Washington (USA) – Will there soon be answers to pressing questions about the Epstein scandal? The US House of Representatives voted late Tuesday to release documents regarding a serious sex offender scandal.
The decision was nearly unanimous with a vote of 427 to 1. Only Republican Clay Higgins (64) voted against it. Lawmakers acknowledged the results with applause and cheers.
However, it is unclear whether the document will actually be disclosed – it still requires Senate approval and the signature of US President Donald Trump (79).
Trump: “We have nothing to hide”
As the number of Republicans has continued to grow in recent days, Trump has clearly felt compelled to do so as well to waive his objection to publication. “Republicans in the House of Representatives should vote to release the Epstein files because we have nothing to hide,” Trump shockingly wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday.
A responsible committee in the House of Representatives could get Epstein “everything he is legally entitled to, I don’t care.”
How close are these two men? Epstein with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 1997
According to investigators, Epstein had been abusing underage girls and young women for years and trafficking them to celebrities. Epstein was found dead in a prison cell in 2019 while awaiting his next trial. According to authorities, he committed suicide. Many Americans and right-wing influencers suspect that the former financial investor was murdered to prevent him from coming forward against his prominent accomplices.
The latest emails were released by Democrats suggesting closer ties between Epstein and Trump – the US president denies this. In one of his emails, Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls.” He also spent “hours and hours” with abuse victims.
Trump then initiated an investigation into former President Bill Clinton (79) and tried to draw attention to Clinton, among others on Larry Summers (70), who was Secretary of the Treasury under the Clinton administration and later an advisor to President Barack Obama (64). Summers announced his retirement from public life following the publication of his Epstein emails.
