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Legal panel discusses next steps in Epstein case
Shannon Bream recently convened a legal panel on ‘Fox News Sunday’ to delve into several pressing issues. The panel addressed a video from Democrats urging defiance of illegal orders, the anticipated release of Epstein-related files, the legal use of the National Guard in Democratic-led cities, and the battle over Texas’ redistricting map currently before the Supreme Court.
In response to concerns about potential protests, the FBI has stationed police officers to secure a records facility storing materials from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, as reported by Bloomberg News. This move follows online discussions suggesting demonstrations might be organized.
According to Bloomberg, FBI officers, typically assigned to the agency’s Washington D.C. headquarters, have been dispatched to the Central Records Complex in Winchester, Virginia. This vast 256,000-square-foot facility holds billions of pages of FBI documents.
The additional security followed remarks by Mark Epstein, the disgraced financier’s brother, who said in a NewsNation interview that FBI Director Kash Patel was overseeing a “cover-up” of the Epstein materials. He alleged, without evidence, that the files were being edited to remove the names of Republicans.
The heightened security measures come after comments about the Epstein files gained traction on social media, with some Reddit users contemplating protests outside the Winchester location.
Jeffrey Epstein was photographed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 8, 2004. (Photo by Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
Bloomberg, citing two people familiar with internal FBI operations, said the bureau viewed those discussions as potentially threatening and responded by bolstering protection for staff and facilities. An FBI spokesperson did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Earlier this week, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the Justice Department to release all unclassified materials within 30 days in a searchable, downloadable format.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One as he departs Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 16, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump signed the measure into law on Wednesday.
“I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!” Trump wrote in a lengthy message on the Truth Social platform. “As everyone knows, I asked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to pass this Bill in the House and Senate, respectively. Because of this request, the votes were almost unanimous in favor of passage.
“At my direction, the Department of Justice has already turned over close to fifty thousand pages of documents to Congress. Do not forget — The Biden Administration did not turn over a SINGLE file or page related to Democrat Epstein, nor did they ever even speak about him.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters Wednesday that she would comply with the law after it was signed.
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Bloomberg previously reported that FBI agents from the New York and Washington field offices, along with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) staff and background-check specialists, spent months in Winchester combing through every Epstein-related document. They worked to determine which materials could legally be disclosed to the American public under FOIA’s nine exemptions.
That review concluded in May, and the results were forwarded to Bondi. The FBI and DOJ said on X that no additional releases were warranted.
The renewed scrutiny of the files comes as the House Oversight Committee last week published thousands of Epstein’s recovered emails.