Firstpost Epstein Files LIVE: Gloria Allred, Victims Urge Congress to Release DOJ Records Ahead of Key Vote

Attorney Gloria Allred and alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim Alicia Arden held a press conference on Monday (November 17) urging Congress to release the investigative files on Epstein. “My hope is that finally, these files will be released. And those who were complicit in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes will finally be named, and the American public will get the transparency that they’ve been promised, and which we all deserve,” said Arden. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday on forcing the release of investigative files on the late sex offender Epstein, with passage seen as all but guaranteed after President Donald Trump dropped his longstanding opposition. Trump’s reversal late on Sunday came days after a House petition gathered enough support to force a vote, a rare instance of House Republicans defying the president’s wishes. Until the weekend, Trump and his staff had lobbied hard to prevent any further release of files from the criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into Epstein, a wealthy New York financier who was, for a time, friends with Trump. Democrats, and even some of Trump’s supporters, say there is nothing hoax-like in the release of authentic Justice Department records. Epstein was convicted on Florida state and federal charges related to his sexual abuse and trafficking of teenaged girls. He died in a federal jail cell in Manhattan in 2019 in what was ruled a suicide, a few weeks after he was arrested on new federal charges of sex trafficking children. Supporters of the files’ release say they also share this concern, and the resolution on which House lawmakers will vote says the Justice Department may withhold or redact the identifying information of victims. If the House passes the resolution, it would move to the Senate, which would also need to vote on it before sending it to Trump to sign. Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office declined to comment on plans for the bill.

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