Trump teased ‘everything will be revealed’ as he signed an order to release the remaining JFK files
REPUBLICAN Congress members are calling on President Donald Trump to release evidence related to the case of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The effort by two GOP Tennessee representatives comes after Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents about the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Epstein died in August 2019 while awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges in New York.
The disgraced financier, 59, was found dead in his jail cell at the Manhattan Detention Complex.
A medical examiner ruled his death a suicide.
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn and Representative Tim Burchett, both of Tennessee, told the Daily Mail they have been fighting for years to unseal the documents related to Epstein’s case.
Blackburn told the outlet she has pushed for the release of unredacted versions of Epstein’s flight logs and the complete version of Ghislaine Maxwell’s “little black book.”
The explosive contact book contained a list of names and phone numbers of some of the world’s most powerful and wealthy individuals, according to court documents.
A few pages of the book were released in a redacted version during Maxwell’s 2021 child sex trafficking trial.
However, the full unredacted version has never been released to the public.
Maxwell, a British socialite who groomed and sex trafficked young girls for Epstein, is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of child sex trafficking charges in December 2021.
“Jeffrey Epstein built a disgusting global sex trafficking network that caused irreparable damage to countless women,” Blackburn told the Daily Mail.
“Americans deserve to know exactly who was affiliated with this network.
“This is not about celebrities – this is about what happened to victims and survivors.”
Burchett repeated Blackburn’s sentiment, telling the outlet the time to release the Epstein files is now as Republicans control both the House and Senate.
‘I’D TAKE A LOOK AT IT’
In January 2024, hundreds of pages containing names of over 170 of Epstein’s associates were released to the public.
The documents contained the names of former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, late British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, and even President Trump himself.
However, the documents did not contain any incriminating evidence or Epstein’s supposed list of clients.
In an interview with podcast host Lex Fridman in September, Trump again distanced himself from the convicted pedophile, saying he was never involved with Epstein.
But, he said, if elected president, he would support the release of Epstein’s supposed list of clients.
“It’s just very strange for a lot of people that the list of clients that went to the island has not been made public,” Fridman told Trump.
“Yeah, it’s very interesting, isn’t it. I’d certainly take a look at it,” Trump replied.
Trump has not publicly commented on the Epstein files since he was inaugurated on Monday.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/13368426/gop-reps-trump-release-jeffrey-epstein-case-files/