xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoDocuments that were included in the US Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed on Jan. 2, 2026. [Jon Elswick/AP]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 11 Nov 202611 Nov 2026Congressional Republicans are pressing for renewed investigations into sex crimes cases involving disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, accusing authorities of mishandling the case for decades.