Republican Rep. Thomas Massie mentioned 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 Avenue Journal, a birthday letter to Epstein allegedly written by President Donald Trump in 2003.
“Effectively, I feel we should always get much more than simply the e-book. Let’s get the monetary information of the property. The place is it — comply with 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 discount. 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 Avenue 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 power 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 at the moment are in search of a discharge petition, which with 218 votes from Home members, would bypass Johnson.
Massie mentioned: “It could power a full launch of the information. It has the power of regulation. It is not a subpoena. It is not a ‘Fairly please, would you launch the information?’ It is the power of regulation and, it is bought protections to redact victims’ names and to stop, you recognize, launch of kid pornography.”
Khanna added the Democratic curiosity on this case just isn’t new, regardless of claims that the celebration has latched on to the case because it causes infighting amongst a few of Trump’s MAGA base.
“We now have been pushing for transparency through the Biden administration, each in 2021 and 2024 the court docket ordered launch of paperwork, however Donald Trump raised the stakes and he did it in a means within the marketing campaign that was justified. He mentioned, ‘Look, after I get there, I will launch the information,'” Khanna mentioned.
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