‘The DOJ and Todd Blanche continue to cover up for Donald Trump,’ Dem congressman contends.
By Catholics for Catholics
The Epstein files scandal will simply not go away.
First Lady Melania Trump added her voice in calling for public hearings for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, as fresh pressure is mounting on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who only days earlier indicated the administration wanted to move past the account even as bipartisan lawmakers and survivors keep wanting more files, testimony and prosecutions.
Despite Melania Trump’s remarks, Epstein victims and members of Congress themselves contended that the burden is with the Trump administration, not Congress, according to a story by Fox News.
“First Lady asks Congress to bring Epstein survivors in for testimony. With all due respect, that’s Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche’s job!” Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has been at odds with the president and his administration over how it has handled the Epstein case, said after the first lady’s remarks. “Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and I already gave brave survivors a chance to tell their horrific stories on Capitol Hill. Pam Bondi wouldn’t even acknowledge them. PROSECUTE!”
“Actually, Congress did act,” added Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., in response to the First Lady’s Thursday night remarks calling on Congress to do more. “But Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is violating the law and refusing to release the Epstein files as required by law.”
Meanwhile, in a letter released by over a dozen alleged Epstein victims, survivors also put pressure on the Justice Department to do more.
“First Lady Melania Trump is now shifting the burden onto survivors under politicized conditions that protect those with power: the Department of Justice, law enforcement, prosecutors, and the Trump administration, which has still not fully complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” a letter allegedly signed by 15 Epstein victims, posted to social media by Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., stated. “It also diverts attention from Pam Bondi, who must answer for withheld files and the exposure of survivors’ identities. Those failures continue to put lives at risk while shielding enablers.”
“Survivors have done their part. Now it’s time for those in power to do theirs,” the letter concluded.
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