To Tom Barrett, November 14, 2025 and response
Representative Barrett:
When you were criticized for reporting minor vandalism to your office as a crime you wrote to me that this was a "straightforward issue of right and wrong." The time is coming very soon for us to see if your commitment to such issues is pure or merely an issue of convenience. I refer to the upcoming House vote on forcing the release of the Epstein files.
Here are the public facts: We know that Trump publicly bragged about bursting into the dressing rooms of teenage beauty pageant contestants. We know he bragged about "grabbing women by the pussy." We know he a court found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. We know know 28 women have accused him of sexually assaulting them.
We know he campaigned on a promise to release the Epstein files. Since the election, we know he has offered conflicting explanations: There is a client list/there is not a client list. Despite what he said during the campaign he now claims the files are a "Democratic hoax."
We know that Trump's administration has moved the world's largest trafficker of underage girls, Maxwell, to a minimum security prison. We all suspect that this was a bribe to buy her silence. Trump has never offered any other explanation.
Clearly, all of this is "straightforward issue of right and wrong." It is time for you to prove to your constituents that you stand for justice by voting to release those files. If Trump, a publicly confessed sexual predator, is not in those files, let us see them. If Trump is in those files, we deserve to know that. Do the right thing: vote to release the files.
Rep. Barrett's Response:
November 20, 2025
Dear Mr. Jackson,
Thank you for contacting me regarding your support for the release of the Epstein files. This is an important issue, and I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me.
I agree that the Epstein files need to be released, which is why I proudly voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405), which passed the House by a vote of 427-1. I was also one of the first co-sponsors of the resolution (H.Res. 581) that ultimately made this vote possible in the House of Representatives.
I’ve said it from the very beginning: Jeffrey Epstein’s victims have been denied justice for far too long while the American people were kept in the dark about his disturbing criminal operation. That changes with this legislation that will require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials related to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, including flight logs and travel records, as well as any individuals and government officials named or referenced.
I’m relieved we got this legislation done with such overwhelming support in both the House and Senate and that it was signed into law by President Trump to finally deliver the accountability and transparency we have long awaited.
Thank you again for contacting me. In the meantime, my top priority as your advocate in Congress is to listen to you and lead on solutions you can count on, so please stay in touch. For regular updates on my work in Washington, D.C., I encourage you to subscribe to my newsletter by clicking here.