“SELECTIVE CONCEALMENT”
Republican congressman Thomas Massie, who has lengthy pushed for the whole launch of the recordsdata, on Sunday joined in with the Democrats’ calls for.
“They’re flouting the spirit and the letter of the regulation. It’s extremely troubling the posture that they’ve taken. And I will not be glad till the survivors are glad,” he advised CBS’s Face The Nation.
A 60-count indictment that implicates well-known folks was not launched, Massie charged. “It is in regards to the selective concealment,” he mentioned.
Trump tried to dam the disclosure of the recordsdata linked to Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on sex-trafficking fees.
The president lastly bowed to mounting strain from Congress – together with members of his personal social gathering – and signed the regulation compelling publication of the fabric.
Trump was as soon as a detailed buddy of Epstein, usually attending events collectively, however he minimize ties with him years earlier than his arrest and faces no accusations of wrongdoing.
ACCOMPLICE IN JAIL
Not less than one launched file contained dozens of censored photos of bare or scantily clad figures, whereas beforehand unseen images of disgraced former prince Andrew present him mendacity throughout the legs of 5 ladies.
Different photos present Clinton lounging in a sizzling tub, a part of the picture blacked out, and swimming alongside a dark-haired lady who seems to be Epstein’s confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, stays the one particular person convicted in connection together with his crimes, and is serving a 20-year sentence for recruiting underage ladies for the previous banker, whose demise was dominated a suicide.
Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic Home minority chief, mentioned on ABC’s This Week that justice officers should present a written clarification to Congress inside 15 days about why they withheld any paperwork.
“It does seem, in fact, that this preliminary doc launch is insufficient,” Jeffries mentioned.
