{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-statement-on-upcoming-epstein-files-deadline", "Durbin Statement On Upcoming Epstein Files Deadline", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Richard J. Durbin", "D000563", "www.durbin.senate.gov", "durbin", "https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement as tomorrow marks the statutory deadline for the Trump Administration to release the Epstein files:\n\n\u201cThis should be a big step towards transparency to the American public about the horrors of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s crimes.\n\n\u201cAs the statutory deadline to release the Epstein files approaches, it\u2019s important to center survivors at the forefront. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell committed horrific crimes that put young women through unspeakable trauma. Because of these survivors\u2019 bravery, the American people may soon know a fuller truth.\n\n\u201cThat said, it\u2019s also important to hold those responsible for the politicization of this case accountable. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino intentionally misled the public before their appointments. Once in office, they let politics serve as their North Star\u2014not justice. Stunt press conferences, binders with no new information, false proclamations on TV, and shoddy searches for the President\u2019s name are shameful distractions from meaningful efforts to seek justice for survivors.\n\n\u201cIt took an act of Congress to get to this point. I will be looking closely for: appropriate redactions of victim\u2019s identifying information, faulty redactions shielding those who caused harm from accountability, and any sense that the Administration is covering up for the wealthy and powerful.\n\n\u201cSurvivors and the public deserve transparency and accountability\u2014no matter who it implicates.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-statement-on-upcoming-epstein-files-deadline"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7214391846209764, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}