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Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna, the two congressmen who introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law requiring the Department of Justice to release investigative files on the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, introduced a sequel on Wednesday. The Epstein Files Transparency Act II, Massie said in a statement, “gives standing to state attorneys general, the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators, and members of Congress to challenge the Department of Justice (DOJ) in court for the DOJ’s failure to comply with the disclosure” of records from the Epstein files. “Since the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law on November 19, 2025, the Department…