137-page Epstein report puts DOJ back under pressure, House Republicans demand interviews with key witnesses

House Republicans have released a 137-page report on Jeffrey Epstein, accusing federal authorities of repeatedly failing to investigate him properly and letting him continue abusing girls and young women for years. The report comes from a 15-month investigation involving 19 interviews and depositions, including Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and former Attorney General Bill Barr.

Now the committee wants the Justice Department to go back and question people it believes were never properly investigated. That includes Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley Groff, whose testimony the committee questioned, and further investigation of allegations made by another former assistant, Sarah Kellen, against former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai.

The report also revisits Epstein’s 2007 Florida deal, which let him avoid federal prosecution and serve a relatively short state sentence with work-release privileges. It criticizes the DOJ’s handling of the more recent Epstein file releases, including redactions that exposed survivors’ personal information. The committee says banks and other financial institutions also ignored warning signs while Epstein was moving money and arranging travel for women.

There’s a political fight running through the report, too. Republicans say their investigation found no documents implicating Trump in Epstein’s crimes. Democrats say the report leaves out evidence and questions they want pursued, and incoming Oversight chairman Robert Garcia says the investigation will continue when Democrats take control in January. The DOJ says the recommendations have already been addressed and that the Epstein case remains open.

After years of document releases, congressional hearings and promises of transparency, the committee is still telling the DOJ to interview witnesses and investigate Epstein’s associates. Apparently, there were people investigators never got around to asking.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/house-oversight-committee-releases-report-on-the-federal-governments-mishandling-of-epstein-and-maxwell-criminal-investigations/

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