Republican Rep. Thomas Massie stated Sunday he stands with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna’s calls to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s property for paperwork associated to his case, together with, as reported by the Wall Road Journal, a birthday letter to Epstein allegedly written by President Donald Trump in 2003.
“Properly, I feel we should always get much more than simply the e book. Let’s get the monetary data of the property. The place is it — observe the cash, as they are saying up right here,” Massie informed ABC Information’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. “We must always have a look at the plea cut price. Open that up. See what was the deal? What was the deal that was minimize? I feel there’s much more than simply that letter.”
The Wall Road Journal reported on a birthday message Trump allegedly wrote in a e book of messages for Epstein’s fiftieth birthday — the president denies it exists and has sued the Journal for defamation over the report. ABC Information has not been in a position to affirm the existence of the letter.
Massie and Khanna’s joint laws would pressure a Home vote on the discharge of the Epstein information. Nonetheless, Speaker Mike Johnson despatched the Home on an August recess a day early, successfully skirting the vote. Massie and Khanna are actually searching for a discharge petition, which with 218 votes from Home members, would bypass Johnson.
Massie stated: “It could pressure a full launch of the information. It has the pressure of regulation. It isn’t a subpoena. It isn’t a ‘Fairly please, would you launch the information?’ It is the pressure of regulation and, it is obtained protections to redact victims’ names and to stop, you realize, launch of kid pornography.”
Khanna added the Democratic curiosity on this case will not be new, regardless of claims that the occasion has latched on to the case because it causes infighting amongst a few of Trump’s MAGA base.
“We’ve been pushing for transparency through the Biden administration, each in 2021 and 2024 the courtroom ordered launch of paperwork, however Donald Trump raised the stakes and he did it in a method within the marketing campaign that was justified. He stated, ‘Look, once I get there, I will launch the information,'” Khanna stated.
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