Trump has urged the release of the Epstein files. Here’s what we know about them

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein pose for a portrait during a party at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. Davidoff Studios Photography/Archive Photos/Getty Images

The House is scheduled to vote Tuesday to force the release of records amassed by federal prosecutors during the sex trafficking investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell .

The question of what is actually in those pages — and whether the public will ever see all of those documents — has become a headache for President Donald Trump and his administration.

On November 12, the House Oversight Committee released 20,000 more pages of records it received from Epstein’s estate, including emails in which Epstein insulted Trump and appeared to coordinate