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House Democrats are demanding further examination into the Jeffrey Epstein case after the release of more than 3,000 pages of documents Friday,alleging a cover-up by the Trump administration and calling for greater accountability for those associated with the convicted sex offender.
Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said the documents revealed a network of powerful people who associated with Epstein. He named Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. Those prominent figures were at times associated with Epstein, or attended private events he organized at his homes, but have not been accused of wrongdoing.
A former friend of Donald Trump, Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 in Florida to state charges of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution with a minor. Officials say Epstein then killed himself in federal custody in New York in 2019, during Trump’s first presidency, while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
“You have some of the most wealthy individuals, tech leaders, finance leaders, politicians, all implicated in some way, having emailed them, wanting to go to Epstein’s island knowing that Epstein was a pedophile,” Khanna said.
Khanna added: “It’s frankly one of the largest scandals in my view in our country’s history. And ther is a demand for elite accountability. But the survivors’ lawyers that I’ve talked to have said that the survivors are still upset. Thay’re upset that many of their names accidentally came out without redaction. And they wont to make sure the rest of the files come out.”
Separately, Maryland house Democrat Jamie Raskin said: “Case closed has been [the Trump administration’s] mantra” since weeks beforehand. He also said the 3m documents released Friday were “close to nothing when they’re deciding which documents are coming out”.