Shame on Congress for leaving enough legal wiggle room to shield powerful men from the consequences of criminal sexual abuse committed against underage girls. Ours is a nation governed by the people, and the people – Republican, Democrat, Independent, and otherwise – have been unmistakably clear: we demand the full, unredacted evidence the FBI has compiled over nearly two decades regarding the sexual exploitation of minors by associates of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. We want the unredacted Epstein files released.
Americans were led to believe that the truth would finally come to light – that the evidence would be released and the names of those who exploited underage girls supplied by Epstein and Maxwell would be exposed. Instead, the Department of Justice delivered recycled material buried beneath more than 500 pages of black bars and redactions. It is an insult to the public’s intelligence, and Attorney General Pam Bondi knows it. The American people will not accept this outcome. We must continue to fight for the truth, and Congress must amend the Epstein Files Transparency Act with urgency and resolve. Here is what I propose:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Epstein Files Full Transparency Amendment Act of 2025”.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS TO REDACTION AND WITHHOLDING PROVISIONS.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is amended as follows:
(a) Limitation on Redactions in Written Materials. – Section 3(a) (relating to mandatory disclosure of documents) is amended by striking subsection (2) (relating to allowable redactions or withholdings for victim protection, ongoing investigations, or national security) and inserting the following:
“(2) REDACTIONS LIMITED. – (A) No written word, phrase, sentence, or document shall be redacted or withheld except for the proper name of an underage female victim.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph –
(i) the term ‘underage female victim’ means any female individual who was under the age of 18 at the time of the events described in the document and who was a victim of sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s activities; and
(ii) reductions shall be limited solely to the proper name (including first name, last name, or any identifiable alias) of such victim, and no surrounding text, context, or other identifying details shall be redacted unless they constitute the proper name itself.
(C) No redaction or withholding shall be permitted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, political sensitivity, ongoing investigations, national security, or any other reason not explicitly stated in subparagraph (A).”
(b) Limitation on Edits to Photographs and Visual Materials. – Section 3(b) (relating to disclosure of photographs, videos, and other visual media) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(3) EDITS LIMITED.
(A) No photograph, image, video frame, or other visual material shall be edited, blurred, pixelated, or otherwise altered except –
(i) to hide only the face of an underage female victim; or
(ii) to cover the smallest amount necessary of a pornographic image solely to obscure exposed breasts, and genitalia.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph –
(i) the term ‘underage female victim’ has the same meaning as in section 3(a)(2)(B)(i);
(ii) edits under clause (A) (i) shall be limited to the facial area only, without altering any other part of the image, including clothing, background, or other individuals; and
(iii) edits under clause (A)(ii) shall use the minimal coverage required to comply with federal obscenity laws under 18 U.S.C. § 1461 et seq., without obscuring non-explicit elements or the overall context of the image.
(C) No edit, withholding, or removal of visual materials shall be permitted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, political sensitivity, ongoing investigations, national security, or any other reason not explicitly stated in subparagraph (A).”
SECTION 3. ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) IMMEDIATE COMPLIANCE. – Not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of the Epstein Files Full Transparency Amendment Act of 2025, the Attorney General shall –
(1) re-release all previously disclosed materials under this Act in unredacted form, subject only to the limitations in sections 3(a)(2) and 3(b)(3); and
(2) disclose any withheld or removed materials in compliance with such limitations.
(b) PENALTIES. – Any officer or employee of the Department of Justice who violates the redaction or edit limitations under this Act shall be subject to –
(1) removal from office
(2) fines not exceeding $100,000 per violation; and
(3) imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
(c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT. – The Attorney General shall submit to Congress a detailed justification for each redaction or edit made under sections 3(a)(2) and 3(b)(3), including certification that it complies strictly with the limitations therein.”
No more games. No more excuses. No more cover-up. No more bullshit.
