14.01.2026 - 23:32 [ Forbes.com ]

Independent Epstein Files ‘Special Master’ Could Be Named Next Week—And May Speed Up Release

Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., asked a federal judge last week to appoint a third-party special master or independent monitor to oversee the government’s release of the Epstein files.

The Justice Department was legally required to make all its documents on Epstein public by Dec. 19, but has so far only released a small subset of the materials and not given any clarity on when the full files will come out.