Epstein Victims to Hold Press Conference

With Congress back in session this week, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are ready to once again push House Speaker Mike Johnson and the White House for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The next step: a Wednesday press conference with 10 of Epstein’s victims, Khanna told NBC’s Kristen Welker in an interview on “Meet the Press,” “many who have never spoken out before.”

“They’re going to be on the steps of the Capitol,” Khanna said. “They will be telling their story, and they will be saying clearly to the American public that they want the release of the Epstein files for full closure on this matter.”

Outcry over the White House’s handling of the Epstein case engulfed the administration early in the summer after the FBI and DOJ announced they had uncovered no evidence of a so-called client list and were effectively closing any investigation, angering the MAGA allies who were counting on more information about the disgraced financier and his connections to society’s upper crust. Some of them, from Laura Loomer to Liz Wheeler, called for Attorney General Pam Bondi to lose her job.

Trump didn’t help matters, aggravating supporters last month by calling the Epstein case a Democratic hoax and disavowing the “PAST supporters” who he said “bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker.”

In search of answers, Khanna and Massie introduced a discharge petition that would force Bondi to release a broad range of DOJ files on Epstein. The pair is determined to press on, even as the Justice Department transmits certain files over to the House Oversight Committee pursuant to an August subpoena.

Khanna told Welker that he is confident the bill has the numbers to reach the finish line on the House floor.

“I’m very confident it will,” Khanna said. “I spoke to Congressman Massie. You had us both on a few weeks ago. We will have the petition live on September 2. We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans. Only six of them have to sign it.”