Classified material must be declassified as far as possible
To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Classified material must be declassified as far as possible
The document says “shall”Who acts: Attorney GeneralHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“To the extent that any covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified information under this section, the Attorney General shall declassify that classified information to the maximum extent possible.”
Paragraph (3) of subsection (c). Where covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified under section 2, it requires the Attorney General to declassify that information to the maximum extent possible.
What the document actually says
“To the extent that any covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified information under this section, the Attorney General shall declassify that classified information to the maximum extent possible.”
That sentence, in plain words
Some files are kept secret. The law says to open them up as far as can be done.
What this is about
A secret file can be opened up. That step is called declassifying. It comes before a file may be held back as secret.
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Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 656 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ38/html/PLAW-119publ38.htm
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“Classified material must be declassified as far as possible,” Epstein Files Transparency Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/epstein-files-transparency-act/proposal/sec02-declassify-to-maximum-extent/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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