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From: FBI News Briefing To: "FBINewsBriefing" Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - FBI Daily News Briefing - September 3, 2025 Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:10:12 +0000 Importance: Normal • Republican U.S. House Committee Releases Thousands of Epstein Files EFTA00163834 EFTA00163835 Republican U.S. House Committee Releases Thousands of Epstein Files Reuters (09/03, McCaskill, Erickson, Queen) reported that a Republican-led U.S. House committee released over 33,000 pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, a disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. The released files include video and audio recordings from investigations, such as apparent victim interviews and a 17-minute video EFTA00163836 of a girl describing her experience with Epstein. Most of the documents appear to be previously released, with Democratic Representative Jim McGovern stating that "nearly everything Republicans just supposedly 'released' ... has already been released". The article highlighted that Republican U.S. Representative Thomas Massie and Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, have proposed a measure that would require the Justice Department to release all of its unclassified Epstein records, including those held by the FBI and U.S. attorneys' offices. NBC News (09/02, Ortiz, Jackson, Atkins) added that Jeffrey Epstein accusers are urging President Trump to release all case files related to Epstein and rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. The accusers, including and , are seeking justice and transparency in the case, with some lawmakers, such as Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, supporting their call for the full release of the Justice Department's Epstein files. The accusers are opposed to a potential pardon for Maxwell, with some calling it a "slap in the face" to their memories and an insult to their experiences as victims of Epstein's abuse. Fox News (09/02, Koch) reported that a newly released congressional video fills a one-minute gap in the surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein's jail unit on the night of his 2019 suicide. The missing minute, from 11:58:S9 on August 9, 2019, to midnight on August 10, 2019, has been found and shows no lapse in footage, contradicting AG Bondi's previous explanation. "What we learned from the Bureau of Prisons was every night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing," AG Bondi previously said in a meeting at the White House. The article noted that the attorney general's office could not immediately be reached for comment. Additional reporting on the story was provided by ABC News (09/02, Deliso, Peller), Al Jazeera (09/03, Staff Writer), Associated Press (09/02, Groves), Axios (09/02, Santaliz, Solender), BBC (09/02, Matza), CBS News (09/02, Hubbard), CNN (09/02, Main, Raju, et al.), The Daily Beast (09/02, Adams), Fox News (09/02, Elkind, Casiano, Ruiz), The Guardian (09/02, Anguiano), The Hill (09/02, Brooks, Lillis) (2), The Independent (09/02, Graziosi), NBC News (09/02, Uribe, Winter, et al.), NewsNation (09/02, Djordjevic), Newsweek (09/02, Whisnant) (2), New York Post (09/02, Nava), New York Times (09/02, Gold), Politico (09/02, Fuchs), Time (09/02, Neklason), USA Today (09/02, Chambers, Garrison, et al.), Washington Examiner (09/02, Deese), Wall Street Journal (09/02, Li, Ferek), and Washington Post (09/02, Goba, Sotomayor, Goodwin). EFTA00163837 EFTA00163838 EFTA00163839 EFTA00163840 EFTA00163841 EFTA00163842 EFTA00163843 EFTA00163844 EFTA00163845 EFTA00163846 EFTA00163847 EFTA00163848