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House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

Source U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Released November 12, 2025 69,179 documents

Documents released by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight from the Epstein estate (November 2025). Public records, OCR-processed for full-text and semantic search.

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The First Amendment Emerged Victorious In The Pentagon Papers Case

document The First Amendment emerged victorious in the Pentagon Papers case

I have never seen it even suggested that there was such an actual threat. [He

document “I have never seen any trace of a threat to national security from the publication. Indeed

Griswold expressed a rather different view

document Several years after the argument

I Also Conferred With My Teacher And Dear Friend Alexander Bickel

document I also conferred with my teacher and dear friend Alexander Bickel

As The War Was Winding Down And The United States Was Deciding To Withdraw From Vietnam

document As the war was winding down and the United States was deciding to withdraw from Vietnam

The Bitterness Of The Vietnam War Spread Rapidly Over College And University Campuses. What Began As Peaceful Teach Ins And Protests Soon Turned To Confrontations And Violence. In 1969

document The bitterness of the Vietnam War spread rapidly over college and university campuses. What began as peaceful teach-ins and protests soon turned to confrontations and violence. In 1969

but was “fired” by one of the more militant defendants when he learned that I was a Zionist

document Another major prosecution was against the Berrigan brothers and other radical leaders of the draft resistance movement. I was asked to work on the defense of that case

The Most Publicized And Notorious Of The Vietnam Protest Cases Was The Conspiracy Prosecution Against The “Chicago 7” Growing Out Of Demonstrations During The 1968 Democratic Convention. After The Trial Of That Case

document The most publicized and notorious of the Vietnam protest cases was the conspiracy prosecution against the “Chicago 7” growing out of demonstrations during the 1968 Democratic Convention. After the trial of that case

and I observed at close range the ravages of war on our freedoms at home

document These early cases grew out of our disastrous experience in Vietnam

and then passively held on to. The battle for civil liberties

document But liberty is not a commodity that can be obtained once and for all

This Is Not To Suggest That Justice Should Remain Blind To The Existence Of A Real Emergency Endangering The Survival Of The Nation. As Justice Arthur Goldberg Once Wrote: “While The Constitution Protects Against The Invasion Of Individual Rights

document This is not to suggest that justice should remain blind to the existence of a real emergency endangering the survival of the nation. As Justice Arthur Goldberg once wrote: “While the Constitution protects against the invasion of individual rights

even during periods of crisis. Under our constitutional system

document It has been indeed fortunate for the survival of our liberties that there have always been some Americans—often only a small group and sometimes not those directly affected—willing to challenge governmental high-handedness

In Those Cases We Need To Develop Adequate Mechanisms For Resolving The Dispute. Resolution Cannot Be Left Entirely In The Hands Of Those Responsible For Security

document In those cases we need to develop adequate mechanisms for resolving the dispute. Resolution cannot be left entirely in the hands of those responsible for security

but there are some useful guidelines in striking the proper balance. In the first place

document There is no “one size fits all” solution to this daunting conflict

in the reasonable views of the government

document The most controversial genre are secrets whose disclosure would

the situation is different from the alleged conflicts that motivate the censorship of supposedly obs

document The conflict between national security and free expression is a real one. It must be confronted and resolved by every society committed to civil liberties yet concerned for its safety. In this respect

the government should get out of the business of censoring films and other media

document I argued therefore that “pornography is a red herring” and that in the absence of compelling evidence—of which there is none—that it causes actual harm beyond offending those who can choose not to see it

In Addition To Litigating Many Obscenity Cases

document In addition to litigating many obscenity cases

I Have Kept My Promise

document I have kept my promise

even a democracy in which the Supreme Court plays so central a role

document It is important to remember that in a democracy