Tens of thousands of pages of documents have been released over the past year, in most cases by a House committee that subpoenaed the Justice Department and Epstein’s estate. They included emails and text messages showing that Epstein continued to court the rich and famous right up until his 2019 arrest.
Dec. 18, 2025: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a batch of 68 photos from a trove of about 95,000 the committee obtained from Epstein’s estate.
Dec. 12, 2025: An earlier batch of photos from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, obtained from Epstein’s estate, included snapshots of prominent figures like President Trump, former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, filmmaker Woody Allen and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. The photos do not implicate any of those pictured in Epstein’s crimes.
Dec. 4, 2025: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 73 photos and four videos of Epstein’s estate on the 72-acre private island known as Little St. James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Epstein allegedly exploited underage girls for sex at the island, and he had stakes in businesses in the U.S. territory.
Nov. 12, 2025: The House Oversight Committee released 20,000 records from Epstein’s estate, including scores of emails. The disgraced financier’s messages often referenced Mr. Trump. Other messages showed him bantering with Larry Summers and attempting to reconnect with Bill Gates, neither of whom is accused of wrongdoing.
Sept. 8, 2025: House Oversight released a tranche of material from Epstein’s estate, including a 2003 birthday note to Epstein that appeared to be signed by Mr. Trump. The president has denied penning the message. Republicans have often accused Democrats of cherry-picking documents.
Sept. 2, 2025: The panel released more than 33,000 pages of files from the Justice Department, including court documents, flight records from Epstein’s private plane, and a video of Epstein’s cell block from before his death that includes a minute missing from earlier videos. Many of the documents had been released before.
Aug. 22, 2025: The Justice Department released a transcript and audio recording of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview with convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence.
Feb. 27, 2025: The White House gave a group of 15 conservative influencers binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1,” but the binders contained little new information.
Prior to 2025: Other documents, including contacts, schedules, flight logs and depositions, were made public previously, often as part of Epstein and Maxwell’s criminal cases and in connection with civil lawsuits filed by survivors.
