After sharing 19 photos earlier in December, Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, commented: « We will not rest until the American people get the truth. The Department of Justice must release all the files, NOW. »
Meanwhile, Trump has expressed his hope that the release of the documents would reveal ‘the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein’.
After signing the legislation, he wrote on Truth Social: « I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have! »While the Justice Department has been urged to release ‘all the files’, the law does state that it could withhold some documents if they meet certain criteria.
It was granted to withhold any documents which ‘would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary’. Additionally, it could hold back any details that may violate victims’ privacy, or contain sensitive material on child sexual abuse.
One of the survivors, Dani Bensky, told CNN she and some other survivors were ‘in the dark’ when it came to the release of the files, explaining: « It’s a little bit tricky because we won’t see the files before they come. We don’t know what time they’re dropping on the 19th. We don’t know. »
That being said, survivors have described feeling hopeful that the new information would help to validate their own recollections of abuse from Epstein, with all of those who spoke to CNN saying they support the release of the files. However, the survivors added that redactions should be made to protect victims.
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother has made a major allegation about the files on the late convicted sex offender.
After Congress voted on November 18 to release the Epstein files, nearly a year on from President Donald Trump promising to reveal all, things have exploded once more.
The bill, which was approved in the House of Representatives in a 427-1 vote, will see the release of documents from criminal investigations into Epstein, which include transcripts of interviews with victims and witnesses, and items seized in raids of his properties.
The bill was transferred to the Senate, where it was approved and turned into law, which means Attorney General Pam Bondi has to release all ‘unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials’ in the Department of Justice’s possession.
Ever since Epstein’s crimes came to light, and his alleged alliance with powerful figures such as Andrew Windsor and Trump, the POTUS has been adamant that he has not been affiliated with the sex ring.
He also claimed the files are being used to cover up the Shutdown blunder that saw the government close down most of its services.Trump recently wrote: « The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects. Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap.
« The Democrats cost our Country $1.5 Trillion Dollars with their recent antics of viciously closing our Country, while at the same time putting many at risk — and they should pay a fair price.
« There should be no deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be focused only on opening up our Country, and fixing the massive damage caused by the Democrats! »
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother speaks out
However, Mark Epstein, the brother of the criminal, begs to differ.
Mark has now claimed that the files on his late brother are allegedly being edited to remove the names of Republican politicians.
In an interview with NewsNation on November 18, Mark alleged an unnamed source revealed to him that the names of conservative politicians were being redacted. »I’ve been recently told, the reason they’re going to be releasing the files and the reason for the flip is that they’re sabotaging these files, » Mark said.
« That’s what I was told, by a pretty good source. »
He then went on to allege that his late brother claimed to have incriminating evidence against Trump around the time of his 2016 election that could have ‘cancelled the election’ due to what he had on the candidates at that time.
« He didn’t tell me what he knew, » Mark said. “But Jeffrey definitely had dirt on Trump. »
This comes after several of Epstein’s victims appeared in a powerful public service announcement produced by the World Without Exploitation organization, in which they called for the public to contact their local politicians about the importance of releasing information tied to Epstein, his se* trafficking empire and those implicated in it.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told UNILAD: “Instead of amplifying baseless claims, the media should start asking real questions: why was Democrat Stacey Plaskett live texting Epstein in 2019 during a congressional hearing after he was a convicted sex offender? »
Plaskett has denied any wrongdoing, saying it was not pubic knowledge at the time that Epstein was under federal investigation, although he was convicted of sex offences in 2008.
Jackson continued: « Why did President Bill Clinton travel on Epstein’s plane 26 times? And why did one of Epstein’s victims write that she saw Clinton on Epstein’s island with two young women? These are just some of the many questions that the American people deserve to have answered.”
Stephen King has taken to social media to suggest Donald Trump wouldn’t have become president had the Epstein files been released years ago.
Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in 2019 on charges related to sex trafficking. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, New York City, that same year while he was awaiting trial.
Last week, emails were released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into convicted sex offenders Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Trump was referenced repeatedly in conversations between Epstein and Maxwell, who is currently serving 20 years in jail for sex trafficking.
Trump has long maintained he was not aware of Epstein’s crimes.
King, who has been a vocal critic of the US president in recent months, took to X to make a bold claim about the US public.The author wrote: « The American public has grown numb to sexual crimes. If the Epstein business had come out against Trump in 1985, even 2005, Donny J would be gone like Enron. »
And in a previous tweet, King penned: « Look, it’s pretty simple: If the Epstein files don’t incriminate Trump, why won’t he release them? »
Well, in somewhat of a U-turn, Trump revealed over the weekend he wants the Epstein files to be released and encouraged all Republicans to vote in favor of it in Congress.
Taking to Truth Social, the POTUS wrote: « House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide.
« And it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown.' »
His lengthy statement, in part, continued: « The House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE! All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, ‘Affordability’. »Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory. Some ‘members’ of the Republican Party are being ‘used’, and we can’t let that happen. »
After the emails that referenced Trump were released last week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to « The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump.
« The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and ‘couldn’t have been friendlier’ to her in their limited interactions.
« The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre.
« These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again. »
