Why didn’t Biden release the Epstein Files?

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein Files on July 23, 2025, in New York City. | Adam Gray/Getty Images Editor’s note, November 14, 2025: On November 12, the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 pages of documents it received from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. The documents provide further evidence about how well Donald Trump and Epstein knew one another and have led to a new round of questions about the nature of their relationship. The following story was originally published in July 2025. Reports of Donald Trump’s name repeatedly appearing in the Jeffr