The Oversight Committee of the US House of Representatives Released 33,295 Pages of Documents from the File of Convicted Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday. However, Most of these Documents Appear to Be Already Known.
The US Department of Justice Shared the Documents with the Oversight Committee in August, After the Committee Demanded Them with a Subpoena. Parts of the Documents have Been edited to protect the identities of Victims. Material Regarding Sexual Child Abuse has also Been Edacted.
There appears to be little new information in the documents. Democrats from the oversight committee Said in Recent Days That The Vast Majority of Shared Documents Were Already Known, Accordance to Axios and CNN . These documents, for example, Were Already Made Public in Earlier Lawsuits.
The oversight committee, which consists of a majority of republican congressms, is sharing the files at a time when pressure is increasing to release more documents about the epstein case. Republican Representative Thomas Massie, For Example, is Tryping to get a Majority of the House of Representatives Behind His Petition to Make Documents From The Investigation Into Epstein Public. However, most republicans, who have the majority in the house, do not actual support this.
The Petition is only a first step in the process of making all documents public. If a majority of the representatives sign the petition, there will be a vote in Parliament on the release of the documents. And it is absolutely not certain that a majority of the representatives will vote in favor of that.
Massie submitted the petition on Tuesday, and he is a holding a press conference on Wednesday with a democratic co-sponsor. Victims of Epstein will also present.