With Congress back in session this week, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are ready to once again push House Speaker Mike Johnson and the White House for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The next step: a Wednesday press conference with 10 of Epstein's victims, Khanna told NBC's Kristen Welker in an interview on "Meet the Press," "many who have never spoken out before."
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) revealed that at least 10 victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will appear at an "explosive" bipartisan press conference on Sept. 3. During a Sunday interview on NBC, host Kristen Welker asked Khanna if he and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) had the votes to pass a bill to force the Department of Justice to release files on the Epstein case. "I'm very confident it will," Khanna replied. "We will have the petition live on Sept. 2. We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans. Only six of them have to sign it."
Experts raise questions about the DoJ’s interview with the Epstein associate that left questions remaining. As deputy US attorney Todd Blanche announced last week that the justice department would release transcripts of his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, he described this disclosure as being “in the interest of transparency”. “Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden,” Blanche also said of his two-day sit down with Maxwell, who was convicted sex trafficking in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of teenage girls.
WASHINGTON − An upcoming news conference with victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could be “explosive,” one of the congressmen pushing for full release of the files on Epstein predicts. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, said the victims’ accounts will force lawmakers to vote on a bill requiring the Justice Department to release its files. Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky – who are co-leading the effort − need 218 signatures to make that happen. With all 212 Democrats backing the effort, only six Republicans need to sign on, Khanna said on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker."
