The Department of Justice is expected to be passed on Friday to the first party of Jeffrey Epstein to Congress. However, it may take some time for lawmakers to receive the information they want – if ever.
DOJs take on a sharing attitude towards the transfer of documents to the Capitol Hill under a The court’s summons were issued this month The Chamber’s Supervisory and Government Reform Committee after the Commission Democrats forced the issue.
Expected Initial part cases related to a convicted sexual offender until 22 August. The end of the end. However, the publication of this material will be a slow, thoughtful process.
This is because the palace’s maintenance intends to coordinate with the Department of Justice to protect the names of women who have become the victims of Epstein, who died of suicide in 2019 and information about the ongoing criminal cases.
“The committee intends to make records after a careful review to ensure that the material of the identification of the whole victim and sexual abuse against children is edited,” said a spokesman for the Supervisory Committee, providing anonymity to share detailed information about the commission’s internal activity. “The Committee will also consult with DOJ to ensure that all released documents have no adversely affected ongoing criminal cases and investigations.”
If the Department of Justice followed the precedent, both Democrats and Republicans overseeing the palace would receive access to the material. Although according to a normal agreement, most of the Republicans would control their disclosure, any country could release the material unilaterally.
However, Democrats intend to review cases before publicly discharging them, according to the person familiar with the planning of supervision Democrats, talking to an anonymity condition to share the domestic party strategy.
The cases they receive may include FBI reports of witness interviews; Materials seized from the huge eptele of ownership in New York, the Virgin Islands, Palm Bych and New Mexico; and statements used to obtain the permit of the judges to obtain these searches.
These include a variety of complex factors, including a legal challenge, which Ghislaine Maxwell, a long -time collaborator of Epstein, is seeking her 20 years of sex. Home care before Maxwell’s summons The testimony and negotiate the terms of the interview with her legal team. Maxwell, who has been sentenced in 2021, requires her to have immunity from further criminal cases for her cooperation.
However, it is unlikely to meet the requirements of the transparency of legislators on both sides of the passage. And home GOP leaders should not be expected that from August break without the drama that used them in July.
“After a few months of stones, calling Epstein’s cases fraudulent, and they say nothing, except that their property is pornography, the administration now recognizes that cases exist and agree to release some of them,” said Tom Massie (R-Ky). Social media record this week. “But Americans want transparency, not smoke and mirrors.”
Massie, along with rap. Ro Khanna (D-Calif), led the accusation to force the floor to vote for a resolution that forced Epstein’s cases, and both men say they will follow the plans when the congress will return to use procedural maneuvers to call for a remedy without the consent of leadership.
Massie-Khanna resolution would require the materials to be made public only by editing only to protect the names of the victims, to hide sexual content and in cases where it could be harmful to occurring legal cases. In other words, lawmakers want to guarantee the identities of Epstein’s like -minded people if applicable.
Last month, speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans should spend time responsibly revealing documents that would respect the privacy of the victims of Epstein. But President Donald Trump – which one had contacts with Epstein, a well -known financier – also tried to move this question after his allies had For many years of conspiracy theory About what authorities were hiding.
However, Massie, Khanna and allies will not go into their position that members must be allowed to vote to highlight cases and disrupt the Committee of the Rules, which draws attention to most legislation. The leaders chose to send their members home a few days earlier than the schedule schedule, not to remain in Washington to accept politically awkward votes.
Democrats also signal that they will not be satisfied with the DOJ game plan and will continue to become a political headache for Republicans.
“When issuing Epstein cases in parties, it simply continues this hiding the White House. American people will not accept anything that is missing full, inseparable in epsein, “Robert Garcia, the tallest Democratic Democrat said in a statement.” We continue to press until the Americans receive the truth – every document, every fact, completely.
The effort to draw a wedge in the GS during the Epstein files was as far away as Texas this week, where Gene Wu, chairwoman of the Democratic Mask of the State House, proposed to postpone the Republican decade redistribution effort until the Epstein Materials released.
Meanwhile, in Washington, lawmakers on September 2 September on Capitol Hill, just four weeks left to avoid the government’s closure, and the GOP leadership is already worried at a time when the palace was wasted and continued to fight for a perceived distraction.
“I would definitely like to be resolved, if possible, before returning,” rep. Virginia Foxx (R-VA.). “We’ll have to do a lot when we get back in September. I have already reviewed my September calendar and it looks pretty busy.”
Foxx, whose committee’s work was taken from the members of the members to force the voices with the Epstein, called the button at the “teapot” temperature. “
February The Department of Justice published what he called the “first phase” documents related to the Epstein’s investigation, which was the recording of some presidential supporters. It has long been public that Trump – along with other famous actors such as Bill Clinton – is Stated in the documents previously published In court cases around Epstein. However, Trump is not accused of any illegal acts related to Epstein.
However, the real Firestorm began sincerely in early July, when the department quietly issued a memorandum, which says the federal government did not find evidence of the so -called “list of clients” of Epsein. Conspirators have long been posting The fact that Epstet has retained such a list of people with whom he traded young women and that it was hidden to protect rich and powerful.
No additional disclosure will be reported that an unsigned memorandum, which quickly and predictable, has expressed a complex political accusations of the President and the GOP, which the administration has re -evaluated for its promises of transparency.
In an effort to eliminate outrage, he asked the Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the greatest jury with the latest Epstein and Maxwello studies in New York, as well as the previous federal eptele of Epstein in Florida. The latter of the latter The latest rejection coming on Wednesday;
The judges said the department did not justify an unusual step to distinguish secret cases, and in any case, most of the file material had already been made public by Maxwell’s court or other means.
However, even if the large jurors and exhibits have been made public, they are a small part of the material that the Department of Justice has in Epstein and Maxwell’s investigation cases containing a Congress court summons.
When the Chamber’s Supervisory Committee interviewed the former Attorney General of Trump Bill Barra, as part of his probe Epstein Mater earlier this month, Barras told Congress investigators that he did not know why the documents were detained, he said
However, the lack of transparency may be due to the fact that some major materials may need court approval, proposed by Barras and that current policy prohibits the disclosure of unjustified information.
Finally, the summons of the Chamber Supervision Court is currently the best opportunity to highlight certain information – and Trump’s administration to obtain limited information to satisfy those requests for actions.
Long -term DOJ policy as well as federal law – 1974. Privacy Act – restricts the disclosure of living persons investigated for possible crimes. However, that law and those DOJ rules do not apply to Congress, which is usually free to ignore the basics of individuals from their own discretion. The DOJ sometimes used the difference to effectively disclose the unprofitable information, transmit it to Congress – with VV and Democratic lawmakers, then able to choose cherries, what to choose from them to be published.
The DOJ representative did not respond to the request to comment.
Erica Order, Josh Gerstein and Jordain Carney contributed to this report.