The time for half-measures and delay is long past due. As House Speaker Mike Johnson rightly put it, “Justice is long overdue.” On that point, he is exactly right. The victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s depravity have waited decades for truth and transparency. They deserve nothing less than the full light of day.
This week’s release of 33,000 pages of Epstein-related documents is no small matter. It represents a real step forward in unearthing what was hidden and giving victims validation that their stories are being taken seriously. Within those pages are court records, flight logs, audio files, and investigative material that will no doubt shed new light and raise new questions. For survivors, and for the nation, it is a beginning.
But it is not the end. Not by a long shot.
Behind closed doors this week, members of Congress sat with Epstein’s victims. Rep. Nancy Mace, herself a survivor of sexual assault, emerged from one such meeting visibly shaken—hyperventilating, in tears, describing a panic attack brought on by the weight of what she had heard. She later posted simply: “God bless all survivors.” Her emotional collapse wasn’t political theater. It was the raw anguish of a woman who had just absorbed the depth of pain Epstein’s victims still carry.
And if just hearing the stories can break someone to pieces, what must it be like for those who lived them? What must it feel like to know that somewhere in sealed vaults are documents that could corroborate your story, prove your abuser’s guilt, or bring long-awaited accountability—and yet those files remain hidden?
That is why the call must now be loud, clear, and unified: Release it all.
This is not about partisan politics. It is about children who were forced into unspeakable acts and made to believe unspeakable lies about their worth and humanity. It is about a system that failed them, powerful people who used them, and institutions that preferred secrecy to truth. For them, only full disclosure can provide the hope of closure.
To be clear: what has been released so far is meaningful. It will vindicate some who have been unfairly accused, and it will implicate others who thought their secrets were safe. But 33,000 pages do not contain the full measure of the truth. If the government holds more—if there are ledgers, financial records, communications, witness statements, or names still under seal—they must come out. Not in drips and drabs. Not selectively. Not with politically convenient redactions. All of it.
Yes, this will cause embarrassment. Some reputations will suffer. A few politicians, royals, or public figures may find themselves disgraced. But embarrassment is a small price to pay compared to the price already borne by the victims. They endured the fire. The least we can do is bear the heat of truth.
And truth has another effect: it clears the innocent. Judges, professors, business leaders, and others who have been wrongly smeared by rumor deserve exoneration. Full transparency does that too. It restores what whisper campaigns and innuendo have stolen.
For survivors, for the wrongly accused, for the integrity of our justice system—the path forward is the same: unseal it all.
Speaker Johnson’s words reflect that urgency: justice is long overdue. He is right. Justice demands that the public see every page, every file, every name. Justice demands that the system stop protecting the powerful and start standing with the powerless.
The time has come. Release the Epstein files, all of them, now. Let there be justice. Let there be closure. Let there be truth.
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