For years, Americans demanded answers about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and the government officials who protected him.
The Deep State circled the wagons to keep the truth buried.
But James Comer just made one promise about the Epstein files that has Washington elites terrified.
Comer draws the line: every name gets released
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) dropped a bomb during his Newsmax interview that has Washington's power brokers in full panic mode.
The Justice Department's upcoming document release will expose every single person connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
"We'll have everything that we've all been waiting to see, and we're going to make everything transparent that we can make," Comer told Greta Van Susteren.¹
The only redactions? Victim names.
Everyone else who flew on Epstein's plane, did business with him, or spent time at his properties – billionaires, politicians, celebrities, academics – gets their name released to the public.
No exceptions. No protection for the powerful.
Comer made something else crystal clear: there is no "client list" like some have claimed.
But that doesn't mean Epstein's associates are safe.
Federal Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled that the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case.²
The DOJ requested two New York judges unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from both Maxwell and Epstein's cases.
That's hundreds or thousands of previously buried documents finally seeing daylight.
The $250 million question nobody can answer
Comer's committee has been conducting a forensic examination of Epstein's financial records.
And they're finding evidence that raises more questions than answers.
"I think there's a lot of curiosity as to where Jeffrey Epstein's money came from and how he accumulated such a vast amount of wealth," Comer explained.¹
Epstein's estate was worth $250 million when he died in 2019.
"That doesn't just happen," Comer said. "We're going to dive into that."¹
Nobody – and I mean nobody – can explain how Epstein made that fortune.
He claimed to be a money manager for billionaires, but none of them will admit they were clients.
Les Wexner, the Victoria's Secret founder, was his only known client for decades.
One client. $250 million. The math doesn't work.
The Oversight Committee has already released approximately 65,000 pages of documents.³
They've issued 13 subpoenas and conducted interviews with former Attorney General Bill Barr and former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta – the prosecutor who gave Epstein his sweetheart deal in 2008.
Comer's confident the government doesn't have a client list of men who paid Epstein to traffic underage girls.
"But we believe maybe there's a possibility that we could get some names together of some people that may have been in violation of the law with respect to abusing these women," he said.¹
There are no plans to redact names of anyone who did business with Epstein or flew on his private jet.
"We want to be transparent with who had any type of relationship with Epstein. We want every name released, and then anyone whose name is released will have an opportunity to defend themselves," Comer explained.¹
Some will be innocent bystanders who met Epstein at social events in Palm Beach or Manhattan and never went near his island.
They'll have their chance to explain.
Why Washington elites are in full retreat mode
Comer knows some innocent people will face scrutiny when every name gets released.
But here's what he understands that the Washington establishment doesn't: Americans don't trust their government anymore because of exactly this kind of cover-up.
"There's too big a cloud of suspicion as to what was going on with Epstein. There's too big a cloud of suspicion as to what role, if any, the government played in a cover-up," Comer told Newsmax.¹
"And the American people want the truth. And that's what my job has always been with this investigation, is to get the truth to the American people."
The House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November with a 427-1 vote.⁴
Think about that. In today's divided Congress, 427 members voted yes.
Only one Republican – Rep. Clay Higgins – voted no.
The Senate passed it unanimously the same day. Trump signed it immediately.
The law mandates the Justice Department release everything by December 19.
They protected him. For decades.
In 2005, Palm Beach police started investigating Epstein for paying a 14-year-old girl for sex.
The FBI joined the investigation. They had him cold.
But in 2008, federal prosecutors – led by Alex Acosta – gave Epstein a secret nonprosecution agreement.
He pleaded guilty to a state prostitution charge. Served 13 months in a work-release program where he left jail during the day.
The feds agreed not to prosecute him or any of his co-conspirators.
The victims weren't even told about the deal until it was done.
That's not justice. That's a cover-up.
Then in 2019, Manhattan federal prosecutors finally charged Epstein with sex trafficking.
One month later, he was dead in his cell under circumstances that still don't add up.
The government called it suicide. The establishment circled the wagons.
James Comer just told them to shove it.
Every name. Every connection. Every business relationship. Every flight log.
The only people protected are Epstein's victims – the only ones who deserve anonymity.
Washington's elite spent years using "privacy concerns" and "national security" as excuses to bury evidence.
Those excuses just expired.
The truth is coming out whether the establishment likes it or not.
And based on how hard they fought to keep these files secret, you can bet what's in them is going to be ugly.
¹ Sam Barron, "Rep. Comer to Newsmax: Will Redact Only Victim Names From Epstein Files," Newsmax, December 9, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ House Oversight Committee, "Chairman Comer Subpoenas Banks for Epstein Records," November 19, 2025.
⁴ Wikipedia, "Epstein Files Transparency Act," November 18, 2025.
