US Congressman says he has Congressional support to release Epstein case files

Miami (USA),.- US Congressman Ro Khanna, of the Democratic Party, stated this Sunday that he has the necessary support in Congress to force a vote that could urge the Government to publish the files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased magnate convicted of sexual abuse. “We have the 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans,” Khanna said on NBC about Republican Representative Thomas Massie’s efforts to gather support from lawmakers in his own party.

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Both congressmen have promoted the Epstein Records Transparency Act, which would require the House of Representatives to vote on the disclosure of documentation from the Epstein case. If he had the support of the entire Democratic caucus, as Khanna stated, six Republican signatures would be enough to move it forward. The California representative added that the press conference called for Tuesday on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C., which ten alleged Epstein victims will attend, “will be explosive” and will help to gain new support. “They will tell their story and clearly tell the American public that they want the publication of the Epstein files for a complete disclosure of this matter,” Khanna stated, indicating that several of the victims have not spoken publicly before. The appearance of the victims before the media will take place while Congress receives the documentation related to the magnate’s case, who committed suicide in prison in 2019, convicted as the ringleader of a sex trafficking network. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reported on August 19 that it would publish only some of the files, although not immediately, to protect the identity of the victims. The Epstein case has been at the center of American politics in recent months. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, assured during the last electoral campaign that he would publish a supposed list of clients of the magnate, but once in power he has been more restrained. This secrecy agitated the president’s base of supporters, after the Department of Justice stated in July that no further information about Epstein would be released. In parallel, Epstein’s ex-partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for facilitating underage girls to the magnate, was recently interviewed by Department officials and indicated that her ex-partner did not have a list of famous clients.