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The long-awaited Epstein files have dropped on Capitol Hill, but the release is raising more questions than answers
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The House Oversight Committee made public more than 33,000 pages of records from the Justice Department
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But Democrats point out 97% of the documents were already made public, many just old court filings
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Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey, teaming with Democrats, says this is a document dump meant to give cover to the Trump administration
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He's pushing a bipartisan petition to force a floor vote requiring the DOJ to release all the files within 30 days
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House Speaker Mike Johnson called Massey's move meaningless, but some Republicans, including Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert, have already signed on
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The documents include flight logs and audio from the initial investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Jelaine Maxwell
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But victims and lawmakers on both sides say the public deserves far more
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In fact, this morning, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, along with Massey, will stand with survivors of Epstein's abuse to demand more transparency