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(NewsNation) — The Department of Justice volition soon begin releasing records to Congress related to financier and convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the seat of the House Oversight Committee.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said successful a connection the records would statesman to beryllium released to Congress connected Friday and that it would instrumentality clip for each the files to beryllium delivered to the committee.
"There are galore records successful DOJ’s custody, and it volition instrumentality the Department clip to nutrient each the records and guarantee the recognition of victims and immoderate kid intersexual maltreatment worldly are redacted," helium said.
Comer had issued a subpoena to the DOJ for the records aft President Donald Trump backtracked connected promises to release the files.
During the campaign, Trump stoked conspiracy theories surrounding the case, including suspicions of those mentioned successful the files and the mentation that Epstein's decease was not a suicide.
An archetypal merchandise of files to a tiny radical of blimpish influencers revealed small caller information, and voters continued to telephone for much files to beryllium made public.
The Trump medication began to backpeddle connected promises for transparency, with Trump lashing retired astatine his supporters who questioned wherefore helium had not made bully connected his run pledge.
Members of Congress person besides continued to telephone for the files to beryllium released.
Comer has besides subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Alberto Gonzales to springiness depositions relating to the investigation.
