Washington, DC, 11 February (H.S.): The U.S. Justice Department flung open its vaults on February 9, 2026, affording lawmakers unfettered access to over three million unredacted pages from the Jeffrey Epstein files, igniting bipartisan furor over persistent excisions in the public trove mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA).

Enacted with resounding congressional approbation in November 2025, the EFTA obligated disclosure of all Epstein-related documents—shielding solely victims' identities, exceeding 1,000 per FBI tallies—while proscribing withholdings predicated on embarrassment or political expediency for potentates, celebrities, or dignitaries; President Trump, after protracted resistance owing to his erstwhile Epstein camaraderie, capitulated amid GOP insurgency.

Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) spearheaded the indignation, publicizing on Facebook a January 17, 2013, email to Epstein—New Brazilian just arrived, sexy and cute, =9yo—and a March 11, 2014, missive—Thank you for a fun night. Your littlest girl was a little naughty—wherein senders' identities remain obfuscated, decrying the veil as a blatant violation safeguarding powerful men.

From his Manhattan cell where he perished in 2019 awaiting sex-trafficking indictment, Epstein ensnared tycoons, pols, and savants; sole confederate Ghislaine Maxwell languishes on a 20-year bid post-2021 conviction, testifying mutely to Congress on February 9 save a clemency plea to Trump.

As scandals topple elites and no fresh indictments loom, the deluge—spurred by public clamor over elite impunity—portends enduring reverberations across corridors of influence.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar