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WASHINGTON DC, US (SEPT. 3, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN FRONT OF US CAPITOL BUILDING, HOLDING BANNERS AND DEMANDING RELEASE OF FILES WASHINGTON DC, US - SEPT. 3, 2025: A rally was held outside US Capitol to support victims of convicted sex trafficker and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday, Sept. 3, in Washington DC.

Republican House leaders added legislation on Tuesday directing the Oversight Committee to continue investigating the "possible mismanagement of the Federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell.”

However, representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) plan to hold a news conference on Wednesday on Capitol Hill with Epstein and Maxwell accusers, calling for immediate action and the full release of the Justice Department’s Epstein files.

The two lawmakers are leading a discharge petition that, if it secures enough House support, would compel a floor vote to release the documents.

Such a move would conflict with the Trump administration and the Justice Department, which have sought to release only certain documents in the "public interest."

While Trump initially expressed support for full disclosure, over the summer, he has faced tension with some party members and his base who promote conspiratorial theories about Epstein’s death and a supposed "client list" implicating other high-profile figures in the trafficking of underage girls.

Epstein was found dead in his New York City jail cell while awaiting trial in 2019. He pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a minor for prostitution.

Authorities determined that Epstein died by suicide, a finding corroborated by the Justice Department in July, when it said he was not killed.

That finding, along with the Justice Department's public determination that Epstein did not have a list of wealthy clients for whom he trafficked underage girls, sparked an uproar among Trump's Make America Great Again, or MAGA, supporters, who have long maintained he was killed as part of a government cover-up to shield Epstein's wealthy and influential inner circle.