McGovern Hammers Comer Over Epstein Files Dump - '97% of Which Is Already Out in Public'
Source: MEDIAite
Sep 2nd, 2025, 6:56 pm
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) dismissed the release of a batch of files relating to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, claiming that the vast bulk of the information was already public.
On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee, which is chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), released 33,000 documents. The committee said the Department of Justice provided the documents, which were redacted to conceal the names of victims and sexually explicit material.
Comer testified before the House Rules Committee on Tuesday, where McGovern asked about the looming documents dump.
“What you’re telling us is you’re gonna release some of the files tonight,” McGovern said. “If I heard [Rep. Robert] Garcia [D-CA] correctly, 97% of which is already out in public. So, we get three percent that’s new? I don’t know what it’s gonna say. But I just don’t understand what the big deal is. Why can’t the administration just release the files? You could do the investigation, but just release all the files. You know? Trump and the people he put in charge of the FBI and the DOJ promised that they would. And it’s just kinda strange that they haven’t done so yet. I mean, don’t you think? We just wanna know, what are they trying to hide? Why is this such a difficult thing for them to do?”
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McGovern: You’re telling us you’re going to release some of the files tonight. If I heard Mr. Garcia correctly, 97% of which is already public.
I don’t understand why the administration can’t release the files. Trump and the people he put in charge said they would and it’s just kind of strange they haven’t done so. We just want to know what are they trying to hide.
6:02 PM · Sep 2, 2025
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Is anyone else getting the files?
It says it's zipping the files for download, but wouldn't they have already done that?
EDIT TO ADD:
OK it just notified my Google Drive that it's downloading. It's about 2 GB in the zipped file.
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