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(NewsNation) — Democrats pressed for a Wednesday ballot that would necessitate the Justice Department to merchandise each authorities files related to convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The House Oversight Committee connected Tuesday released much than 33,000 pages of documents, including formation logs, tribunal filings and emails. However, lawmakers from some parties person argued astir of the accusation was already public.
Committee ranking subordinate Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said Democrats recovered that "97% of the documents" had been antecedently available.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has filed a petition for a ballot connected the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bipartisan measure helium co-authored with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
The measurement would compel the Department of Justice to merchandise each Epstein-related records wrong 30 days. So far, 134 lawmakers — 130 Democrats and 4 Republicans — person signed on. GOP supporters see Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; and Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
Massie introduced the bill successful July, informing that if the House failed to see it wrong 7 legislative days, he'd determination guardant with a discharge petition.
Massie and Khanna, alongside Epstein accusers, are scheduled to clasp a quality league Wednesday, calling for the afloat merchandise of the files.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has antecedently said the Trump medication reviewed Epstein-related grounds and concluded the disgraced financier died by termination and did not permission down a “client list.” Bondi suggested successful February that database was connected her desk, though she aboriginal clarified that she was referring to the wide lawsuit file.
Nonetheless, the DOJ's handling of the Epstein national probe has resulted successful bipartisan criticism.
Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's longtime subordinate and erstwhile girlfriend, is presently serving a 20-year sentence for helping him sexually exploit and maltreatment underage girls. Epstein was recovered dormant successful his jailhouse compartment successful 2019. He was awaiting proceedings for allegedly orchestrating a kid enactment trafficking ringing on with Maxwell.
