Congress wants the Epstein files released. What’s holding them back?

Congress wants the Epstein client list

Republicans, Democrats, even the Speaker of the House are all calling for transparency

Despite that, the files about one of the most notorious sex traffickers of all time remain private

and the White House wants everyone to move on. We spent the day speaking with members of Congress about the Epstein case

and it's clear they're not going to drop this. Democrats, Republicans, independents think that the department is not being transparent

and so that makes you want to pull the string more. Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna tried to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files

but it was blocked by Republicans. Democrats are now criticizing their GOP colleagues

who for months said the files should be made public. And all of a sudden it's like, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

There is no files. There is no, there was no Jeffrey Epstein. There was no list. In fact, Pam Bondi doesn't even have a desk

Muskowitz is referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi's now infamous answer to a very simple question

The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients. Will that really happen

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. That's been a directive by President Trump

Republicans on Capitol Hill are not happy she's reneging. The attorney general said she had a list on her desk and then she didn't. I just that's I think she's way out of her league

And I think when she released that, she gave all the influencers, those binders and the stuff that you could just got on the Internet

And I just thought that was, I just don't think, I don think she was ready for prime time at that point Pam Bondi I don know when she originally made the statement I think she was talking about documents as I understood that they were on her desk I don know that she was specific about a list or whatever

but she needs to come forward and explain that to everybody. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Epstein's accomplice and facilitator

Ghislaine Maxwell, is willing to speak to Congress about everything she knows

Senator Josh Hawley says she should testify under oath. This is one of the worst human trafficking rings in American history run by this scumbag

And I think the more we know about it, the more we get out there, the better it is

Other lawmakers say they don't trust her and that she's likely doing this in an attempt to get leniency

But what would be her angle? Is she is she trying to get a better plea deal or something

And that's that's the question I think needs to be answered in all that. What is what does she want from that

My question for that is why is she not just talking to the press? She can say everything she needs to say to the press at any time

And I really think it was also interesting that she made this apparently request or statement within 24 hours of a Supreme Court ruling

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking minors. She's asking the Supreme Court to toss out her conviction, arguing she should be shielded by a 2007 non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and federal prosecutors in Florida

As for the Epstein case, earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a memo that said there was no client list and that there isn't going to be any more prosecutions

So it's going to be up to Congress to bring any new information to light. I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Hour News

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