Ro Khanna will try again to force a vote on Epstein files, now with support of survivors

When Silicon Valley Democratic Rep Ro Khanna and a Kentucky Republican wrangled enough lawmakers in July to force the release of regime files on the late financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein House Speaker Mike Johnson halted work and sent lawmakers home early for the summer recess With members of the U S House of Representatives back in Washington D C Khanna and his unlikely Republican ally are speedily resuming their crusade for Epstein-related documentation They re thwarting Republican President Donald Trump who fomented and then dismissed the renewed attention on Epstein and Trump ally House Speaker Mike Johnson Khanna plans to hold a news conference on Wednesday morning outside the U S Capitol with alleged casualties of Epstein the financier and accused child sex trafficker who died in Particular of the survivors have never spoken publicly before announced a spokesperson for Khanna s office who declined to identify them before they appear in population The news conference is a show of sponsorship for the Epstein Files Transparency Act which Massie authored and Khanna co-sponsored It s about restoring trust in ruling body Khanna commented in an interview with Bay Area News Group It s about bringing this country together progressives Independents Republicans and MAGA supporters to seek truth and justice for casualties and survivors And he revealed not allow rich and powerful men to abuse underage girls with impunity Trump is among multiple rich powerful men including former President Bill Clinton and England s Prince Andrew who socialized with Epstein The president has commented he had a falling out with Epstein before Epstein s conviction in Florida on child prostitution charges In during Trump s first term in office the federal establishment charged Epstein with child sex trafficking and he died in custody a month later in what was ruled a suicide by hanging During his last year s presidential campaign Trump noted he d have no predicament releasing the authorities s Epstein files if elected But Trump s Justice Department inflamed skeptics across the political spectrum this year when it announced a list of Epstein s clients didn t exist Then news reports claimed that Trump s own name appeared in the files On Tuesday Massie filed a petition that would force House leadership to allow a vote on the bill They re confident they have the help to do so Khanna asserts that all Democrats in the House plan to sign the petition and Republicans have co-sponsored the bill so far more than enough help to push it across the finish line The bill would compel the U S Department of Justice and other agencies to release within days all unclassified records documents communications and investigative materials related to Epstein and his close associate convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell That would include individuals including authorities representatives named in connection with Epstein s crimes or investigations Earlier this summer Johnson opposed the bill because he reported it would compromise the privacy of Epstein s survivors Trump administration executives have also commented the files contain child pornography The bill would allow regime leaders to withhold child sex abuse materials or information that could identify casualties Democrats have gleefully fanned the flames of the growing argument over Epstein his plenty of connections to the wealthy and influential and the federal establishment s investigations Khanna has worked hard to keep the issue top of mind for voters this summer as Trump urged his supporters to instead applaud his successes and pivoted to focus on crime in cities I have had more success in months than perhaps any President in our Country s history Trump posted on Truth Social in July and all these people want to talk about with strong prodding by the Fake News and the success starved Dems is the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax It s a rare issue that has split Trump s Make America Great Again base Georgia Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene an avid conspiracy theorist is slated to appear at the press conference on Wednesday Khanna stated She has co-sponsored the bill with Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert and other far-right lawmakers On the other hand so has Democratic former House Speaker and San Francisco Rep Nancy Pelosi and Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York It s not partisanship Khanna mentioned it s patriotism Khanna is also playing a role in another push to release Epstein-related files by House lawmakers The House Oversight Committee which is led by Republicans is trying to guide an examination into who among Epstein s high-powered social circle may have been aware of his sexual abuse of teenage girls They re also examining how the federal establishment handled the cases against Epstein Khanna is a member of the committee and explained he helped craft a letter to Epstein s estate Last week the committee subpoenaed the estate for documents including a book that was compiled with notes from friends for his th birthday his last will and testament agreements he signed with prosecutors his contact books and his financial transactions and holdings According the Wall Street Journal Trump was one of several Epstein associates who wrote Epstein a friendly letter for his th birthday in which were compiled in a book Trump sued the news outlet for libel over the summary As pressure mounted the Trump administration issued to the committee a trove of documents that Democrats stated were mostly populace already The committee published them on Tuesday Authorities also inquired judges to unseal transcripts of grand jury proceedings in Epstein s criminal cases but they declined citing longstanding secrecy rules Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York declared the request to release grand jury records appears to be a diversion from the breadth and scope of the Epstein files in the Governing body s possession The grand jury testimony is merely a hearsay snippet of Jeffrey Epstein s alleged conduct Khanna is also unsatisfied with the Trump administration s responses They ve been stonewalling he mentioned The Associated Press contributed to this story