Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) ripped the Department of Justice’s release of several millions of pages of files related to the investigation into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday as “not good enough.”
The DOJ released the documents after Congress passed a law last year that legally required the Trump administration to release all the files. Many powerful figures are referenced in the files, including President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Bill Clinton.
Being mentioned in the files is not necessarily a sign of wrongdoing or association with Epstein’s crimes.
Appearing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Khanna, one of the primary authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, expressed his disapproval with the latest document release after moderator Kristen Welker brought up that he and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) “threatened contempt charges and even impeachment for Attorney General Pam Bondi” after the DOJ failed to release all eligible Epstein files by the Dec. 19, 2025, deadline.
The release on Friday sparked backlash from Democrats and survivors, who accused the DOJ of not releasing millions of Epstein files despite legal requirements.
Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche argued that Friday’s release means the DOJ is now in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
After Welker asked Khanna if he’s “prepared to move forward with contempt and impeachment charges against [Bondi],” he responded that though he and Massie drew attention to this last December, they still have “not moved on it” because they are “trying to give the Justice Department some benefit of the doubt.”
“They did do a release that was significant. I mean, this is the most documents that we have seen released so far in history. But it is not good enough,” he continued.
Noting he and Massie “have requested a meeting with the deputy attorney general,” Khanna added that Blanche said he is “open to meeting with members of Congress” and “open to explaining why the redactions were done.”
“So I hope that we will have a meeting,” he continued. “If we don’t get the remaining files, if we do not get the remaining 302 forms, the remaining prosecution memo from 2019, and if the survivors are not happy, then Thomas Massie and I are prepared to move on impeachment or contempt.”
Moments before in the interview, Khanna told Welker that the DOJ hasn’t fully complied with the law on the Epstein files.
“They’ve released at best half the documents. But even those shock the conscience of this country. I mean, you have some of the most wealthy individuals, tech leaders, finance leaders, politicians, all implicated in some way, having emailed about wanting to go to Epstein’s island knowing that Epstein was a pedophile,” the California representative explained.
Calling it “frankly one of the largest scandals in my view in our country’s history,” he declared that “there is a demand for elite accountability.”
“But the survivors’ lawyers that I’ve talked to have said that the survivors are still upset,” Khanna continued. “They’re upset that many of their names accidentally came out without redactions. And they want to make sure the rest of the files come out.”
Watch Khanna’s appearance on “Meet the Press” below.