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Friend –

Today is the legal deadline for the Department of Justice to release the
full Epstein files. Not a preview. Not a selective dump. Not a slow
trickle stretched out over weeks. The law is explicit, and the clock is
about to run out.

And yet, reporting this morning makes clear that the Justice Department is
preparing to violate both the spirit and the letter of the law by
releasing records piecemeal instead of all at once as required. That is
not transparency. It is delay dressed up as compliance.

Congress anticipated this exact scenario. That is why the Epstein Files
Transparency Act states plainly that records cannot be withheld, delayed,
or redacted to avoid embarrassment, political consequences, or
reputational harm for powerful people. Congress did not pass this law so
the Department of Justice could decide what the public is allowed to see
and when.

Even Republican co-sponsors of the bill have warned what to look for
today. If the release contains no names of accused individuals, no
meaningful accounting of decisions not to prosecute, and no clear
explanation of what is being withheld, then the department has failed to
comply. It is that simple.

At that point, responsibility shifts squarely to the House Committee on
Oversight. Republican members cannot claim ignorance. They cannot hide
behind process. They cannot allow the executive branch to ignore federal
law without consequence. Oversight only matters if it is enforced.

This moment is not about partisan games. Survivors have been clear that
their abuse should not be exploited or buried for political reasons.
Transparency delayed protects the powerful and betrays the public.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to our petition demanding that Republican members of the
House Committee on Oversight insist on full, immediate compliance with the
Epstein Files Transparency Act. >>

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The deadline is today. What happens next depends on whether lawmakers feel
real pressure to act.

Thanks for taking action,

— People For the American Way

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