John,
The Justice Department is still withholding critical Epstein records, even after Congress passed a law requiring their release. Survivors were promised transparency. The public was promised accountability. Instead, Attorney General Pam Bondi has slow-walked disclosures, redacted key material, and kept documents that name powerful abusers locked away.
Congress does not need to beg the Justice Department to follow the law. It already has the authority to enforce compliance. Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have publicly stated they are prepared to introduce a resolution using inherent contempt, a constitutional power that allows the House to impose fines for every day an official refuses to comply.
Inherent contempt can mean daily penalties of $5,000 or more, adding up to hundreds of thousands of dollars until the documents are released. It does not require jail time. It does not require the courts. It requires one thing only: a majority vote of the U.S. House of Representatives.
If Congress refuses to use this power now, it is effectively telling future administrations that ignoring the law carries no consequences. That is how cover-ups persist. That is how survivors are silenced. And that is how public trust collapses.
Tell your Representative to support and pass an inherent contempt resolution against Attorney General Pam Bondi and force the full release of the Epstein files.
This moment matters beyond one case. Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act because the justice system failed survivors once already. Allowing another failure through delay and obstruction would confirm the worst fears about a system that protects the powerful at all costs.
Khanna and Massie have made clear that inherent contempt is the fastest, most effective path forward. But they cannot act alone. Leadership will not move unless rank-and-file members demand a vote. Silence is a choice, and in this case, silence protects abuse.
Every day without enforcement sends a message that laws only apply to people without money, power, or connections. That is not justice. It is impunity.
Demand that your Representative stand with survivors, defend the rule of law, and vote to enforce inherent contempt now.
Together, we can force accountability where it has been denied for far too long.
– DFA AF Team
