Fact check: Did Democrats take action over Epstein case transparency?
Fact check: Did Democrats take action over Epstein case transparency?
Fact check: Did Democrats take action over Epstein case transparency?
Author: Al Jazeera
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Published on: 06/08/2025 | 00:00:00
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US Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna filed legislation to force government's release of federal Epstein investigation files. During the last presidency, “neither of those guys said a word about it”, Johnson said of massie. Democrats controlled the files for four years, Trump said, “So if they had something, they would’ve released it before the election” Democrats often weren’t asked to comment on the topic, declined to comment, or didn’t raise Epstein as an issue. In 2019, some Democrats called for former US Attorney Alex Acosta to testify about Epstein’s plea deal. Democrats later pursued other strategies, including asking a judge to release records. Spring 2019: Focus on Acosta’s role Before Epstein’s July 2019 arrest on federal charges, Frankel and Wasserman Schultz called on the Justice Department to make public Acostan’s roles. Summer 2019: focus on how past investigations were handled US Representative Elijah Cummings invited Acoste to testify before the House oversight committee. On the day Acosta resigned, Khanna said he should testify before the House oversight committee. Later that month Senator Chuck Schumer was among the Democrats who called on the Justice Department to make public the results of its review. In July, the congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus requested that the House Oversight and Reform Committee open an investigation into how the Palm Beach, Florida Sheriff’s Office handled the Epstein investigation. Democrats continued their push for a plea deal investigation, writing multiple letters, including one Democrats appeared to dial back public calls for Epstein records’ release. In February 2024, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to allow the release of Epstein 2006 grand jury testimony after a similar effort failed in previous state legislative sessions.
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Dems put out flight logs and the address books. Both had Trump's name but Republicans never heard it. It's not like trump denied it. The February release of already known material included them. They didn't care even though it practically acknowledged those parts.