Republican Rep. Thomas Massie stated Sunday he stands with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna’s calls to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s property for paperwork associated with his case, together with, as reported via the Wall Side road Magazine, a birthday letter to Epstein allegedly written via President Donald Trump in 2003.
“Smartly, I believe we will have to get much more than simply the e book. Let’s get the monetary data of the property. The place is it — practice the cash, as they are saying up right here,” Massie informed ABC Information’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. “We will have to take a look at the plea discount. Open that up. See what used to be the deal? What used to be the deal that used to be minimize? I believe there may be much more than simply that letter.”
The Wall Side road Magazine 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 Magazine for defamation over the file. ABC Information has no longer been in a position to verify the lifestyles of the letter.
Massie and Khanna’s joint regulation would power a Area vote at the unencumber of the Epstein recordsdata. On the other hand, Speaker Mike Johnson despatched the Area on an August recess an afternoon early, successfully skirting the vote. Massie and Khanna are actually in the hunt for a discharge petition, which with 218 votes from Area individuals, would bypass Johnson.
Massie stated: “It will power a complete unencumber of the recordsdata. It has the power of legislation. It is not a subpoena. It is not a ‘Beautiful please, would you unencumber the recordsdata?’ It is the power of legislation and, it has got protections to redact sufferers’ names and to stop, you understand, unencumber of kid pornography.”
Khanna added the Democratic hobby on this case isn’t new, in spite of claims that the birthday celebration has latched directly to the case because it reasons infighting amongst a few of Trump’s MAGA base.
“We’ve been pushing for transparency all over the Biden management, each in 2021 and 2024 the court docket ordered unencumber of paperwork, however Donald Trump raised the stakes and he did it in some way within the marketing campaign that used to be justified. He stated, ‘Glance, when I am getting there, I’ll unencumber the recordsdata,'” Khanna stated.
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