Senator Marsha Blackburn called on Monday by newly launched FBI director Kash Patel, chasing his commitment to transparency in the case of infamous sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
Blackburn (R-Tenn.), 72, is a 72-year-old actor for Patel and acting IRS commissioner Douglas O'Donnell, who swirled around many years of official questions and his companions since his death in 2019. They claimed they released “complete, unreleased records” of their respective agencies. .
“This important information identifying all individuals who were able to participate in Jeffrey Epstein's aversive behavior has been postponed for a long time,” Blackburn wrote in a letter to Patel.
“The survivors of Mr. Epstein's horrible crime want transparency and accountability.
Republicans are requesting FBI forks for full flight logs from Epstein jets and helicopters. Palm Beach, Florida.
Edited versions of Little Black Book and Flight Logs have either been leaked online before or appeared in past lawsuits, but Blackburn wants to release the full version.
“For this tragic case, which has not been known since Epstein's death in 2019, includes the names of his fellow members listed in his private jet flight log and the Little Black Book of Githrain Maxwell. , there's still a lot to be done. “Blackburn wrote.
“It is paramount that the FBI provides full transparency to the American people and releases a record that has not been fully edited in this case right away.”
Additionally, Blackburn will create “all” documents in which the IRS “reveals” with Epstein or Maxwell “reveals the names of individuals and entities who have any kind of financial relationships” and create all IRS files in the pair. I hope to do that.
Epstein, a well-connected investor in elite circles, passed away on August 10, 2019 in a Manhattan prison, weeks after his arrest by federal agents on child sex trafficking charges. The official verdict was suicide.
At a confirmation hearing last month, Patel told Blackburn, “He said, “absolutely” Working with her to bring more transparency to those files.
It is not immediately clear how far Patel will be from releasing the material given prior concerns about the disclosure of personal information of individuals who met Epstein but did not commit criminal acts.
Blackburn has long fought for access to these records, including the Senate Judiciary Committee recommends slap these files subpoena.
She also forced Patel's predecessor, Christopher Ray, to fork the material. In December 2023, Ray told the Senate Judiciary Committee that his team “will understand if there is more information we can provide” about Epstein.
“Director Ray did not provide such follow-up information. It's been more than a year since then, and there's no need for all the information he needs about Jeffrey Epstein's crime,” Blackburn pointed out to Patel. did.
Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed last week that Epstein's client list was “sitting on my desk.”
