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House Releases 23,000 Pages Of Epstein Documents, Trump Calls It A ‘Hoax’
14 Nov 2025
The House Oversight Committee has released 23,000 pages of documents from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. We discuss what new information is in the documents and whether the release puts new political pressure on President Trump.This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, political reporter Stephen Fowler, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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I'm Stephen Fowler. I also cover politics.
And I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. And today on the show, the House Oversight Committee has released 23,000 pages of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private files. We will talk about what we learned this week and what the White House has to say about it. So, Stephen, you have been combing through this massive document release this week. What have you found?
It is first important to note that these are not the Epstein files that everybody is talking about in the same way. As you mentioned, these are private files that the House Oversight Committee has obtained in batches using a subpoena from the Epstein estate.
That is different from the Department of Justice files on Epstein and his various criminal cases, his life, his death, and everything that came after. So these are private files. And on Wednesday, it started with House Democrats releasing three emails that show Jeffrey Epstein talking about Donald Trump.
And shortly thereafter, there were 20,000, the full batch, released by House Republicans who say that's not the full picture.
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