[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S21]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                            Jeffrey Epstein

  Mr. President, on Epstein, it has been 18 days--18 days--since the 
administration was required by law to release the full Epstein files to 
the American public, and it has been 15 days since the administration 
has released any documentation on Jeffrey Epstein.
  Now, the Department of Justice says it has released less than 1 
percent of the files--less than 1 percent in 18 days at 2\1/2\ weeks. 
Are you kidding me? They say they were preparing well in advance, and 
they have only gotten 1 percent done?
  It is deliberate stonewalling of the American people, what Congress 
and the American people are demanding. It is an outlandishly naked 
attempt to hide the truth and defy the law. People across America are 
wondering, scratching their heads, and asking, What the hell is Donald 
Trump hiding? His Justice Department is so adamant about slow-walking 
everything.
  Let's be very clear about what the Justice Department is doing and 
what I warned would happen. They are using every trick in the book to 
ignore the will of Congress and to ignore Federal law. Every single 
Member of Congress, with one exception, spoke in unanimity: The 
administration must release the truth about Jeffrey Epstein--no 
dodging, no obfuscation, no hiding. It has been 18 days, and what does 
the administration have to show for it? Less than 1 percent of the 
truth. It is unacceptable.
  The American people won't stand for it. And the Senate is going to 
take every action available to ensure that every shred of evidence that 
must see the light of day comes out. Jeffrey Epstein's victims deserve 
no less. The American people deserve no less.
  Donald Trump, why are you hiding the truth about Jeffrey Epstein from 
the American people?