Massie told the House Judiciary Committee that the files reference prominent figures across music finance politics and banking. He listed a Hollywood producer a royal figure a high profile music executive a prominent banker a senior government official a car company owner in Italy a rock star a magician and at least six billionaires. He said those names sit in FBI custody. Patel answered that agents have reviewed existing files and brought him nothing new. He said there is no client list and no credible evidence that Epstein trafficked underage girls to anyone other than himself. The hearings turn on an older decision that crippled trust. In 2008 Alexander Acosta negotiated a plea that gave Epstein a narrow path and federal immunity language that echoed for years. Patel called it the original sin. Acosta has defended his call by pointing to the strength of the state case at the time and choices by the local prosecutor. That back and forth sounds like process. To the public it sounds like protection. My read is simple. This looks like a system that failed to do its job when it counted. Investigators have said for years that they had witnesses and leads beyond Florida and beyond one man. If there was nothing there it would have vanished. It did not vanish. It grew. The cloud is still here because the truth has not been put on the record in full and because consequences have landed on too few people. The standard should be clear. If the files name people who procured paid planned transported or abused then those names should be tested against evidence and taken to a grand jury. If the files are thin then say that plainly and show the work. Either way the public deserves facts not hints. Closed door briefings keep rumors alive. Open records and charging documents end them. There is a difference between conjecture and accountability. I am not naming names. I am saying the bureau and the department owe the country a complete accounting. The victims deserved it years ago. The public deserves it now. When leaders shrug and say there is no list while lawmakers say there are names trust collapses. You cannot fix that with statements. You fix it with files evidence and charges. I believe Massie is pressing in good faith. I believe the country is past patience. If there are twenty names then move. If there are none then prove it with a full release of what can be lawfully disclosed and a timeline for the rest. Enough fog. Put it on the record.