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Republican House Members in the Epstein Files

5 EFTA citations4,903 words4 persons referenced

*Generated 2026-02-12 from full_text_corpus.db (1,380,937 documents, 2,731,796 pages across 12 DOJ datasets)*

Republican House Members in the Epstein Files

Generated 2026-02-12 from full_text_corpus.db (1,380,937 documents, 2,731,796 pages across 12 DOJ datasets)

METHODOLOGY

Each official's name was searched as an exact quoted phrase in the FTS5 full-text index of all 12 DOJ Epstein file datasets (218 GB total). For officials with significant hit counts, a deeper context analysis was performed — sampling 5-10 document snippets to categorize the nature of each mention.

Categories:
  • DIRECT — Direct personal involvement: emails, meetings, financial ties, contact lists
  • INVESTIGATION — Referenced in Epstein investigation/prosecution documents
  • POLITICAL — Political/legislative context: oversight, public statements, policy
  • MIXED — Multiple categories present across mentions
  • NEWS — News clips or media references unrelated to Epstein
  • FALSE POSITIVE — Name matches a different person entirely

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • 221 officials searched
  • 94 appear in the corpus (127 with zero mentions)
  • 1 with MIXED mention types (multiple categories)
  • 2 confirmed FALSE POSITIVES (different person with same name)
  • 91 appear only in news coverage unrelated to Epstein
  • 127 not found in any document

Officials with Mixed Mentions

Barry Loudermilk (U.S. House Georgia District 11) — 40 documents, 41 pages
There are TWO different Barry Loudermilks in this corpus. (1) The majority of hits refer to a Barry Loudermilk who is a construction/development professional (NOT the congressman) whom Epstein was considering hiring. Documents show his resume was sent to Epstein, Epstein offered him a potential full-time job, and he was scheduled for site visits to Epstein's properties. His company Orion Group Holdings worked in marine construction, and he had prior development experience in Turks & Caicos. (2) Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) the congressman appears in separate political news coverage about January 6 investigations, FBI cell phone data disputes, and China-related threats. The congressman has no documented connection to Epstein.
Key documents: EFTA02258978, EFTA02622226, EFTA01022280, EFTA01022281, EFTA01013201

Confirmed False Positives

John James (U.S. House Michigan District 10) — 49 documents
The 'John James' in these documents is NOT the congressman John James (R-MI). It is a completely different person: John James, a Senior Solicitor at Johnson Lawyers in Adelaide, Australia. The documents are from a voluminous complaint by an Australian targeted individual alleging government conspiracy, intellectual property theft, and medical business plan fraud in South Australia. This person's grievance filings were submitted as tips/complaints to the Epstein document collection but have no connection to Epstein or the Michigan congressman.
Scott Fitzgerald (U.S. House Wisconsin District 5) — 22 documents
All hits are for F. Scott Fitzgerald, the American novelist and author of The Great Gatsby. Multiple documents compare Epstein to Jay Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's fictional character. Other references are to literary discussion events and book clubs. Zero hits relate to Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI).

COMPLETE LISTING BY STATE

Alabama

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Robert AderholtAlabama District 400
Barry MooreAlabama District 100
Gary PalmerAlabama District 633NEWS
Mike RogersAlabama District 3911NEWS
Dale StrongAlabama District 544NEWS

Alaska

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Nicholas BegichAlaska At-large District00

American Samoa

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Aumua Amata RadewagenAmerican Samoa At-large District00

Arizona

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Andy BiggsArizona District 556NEWS
Juan CiscomaniArizona District 600
Eli CraneArizona District 200
Paul GosarArizona District 922NEWS
Abraham HamadehArizona District 800
David SchweikertArizona District 146NEWS

Arkansas

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Rick CrawfordArkansas District 155NEWS
French HillArkansas District 244NEWS
Bruce WestermanArkansas District 400
Steve WomackArkansas District 300

California

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Ken CalvertCalifornia District 4100
Vince FongCalifornia District 2000
Darrell IssaCalifornia District 482429NEWS
Kevin KileyCalifornia District 322NEWS
Young KimCalifornia District 4011NEWS
Tom McClintockCalifornia District 522NEWS
Jay ObernolteCalifornia District 2311NEWS
David G. ValadaoCalifornia District 2200

Colorado

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Lauren BoebertColorado District 455NEWS
Jeff CrankColorado District 500
Gabe EvansColorado District 800
Jeff HurdColorado District 300

Florida

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Aaron BeanFlorida District 400
Gus M. BilirakisFlorida District 1200
Vern BuchananFlorida District 1611NEWS
Kat CammackFlorida District 300
Mario Diaz-BalartFlorida District 2666NEWS
Byron DonaldsFlorida District 1900
Neal DunnFlorida District 200
Randy FineFlorida District 600
Scott FranklinFlorida District 1800
Carlos GimenezFlorida District 2845NEWS
Mike HaridopolosFlorida District 822NEWS
Laurel LeeFlorida District 1511NEWS
Anna Paulina LunaFlorida District 1311NEWS
Brian MastFlorida District 2111NEWS
Cory MillsFlorida District 711NEWS
Jimmy PatronisFlorida District 1417NEWS
John RutherfordFlorida District 500
Maria Elvira SalazarFlorida District 2700
Greg SteubeFlorida District 1722NEWS
Daniel WebsterFlorida District 1112NEWS

Georgia

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Rick AllenGeorgia District 1200
Earl CarterGeorgia District 100
Andrew ClydeGeorgia District 911NEWS
Mike CollinsGeorgia District 1022NEWS
Brian JackGeorgia District 366NEWS
Barry LoudermilkGeorgia District 114041MIXED
Rich McCormickGeorgia District 711NEWS
Austin ScottGeorgia District 811NEWS

Guam

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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James MoylanGuam At-large District00

Idaho

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Russ FulcherIdaho District 100
Michael K. SimpsonIdaho District 200

Illinois

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Mike BostIllinois District 1223NEWS
Darin LaHoodIllinois District 1656NEWS
Mary MillerIllinois District 1522NEWS

Indiana

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Jim BairdIndiana District 400
Erin HouchinIndiana District 900
Mark MessmerIndiana District 800
Jefferson ShreveIndiana District 600
Victoria SpartzIndiana District 500
Marlin A. StutzmanIndiana District 300
Rudy YakymIndiana District 200

Iowa

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Randy FeenstraIowa District 400
Ashley HinsonIowa District 211NEWS
Mariannette Miller-MeeksIowa District 100
Zach NunnIowa District 300

Kansas

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Ron EstesKansas District 422NEWS
Tracey MannKansas District 100
Derek SchmidtKansas District 200

Kentucky

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Andy BarrKentucky District 600
James Comer Jr.Kentucky District 100
Brett GuthrieKentucky District 211NEWS
Thomas MassieKentucky District 41112NEWS
Hal RogersKentucky District 534NEWS

Louisiana

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Clay HigginsLouisiana District 312NEWS
Mike JohnsonLouisiana District 42023NEWS
Julia LetlowLouisiana District 500
Steve ScaliseLouisiana District 11316NEWS

Maryland

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Andrew HarrisMaryland District 100

Michigan

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
-----------------------:------:----------
Tom BarrettMichigan District 733NEWS
Jack BergmanMichigan District 111NEWS
Bill HuizengaMichigan District 400
John JamesMichigan District 104998FALSE POSITIVE
Lisa McClainMichigan District 900
John MoolenaarMichigan District 299NEWS
Tim WalbergMichigan District 500

Minnesota

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Tom EmmerMinnesota District 622NEWS
Brad FinstadMinnesota District 100
Michelle FischbachMinnesota District 700
Pete StauberMinnesota District 800

Mississippi

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
-----------------------:------:----------
Mike EzellMississippi District 400
Michael GuestMississippi District 300
Trent KellyMississippi District 155NEWS

Missouri

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Mark AlfordMissouri District 400
Eric BurlisonMissouri District 700
Sam GravesMissouri District 600
Bob OnderMissouri District 300
Jason SmithMissouri District 844NEWS
Ann WagnerMissouri District 266NEWS

Montana

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Troy DowningMontana District 200
Ryan K. ZinkeMontana District 100

Nebraska

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Don BaconNebraska District 222NEWS
Mike FloodNebraska District 100
Adrian SmithNebraska District 300

Nevada

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
-----------------------:------:----------
Mark AmodeiNevada District 200

New Jersey

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
-----------------------:------:----------
Jeff Van DrewNew Jersey District 248NEWS
Thomas Kean Jr.New Jersey District 700
Chris SmithNew Jersey District 41313NEWS

New York

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Andrew GarbarinoNew York District 200
Nicholas J. LaLotaNew York District 100
Nick LangworthyNew York District 2300
Michael LawlerNew York District 1700
Nicole MalliotakisNew York District 1188NEWS
Elise StefanikNew York District 212228NEWS
Claudia TenneyNew York District 2412NEWS

North Carolina

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Chuck EdwardsNorth Carolina District 1100
Virginia FoxxNorth Carolina District 522NEWS
Pat HarriganNorth Carolina District 1000
Mark HarrisNorth Carolina District 822NEWS
Richard HudsonNorth Carolina District 912NEWS
Brad KnottNorth Carolina District 1300
Addison McDowellNorth Carolina District 600
Timothy K. MooreNorth Carolina District 1400
Gregory MurphyNorth Carolina District 300
David RouzerNorth Carolina District 700

North Dakota

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Julie FedorchakNorth Dakota At-large District00

Northern Mariana Islands

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Kimberlyn King-HindsNorthern Mariana Islands At-large District11NEWS

Ohio

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Troy BaldersonOhio District 1200
Mike CareyOhio District 1500
Warren DavidsonOhio District 822NEWS
Jim JordanOhio District 47297NEWS
David JoyceOhio District 1400
Bob LattaOhio District 511NEWS
Max MillerOhio District 700
Michael RulliOhio District 600
David TaylorOhio District 245NEWS
Michael TurnerOhio District 1022NEWS

Oklahoma

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Stephanie BiceOklahoma District 500
Josh BrecheenOklahoma District 200
Tom ColeOklahoma District 477NEWS
Kevin HernOklahoma District 100
Frank LucasOklahoma District 300

Oregon

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Cliff BentzOregon District 200

Pennsylvania

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Rob Bresnahan Jr.Pennsylvania District 800
Brian FitzpatrickPennsylvania District 144NEWS
John JoycePennsylvania District 1333NEWS
Mike KellyPennsylvania District 1669NEWS
Ryan MackenziePennsylvania District 700
Dan MeuserPennsylvania District 900
Scott PerryPennsylvania District 1056NEWS
Guy ReschenthalerPennsylvania District 1445NEWS
Lloyd SmuckerPennsylvania District 1111NEWS
Glenn ThompsonPennsylvania District 1500

South Carolina

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Sheri BiggsSouth Carolina District 300
Russell FrySouth Carolina District 700
Nancy MaceSouth Carolina District 169NEWS
Ralph NormanSouth Carolina District 522NEWS
William TimmonsSouth Carolina District 400
Joe WilsonSouth Carolina District 21213NEWS

South Dakota

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Dusty JohnsonSouth Dakota At-large District00

Tennessee

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Tim BurchettTennessee District 222NEWS
Scott DesJarlaisTennessee District 422NEWS
Matt Van EppsTennessee District 700
Charles J. FleischmannTennessee District 300
Diana HarshbargerTennessee District 100
David KustoffTennessee District 800
Andy OglesTennessee District 547NEWS
John RoseTennessee District 600

Texas

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Jodey ArringtonTexas District 1900
Brian BabinTexas District 3600
John CarterTexas District 3155NEWS
Michael CloudTexas District 2700
Daniel CrenshawTexas District 200
Monica De La CruzTexas District 1500
Beth Van DuyneTexas District 2400
Jake EllzeyTexas District 611NEWS
Pat FallonTexas District 411NEWS
Brandon GillTexas District 2611NEWS
Craig GoldmanTexas District 1200
Tony GonzalesTexas District 2322NEWS
Lance GoodenTexas District 500
Wesley HuntTexas District 3800
Ronny L. JacksonTexas District 1300
Morgan LuttrellTexas District 800
Michael McCaulTexas District 101010NEWS
Nathaniel MoranTexas District 122NEWS
Troy NehlsTexas District 2211NEWS
August PflugerTexas District 1133NEWS
Chip RoyTexas District 2157NEWS
Keith SelfTexas District 300
Pete SessionsTexas District 1733NEWS
Randy WeberTexas District 1422NEWS
Roger WilliamsTexas District 251523NEWS

Utah

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Mike KennedyUtah District 300
Celeste MaloyUtah District 200
Blake MooreUtah District 100
Burgess OwensUtah District 433NEWS

Virginia

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Benjamin Lee ClineVirginia District 600
H. Morgan GriffithVirginia District 900
Jennifer KiggansVirginia District 200
John McGuireVirginia District 500
Robert J. WittmanVirginia District 100

Washington

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Michael BaumgartnerWashington District 500
Dan NewhouseWashington District 400

West Virginia

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Carol MillerWest Virginia District 100
Riley MooreWest Virginia District 200

Wisconsin

OfficialOfficeDocsPagesCategory
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Scott FitzgeraldWisconsin District 52227FALSE POSITIVE
Glenn GrothmanWisconsin District 611NEWS
Derrick Van OrdenWisconsin District 300
Bryan SteilWisconsin District 100
Tom TiffanyWisconsin District 700
Tony WiedWisconsin District 800

Wyoming

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Harriet HagemanWyoming At-large District00

Officials with Zero Mentions

The following officials do not appear in any of the 1,380,937 documents in the corpus:

  • Robert Aderholt (Alabama)
  • Barry Moore (Alabama)
  • Nicholas Begich (Alaska)
  • Aumua Amata Radewagen (American Samoa)
  • Juan Ciscomani (Arizona)
  • Eli Crane (Arizona)
  • Abraham Hamadeh (Arizona)
  • Bruce Westerman (Arkansas)
  • Steve Womack (Arkansas)
  • Ken Calvert (California)
  • Vince Fong (California)
  • David G. Valadao (California)
  • Jeff Crank (Colorado)
  • Gabe Evans (Colorado)
  • Jeff Hurd (Colorado)
  • Aaron Bean (Florida)
  • Gus M. Bilirakis (Florida)
  • Kat Cammack (Florida)
  • Byron Donalds (Florida)
  • Neal Dunn (Florida)
  • Randy Fine (Florida)
  • Scott Franklin (Florida)
  • John Rutherford (Florida)
  • Maria Elvira Salazar (Florida)
  • Rick Allen (Georgia)
  • Earl Carter (Georgia)
  • James Moylan (Guam)
  • Russ Fulcher (Idaho)
  • Michael K. Simpson (Idaho)
  • Jim Baird (Indiana)
  • Erin Houchin (Indiana)
  • Mark Messmer (Indiana)
  • Jefferson Shreve (Indiana)
  • Victoria Spartz (Indiana)
  • Marlin A. Stutzman (Indiana)
  • Rudy Yakym (Indiana)
  • Randy Feenstra (Iowa)
  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa)
  • Zach Nunn (Iowa)
  • Tracey Mann (Kansas)
  • Derek Schmidt (Kansas)
  • Andy Barr (Kentucky)
  • James Comer Jr. (Kentucky)
  • Julia Letlow (Louisiana)
  • Andrew Harris (Maryland)
  • Bill Huizenga (Michigan)
  • Lisa McClain (Michigan)
  • Tim Walberg (Michigan)
  • Brad Finstad (Minnesota)
  • Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota)
  • Pete Stauber (Minnesota)
  • Mike Ezell (Mississippi)
  • Michael Guest (Mississippi)
  • Mark Alford (Missouri)
  • Eric Burlison (Missouri)
  • Sam Graves (Missouri)
  • Bob Onder (Missouri)
  • Troy Downing (Montana)
  • Ryan K. Zinke (Montana)
  • Mike Flood (Nebraska)
  • Adrian Smith (Nebraska)
  • Mark Amodei (Nevada)
  • Thomas Kean Jr. (New Jersey)
  • Andrew Garbarino (New York)
  • Nicholas J. LaLota (New York)
  • Nick Langworthy (New York)
  • Michael Lawler (New York)
  • Chuck Edwards (North Carolina)
  • Pat Harrigan (North Carolina)
  • Brad Knott (North Carolina)
  • Addison McDowell (North Carolina)
  • Timothy K. Moore (North Carolina)
  • Gregory Murphy (North Carolina)
  • David Rouzer (North Carolina)
  • Julie Fedorchak (North Dakota)
  • Troy Balderson (Ohio)
  • Mike Carey (Ohio)
  • David Joyce (Ohio)
  • Max Miller (Ohio)
  • Michael Rulli (Ohio)
  • Stephanie Bice (Oklahoma)
  • Josh Brecheen (Oklahoma)
  • Kevin Hern (Oklahoma)
  • Frank Lucas (Oklahoma)
  • Cliff Bentz (Oregon)
  • Rob Bresnahan Jr. (Pennsylvania)
  • Ryan Mackenzie (Pennsylvania)
  • Dan Meuser (Pennsylvania)
  • Glenn Thompson (Pennsylvania)
  • Sheri Biggs (South Carolina)
  • Russell Fry (South Carolina)
  • William Timmons (South Carolina)
  • Dusty Johnson (South Dakota)
  • Matt Van Epps (Tennessee)
  • Charles J. Fleischmann (Tennessee)
  • Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee)
  • David Kustoff (Tennessee)
  • John Rose (Tennessee)
  • Jodey Arrington (Texas)
  • Brian Babin (Texas)
  • Michael Cloud (Texas)
  • Daniel Crenshaw (Texas)
  • Monica De La Cruz (Texas)
  • Beth Van Duyne (Texas)
  • Craig Goldman (Texas)
  • Lance Gooden (Texas)
  • Wesley Hunt (Texas)
  • Ronny L. Jackson (Texas)
  • Morgan Luttrell (Texas)
  • Keith Self (Texas)
  • Mike Kennedy (Utah)
  • Celeste Maloy (Utah)
  • Blake Moore (Utah)
  • Benjamin Lee Cline (Virginia)
  • H. Morgan Griffith (Virginia)
  • Jennifer Kiggans (Virginia)
  • John McGuire (Virginia)
  • Robert J. Wittman (Virginia)
  • Michael Baumgartner (Washington)
  • Dan Newhouse (Washington)
  • Carol Miller (West Virginia)
  • Riley Moore (West Virginia)
  • Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin)
  • Bryan Steil (Wisconsin)
  • Tom Tiffany (Wisconsin)
  • Tony Wied (Wisconsin)
  • Harriet Hageman (Wyoming)

This report was generated by searching the complete DOJ Epstein file corpus (12 datasets, 218 GB). The presence of an official's name in this corpus does not imply any wrongdoing or connection to Jeffrey Epstein — the vast majority of mentions are in news articles, political coverage, and other media collected as part of the investigation. Only entries marked DIRECT indicate documented personal contact.