The Department of Justice provided the thousands of pages of the Epstein case, according to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday, and the documents were redacted to remove “victim identities and any child sexual abuse material.”
Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna both continued to demand what Khanna put forth as “the full release of the Epstein files and justice for the survivors.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi would have to release all of the Justice Department’s unclassified Epstein records, including those held by the FBI and US attorneys’ offices, under Massie and Khanna’s “full release” proposal.
On Wednesday morning, Massie and Khanna planned to support their request for the full release of the case’s files by holding a press conference with some of the victims of Epstein.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson expressed his concern for Massie’s petition because it lacked language to protect the identities of those who were sexually abused by Epstein.
Johnson also claimed that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s work, which had released thousands of pages of files on Monday, caused the petition for the full release of the Epstein files to be “moot.”
Johnson said, “We’re at this point, and I believe we’re at the desired outcome here.”
The committee questioned convicted Epstein aide Ghislaine Maxwell in a deposition and subpoenaed the Justice Department and Epstein’s estate for information.
No credible evidence has been found that Epstein had blackmailed prominent figures, according to a memo from the Justice Department and FBI in July.
Many people, including prominent conservatives in Trump’s support base, who had been urging the release of all Epstein-related documents, a promise made by Trump during his re-election campaign, surprised by that announcement.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in July, the majority of Americans, including Trump’s Republicans, think his administration is keeping information from the Epstein case a secret.
Through his financial dealings and charitable contributions, Epstein was connected to a sizable number of well-known politicians and businesspeople.
On August 10, 2019, he was discovered dead in his New York City jail cell, where he was being held while a sex trafficking trial was pending. His death was declared a suicide.
Source: Aljazeera
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