HOLD THE LINE.

PURPOSE: To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes

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.This Act requires the Attorney General to release all files in relation to the travel, prosecution, social and political connections, imprisonment, and even death of prominent financier Jeffrey Epstein. The AG has 30 days after the passage of the Act to make required files available.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The records required to be released by this Act are all that are in possession by the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Attorneys’ Office. Specifically:-
  • All files in relation to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
  • Travel records, government individuals, business and organizational entities that have been names or have been known to have any connection with “Epstein’s criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity or plea agreements, or investigatory proceedings,” including “known or alleged ties to Epstein’s trafficking or financial networks,” [Epstein Files Transparency Act, pg. 2 Section 2(a)(b)(4)(5)].
  • All internal DOJ communications, including metadata, concerning the deletion, altering, or concealment of records related to Epstein and his associates.
  • All documentation related to his death.

• Further, the Act prohibits the withholding of records, except for certain reasons, which much be proven to be justified. A few of those reasons are listed in the Act as follows:

• Any depiction of record that contains what would be considered as child sexual abuse materials as defined in 18 USC 2256.
• That “depict or contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury of any person,” [Epstein Files Transparency Act, pg. 2 Section 2(c)(1)(b)(d)].

All redactions of any files subjected to this Act must have written justification to be published in the Federal Register. Files marked as classified must be justified in the same manner; additionally, they classifications must include the identity of the classifying authority, an unclassified summary of the information as well as the date the information was determined to be classified.

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