Despite pressure from the White House to the contrary, the goal was achieved. Bipartisan petition to force the House to vote full publication of all documents still classified as relating to Jeffrey Epstein the Department of Justice obtained the required 218 signatures. Democratic representatives announced it Ro Khanna who, along with his Republican colleagues Thomas MassieserveEpstein Files Transparency Act‘. “As our initiative heads to a vote, every member of Congress must ask themselves: are we going to side with the victims or the powerful? We must fight for justice,” commented Khanna.
Yesterday the pedophile financier case was involved again Donald Trumpwith the release of several emails from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in which Epstein wrote: “Trump he knows about girls” And “Virginia Giuffre he spent hours at my house with her.”
The signature of the new Democratic congressman from Arizona was crucial Adelita Grijalvawho signed the petition shortly after being sworn in as a new member of Congress. All Democratic deputies and four other Republicans signed her contract: in addition to Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace also signed it.
After the vote, the chairman of the Board, Mike Johnsonannounced that the bill will arrive in the House next week, ahead of schedule. However, there is still a long way to go to draft this bill: even if it is passed by the DPR, the road to becoming law will be uphill, because it must be ratified by the DPR. Senatecontrolled by Republicans, before reaching Trump’s desk.
Meanwhile, US media continues to publish material about the former pedophile financier. A month before Trump met Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Epstein tried to convey a message to a senior Russian diplomat, advising him to talk to him if he wanted to understand the American president. He brought it back Political citing an email dated June 24, 2018 and addressed to Thorbjorn Jagland, the former prime minister of Norway who was then chairman of the EU Council. “I think you might have suggested to Putin that Lavrov could get information by talking to me,” wrote Epstein, who, in another email, indicated he had spoken about Trump with Vitaly ChurkinRussian ambassador to the UN who died in 2017.
