The hearing, titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” will “examine the mission and programs of the Department of Justice,” according to the committee.
President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law last November to release all files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the House overwhelmingly voted for the bill, with only one Republican defector, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), voting against the bill, citing privacy concerns for victims of Epstein.
The DOJ has come under fire in recent weeks for not immediately releasing all of the unredacted files and faced accusations of hiding the names of powerful coconspirators.
Late last month, the DOJ released 3 million additional pages of Epstein files, many of which were heavily redacted.
Earlier this week, lawmakers were allowed to look at the unredacted files. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) pressured the DOJ to unredact the names of six men, including one listed as an Epstein coconspirator.
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