Demand Progress

Trump’s name is in the Epstein Files — and the Trump admin directed FBI officials to redact his name from the documents.¹

This revelation has MAGA Republicans scrambling. Speaker Mike Johnson even shut down the House to avoid a bipartisan vote on releasing the Epstein Files, but Americans are still demanding transparency.² Many of Trump’s supporters counted on the White House to fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to release information on Epstein, and they’re enraged.

It’s critical that we continue to pressure the House to force a vote on making the Epstein Files public, no matter how much Trump tries to hide or claim the scandal is a “hoax.”³

Sign the petition: Don’t let Trump hide. Force a House vote to release the Epstein Files!

Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are leading the discharge petition in the House that would force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files if enough Representatives sign on.⁴ With every release of new information about Trump’s inclusion in documents on Epstein’s crimes, this legislative push gains more momentum.

Rep. Khanna said, “The bill that I introduced with Massie helped unravel Trump and has sent him into a panic and has put us on the side of the people and for accountability.”⁵

And now speculation is growing that Trump is considering a full pardon for Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking.⁶ Maxwell was moved to a lower security prison last week, further fueling this speculation.⁷

We need full transparency, not another round of Republican redactions, delay tactics, and closed-door deals. The public deserves to know what’s in the Epstein Files — including why Trump’s name showed up so many times in the investigations.

Sign the petition: Tell your U.S. Representative to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files!

Sources:

1. Bloomberg, "FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in Epstein Files for Privacy Reasons,” August 1, 2025.
2. The New York Times, “Johnson Cuts Short House Business to Avoid Vote on Releasing Epstein Files,” July 22, 2025.
3. CBS News, "Trump calls Epstein controversy a "Hoax" and "bulls***," denouncing "weaklings" in GOP,” July 16, 2025.
4. Rep. Massie on X, "We all deserve to know what’s in the Epstein files, who’s implicated, and how deep this corruption goes...” July 15, 2025.
5. New York Magazine, “The Democrat Who Thinks He Knows Where Epstein’s Secrets Are,” July 24, 2025.
6. The Hill, "GOP lawmakers caution Trump, Bondi on Maxwell pardon,” August 8, 2025.
7. Ibid.