the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Offices—relating to Jeffrey Epstein (including investigations, prosecutions, and custodial matters); Ghislaine Maxwell; flight logs and travel records for Epstein-owned or -used aircraft, vessels, or vehicles; named individuals (including government officials); entities tied to Epstein's trafficking or financial networks; immunity deals, non-prosecution agreements, plea bargains, or sealed settlements; internal DOJ communications on charging or investigative decisions; evidence of document destruction, deletion, alteration, misplacement, or concealment; and documentation of Epstein's detention or death (including incident reports, witness interviews, medical examiner files, autopsy reports, and records on circumstances and cause of death). The section prohibits the Attorney General from withholding or redacting any such materials based on embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity. It permits withholding or narrowly tailored, temporary redaction of segregable portions that (1) contain personally identifiable information from a victim or child witness's personal or medical file constituting a clearly unwarranted privacy invasion; (2) depict or contain child pornography, as defined in 18 U.S.C. §2256; (3) would jeopardize an active federal investigation or prosecution; (4) depict or contain images of any person's death, physical abuse, or injury; or (5) are properly classified under executive order for national defense or foreign policy. The Attorney General must publish justifications for redactions in the Federal Register and submit them to Congress; declassify such information to the maximum extent possible or issue unclassified summaries if full release would harm national security; and, after July 1, 2025, publish and report to Congress each decision to classify otherwise covered information, including the classifying authority and an unclassified justification summary.
This section directs the Attorney General to submit a report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees not later than 15 days after publicly releasing records, documents, communications, and investigative materials under section 2(a). The report must include (1) a list of each category of such materials made publicly available or withheld, (2) a summary of redactions made, including their legal bases, and (3) a list of each government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary named or referenced in the released materials without redaction per section 2(b).