Require DOJ to provide state and local prosecutors with unredacted Epstein-related records needed for investigations, prosecutions, and judicial proceedings, including secure access to classified materials.

Thomas Massie · Kentucky · Republican

oversight impact 0.72 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Requires the Department of Justice to provide State and local prosecutors with unredacted records needed for investigations, prosecutions, and judicial proceedings, including secure access to classified materials.

Massie's legislation would require DOJ to share unredacted Epstein-related records with state and local prosecutors for legal proceedings.

Massie, Khanna, Leger Fernández, Merkley, Luján Introduce the "Epstein Files Transparency Act II" | U.S. Representative Thomas Massie
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GovInfo shows H.R. 9694 was introduced in the House on July 15, 2026 by Mr. Massie and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill text would require the Attorney General to make available full, unredacted access and copies to state attorneys general, district attorneys, or other authorized state officers for investigations or judicial proceedings, and would require classified records to be made available for full, unredacted review in a secure facility.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Massie introduced bill language matching the commitment, but the official record only shows introduction and committee referral, not enactment or DOJ compliance. This is concrete effort but not delivery as of the available record.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 9694 (IH) - Epstein Files Transparency Act II
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Massie's office announced H.R. 9694 and said the Epstein Files Transparency Act II requires DOJ to provide state and local prosecutors with unredacted records needed for investigations, prosecutions, and judicial proceedings, including secure access to classified materials. The release also quoted New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez saying his office had waited too long for unredacted records needed to complete its criminal investigation.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The press release confirms the commitment's exact policy objective and states that state law enforcement still lacked unredacted records as of July 15, 2026. No lookback-window source found showed passage, enactment, or DOJ providing the requested secure unredacted access.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Massie, Khanna, Leger Fernández, Merkley, Luján Introduce the "Epstein Files Transparency Act II" | U.S. Representative Thomas Massie
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Massie introduced H.R. 9694 on July 15, 2026, and the bill text matches the promised policy by requiring DOJ to give state and local prosecutors full unredacted access, including secure review of classified materials. As of the available official status, H.R. 9694 had only been introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, with no enactment or DOJ compliance shown. Because Massie materially advanced the exact proposal but the promised access requirement has not yet been completed, the correct status is unresolved rather than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%