Congress wants the Jeffrey Epstein client list. Republicans, Democrats and even the speaker of the House are all calling for transparency. Despite that, the files about one of the most notorious sex traffickers of all time are still private, and the White House wants everyone to move on.
Straight Arrow News spoke with members of Congress about the Epstein case, and it’s clear they are not going to drop this.
“Democrats, Republicans, independents, think that the [Department of Justice] is not being transparent, and so that makes you want to pull the string more,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., said.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., brought forward an amendment that would require the DOJ to release the Epstein files, but Republicans blocked a vote on the measure. Democrats are now criticizing their GOP colleagues who, for months, said the information should be made public.
“All of a sudden, it’s like, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. There is no files, there was no Jeffrey Epstein, there was no list. In fact, Pam Bondi doesn’t even have a desk,” Moskowitz said.
Moskowitz is referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi’s now-infamous answer to a simple question in an interview with Fox News on whether or not she will release the client list. She said it’s “sitting on my desk right now to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump.”
Republicans who spoke with Straight Arrow News on Capitol Hill are not happy that she’s reneging.
“The Attorney General said she had a list on her desk, and then she didn’t. I think she’s way out of her league,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told SAN. “I just don’t think, I don’t think she was ready for prime time at that point.”
“Pam Bondi, I don’t know when she originally made the statement. I think she was talking about documents, I don’t know if she was specific about a list or whatever. She needs to come forward and explain that to everybody,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Benny Johnson.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, Epstein’s accomplice and facilitator, Ghislaine Maxwell, is willing to speak to Congress about everything she knows.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said she should be brought in to testify under oath.
“This is the worst, one of the worst human trafficking rings in American history, run by this scumbag. And I think the more we know about it, the more we get out there, the better it is,” Hawley told SAN.
Other members of Congress said they don’t trust her and that she’s likely doing this in an attempt to get leniency.
“What would be her angle? Is she trying to get a better plea deal or something?” Burchett asked.
“My question for that is, why is she not just talking to the press? She can say everything she needs to say to the press at any time,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said. “And, I really think it was also interesting that she made this, apparently, request or statement within 24 hours of a Supreme Court ruling.”
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking minors. She’s asking the Supreme Court to toss out her conviction, arguing she should be shielded by a 2007 non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and federal prosecutors in Florida.
As for the Epstein case, the DOJ released a memo earlier this month stating that there was no client list and that there will be no further prosecutions. Therefore, it is likely that Congress will need to bring new information to light.
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Author: Ray Bogan
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