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HR0697
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, Accountability regarding the crimes of convicted
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sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged accomplices is
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a matter of justice for survivors that transcends partisan
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politics; and

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WHEREAS, The bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act
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requires the release of all records in possession of the
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Department of Justice, including records of Epstein's
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correspondence and flight logs; and

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WHEREAS, The Act requires the Department of Justice to
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shield the identities of survivors and also explicitly
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prohibits documents from being withheld or redacted based on
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political considerations or to shield the identity of
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Epstein's companions; and

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WHEREAS, Despite this, multiple reports indicate that the
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Department of Justice illegally redacted and withheld
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documents related to allegations against President Donald
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Trump, including more than 50 pages of FBI interviews and
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notes from conversations with a woman who accused President
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Trump of abuse when she was a minor; and

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WHEREAS, The redacted documents included identifying

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information and images of approximately 100 of Epstein's
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estimated 1,000 victims, retraumatizing survivors and
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subjecting them to public scrutiny and harassment; and

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WHEREAS, Documents detailing allegations against President
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Trump have been removed from the Justice Department's public
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database after their initial disclosure; and

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WHEREAS, This continues President Trump's pattern of
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deceit and obfuscation related to Epstein; he and Vice
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President JD Vance denied the existence of a birthday card
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sent by the President to Epstein before the card became
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public; and

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WHEREAS, The identities of other alleged abusers are also
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being improperly shielded by President Trump's Justice
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Department while the identities of survivors have been left
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unredacted; an email to Epstein stating "Thank you for a fun
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night…Your littlest girl was a little naughty" was redacted to
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conceal the identity of the writer; and

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WHEREAS, In February 2026, President Trump's Justice
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Department stated its investigation into the Epstein files was
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over, that no client list existed, and that no additional
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charges would be forthcoming; and

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WHEREAS, The illegal redactions and the Trump
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Administration's resistance to transparency, along with the
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thousands of references to President Trump and other
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politically connected individuals named in the files, create
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the appearance of impropriety; and

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WHEREAS, During a hearing of the House Judiciary
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Committee, Attorney General Bondi was found to have a "burn
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book" of details proving that members of Congress have been
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surveilled by the Justice Department during their legally
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guaranteed access to the unredacted files under their
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oversight authority; Representative Jamie Raskin reported that
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he found one million mentions of President Trump in the files
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in his review; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
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HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
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we call for the release of all files related to the crimes of
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Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged accomplices with redactions
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limited solely to shielding the identities of survivors as
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outlined in the Epstein Transparency Act; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That we call for the appointment of a special
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prosecutor independent of the Trump Administration's influence
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to review prosecution decisions stemming from the Epstein
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investigation to investigate whether the Trump Administration

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illegally redacted or withheld documents to shield individuals
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for political purposes.

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