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Rep. Thomas Massie branded Donald Trump’s presidency the “Epstein administration” on Sunday as he laid into the president and his deputy, Attorney General Pam Bondi, for what some members of Congress have described as an effort to stonewall the release of the Epstein files.
The Republican representative from Kentucky was one of two members of Congress, along with Rep. Ro Khanna, to lead a discharge petition last year aimed at forcing the Justice Department to publish the extent of its gathered evidence and information relating to Jeffrey Epstein. The measure passed after gaining widespread bipartisan support last year, and was begrudgingly signed into law by the president.
The congressman was asked about the president’s anger towards him during an interview Sunday with ABC’s Martha Raddatz on This Week,and responded by claiming that the Trump administration was still working to protect powerful men named in the files.
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On Sunday, Massie also reacted to the testimony of Bondi last week before the House Judiciary Committee, where he and several other lawmakers attempted to press the attorney general on redactions in the files and delays in their publication
The DOJ now says it has released all of its files pertaining to the investigation, but Massie and other members of Congress have complained that their access to the unredacted versions — which can only be viewed at DOJ headquarters under surveillance — is still being restricted in some ways.
“They took down some of the most significant documents, two of them involving Virginia Giuffre’s case,” Massie said on ABC. “We want to be able to look at all these files. They can't keep those documents down after they've already produced them."
Members of Congress who have viewed the unredacted versions say the files contain references to victims as young as nine years old. They’ve criticized the agency over redactions made in the public versions of the files.
So the Clintons are going to appear before the House Oversight Committee at the end of this month. I just looked at the GOP side of the committee and it's going to be brutal. Neither Bill or Hillary are people for whom I have fondness or admiration, but they'll be the two smartest people in the room and will run circles around the hostile questioners. Bill and Epstein were clearly acquaintances, but no real evidence of wrongdoing. I'm not even sure why they subpoenaed Hillary. She didn't have anything to do with it. Now we'll be subject to the spectacle of Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, and Jim Jordan getting their asses handed to them by one the savviest politicians in our lifetime and a justifiably indignant Hillary.
So the Clintons are going to appear before the House Oversight Committee at the end of this month. I just looked at the GOP side of the committee and it's going to be brutal. Neither Bill or Hillary are people for whom I have fondness or admiration, but they'll be the two smartest people in the room and will run circles around the hostile questioners. Bill and Epstein were clearly acquaintances, but no real evidence of wrongdoing. I'm not even sure why they subpoenaed Hillary. She didn't have anything to do with it. Now we'll be subject to the spectacle of Paul Gosar, Lauren Boebert, and Jim Jordan getting their asses handed to them by one the savviest politicians in our lifetime and a justifiably indignant Hillary.
It’s a shame it won’t be done publicly. I think Comer knows what you spelled out above. Then again, Comer and Jordan do seem to be the poster boys for Dunning-Kruger.
It’s a shame it won’t be done publicly. I think Comer knows what you spelled out above. Then again, Comer and Jordan do seem to be the poster boys for Dunning-Kruger.
For some reason I thought it was a public hearing.
Channel 4 in the UK think a a sh!t ton of data hasn't been released. They've determined the amount released is tiny to what has been collected. It's speculated a lot of spy cam footage hasn't been acknowledged.
I saw online that the immunity ruling by SCOTUS made the president less accountable than literal royalty. Quite the historical reversal for this country.
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This article by WSJ was pretty informative of the accomplice who killed himself in prison as well.
The Accomplice Who Was Going to Testify Against Jeffrey Epstein—Then Went Dark
Jean-Luc Brunel was ready to turn on the man who had been his patron and partner. The French modeling scout was prepared to tell prosecutors what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking.
Brunel was secretly negotiating in 2016 with lawyers representing Epstein’s victims, according to newly released Justice Department files. Brunel’s lawyer told them his client recruited girls for Epstein and had incriminating photographs. They discussed a date for Brunel to walk into the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York—in exchange for immunity.
“One of Epstein’s bfs, Jean Luc Brunel, has helped get girls. He is wanting to cooperate,” according to handwritten notes taken by a federal prosecutor in February 2016. “Brunel is afraid of being prosecuted.”
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