Washington – In order to release more information about guilty sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein, the increasing pressure on the Trump administration has shown very little indication of easy relaxation soon.
This put President Trump’s colleagues in a bond in the Congress as they try to balance the demands of the Republican base for the release of all Epstein files against the desire of the White House to move forward.
For now, Mr. Trump has asked that only federal grand jury tape should be made public. One of the requests of the Department of Justice has been ignored by the grand jury tape rejectedThe Trump administration has asked for a grand jury tape related to the investigation at Epstein in Florida in 2005 and 2007, as well as who was allegations against Eptestein in 2019 and against their partner, Ghislane Maxwell, who were alleged against the separate Grand Jerse -related tapes in New York. convicted Allegations of sex trafficking in 2021.
Some Republicans have revolted and are supporting efforts to make more details public. Meanwhile, the Democrats are facing flames by trying to accuse Republican to accuse Republican to take politically risky votes and trying to hide something on the GOP.
“What are they hiding from the American people, leaving the files so that the American people can decide on their own,” said Hakim Jeffrees, a Democrat House Minority Leader in New York.
Louisiana Republican, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that “no Epstein in Congress is blocking documents.” A day earlier, Johnson announced that there would be a lower chamber Going home early Like the members collided on the issue of Epstein.
Flight log, travel records, information about dealing with Epstein content
A Bipoly effort Under the leadership of Republican rape.
The law known as Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Department of Justice will need to release much more than the grand jury testimony that the President has asked to make the courts public.
It asks for the release of documents related to all investigations in the names of individuals and institutions referred to in any Epasteen case, and their partner Maxwell, Flight Log and Travel Records, and all investigations related to the communication of the Department of Internal Justice. It will also “public any records, as well as documents about their deaths, regarding the destruction, deletion, changes, misconceptions, or documents, recording, or electronic data related to Epstein and their colleagues.
Supporters of the law said it is necessary because it would be legally binding, unlike a Republican resolution – which can never get votes – which was presented as a manner of quiet dissatisfaction last week. The resolution from the Republican Rape Ralph Norman in South Carolina asks to release the most part of the same documentation, but if the Trump does not follow the administration, no one will lift the legal weight.
In Manhattan, in federal custody while Epstein died of suicide, as he was facing sexual trafficking charges in 2019. Prosecutors alleged that they exploited and misused dozens of girls from 2002 to 2002 from 2002. In 2008, in Florida, he convicted two state prostitution allegations – one of them for processing for one of them.
During Mr. Trump’s first term, his Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta resigned after criticizing his handling on Epstein’s 2008 petition when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months at a prison work-release program when she was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.
Johnson argued that Massey-Khanna attempt does not include adequate protection for Epstein’s victims. He said that the Congress has a moral and legal obligation “Protecting those who have been victims of these inexplicable crimes, so that they do not have drugs through mud.”
On Wednesday, three Republicans on a house oversight subcommittee Voted Hold the Department of Justice for Epstein Files with all Democrats on the panel. The White House has not responded to the latest Congress efforts, although Mr. Trump has referred to the entire saga as “deception”, as his administration has faced criticism on handling of Epstein files.
Epstein’s financial network
Senate Finance Committee’s Top Democrat Oregon’s Sen Ron Widen is looking at Epstein Financial network For three years and the Trump administration has called for the release of Treasury’s records.
Last year, the Biden administration allowed the committee employees to see parts of the confidential file. Wayden said it potentially shows more than 4,700 in suspected wire transfer, one of Epstein’s bank accounts and through other accounts, the inside and outside of hundreds of millions of people flows up to $ 1.1 billion.
Widen sent One letter This week, Attorney General Palm Bondi urged the Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s financial transactions and whether many big banks closed one eye for suspicious transfer. The Senator’s office said that the Attorney General has not yet responded. The Department of Justice has not yet responded to the request of the comment.
“The Epstein file of the Treasury Department has significant information on the sources of funding behind Epstein’s sex trafficking activities,” Wrned by Wayden. “Epstein clearly had access to huge finance to operate his sex trafficking network, and details about how they received cash for this, are sitting to file a cabinet in a Treasury Department.”
Demand for testimony from Ghislane Maxwell
Lawmaker is also demanding testimony from Maxwell, which was Guilty in 2021 For their role in the recruitment of Epstein, helping bride and misbehavior girls. he is By serving a 20 -year jail sentence,
House oversite committee Summons continues On Wednesday, Maxwell requested that she sits for a statement in August, “to consider possible legislative solutions to improve sexual trafficking and to improve federal efforts to improve the use of non-ex-display agreements and/or petition agreements in sex-over-prisition investigation.”
The second largest ranking officer in the Department of Justice, Todd Blanches, Are getting On Thursday with Maxwell at the US Attorney Office in Talahasi.
The Department of Justice announced earlier this month that no indication of “client list” was found in a review of evidence in Epstein case and said no other file would be released citing the confidentiality of the victims. This decision harasses Trump supporters who believe that the federal government has hidden information about Epstein to protect powerful figures.
