Washington (AP) – House Democrats started an offer for the Ministry of Justice of President Donald Trump on Wednesday for files for the examination of sex trade in Jeffrey Epstein and spotted GOP legislator to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action.
The Democrats in a subcommittee of the mighty house committee for supervision applied for an application for the summons on Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours before the house ended its working session in July and Washington leaves for months.
The Republican chairman of the subcommittee, Rep. Clay Higgin from Louisiana, postponed a vote on the matter until the end of the meeting. While several Republicans are members of a right -wing faction in the committee and asked for the publication of the files, it was not clear whether they would vote for the summons.
During a tiny break of the meeting, Higgins said reporters, he expected the application that the summons would exist with some changes.
“If the Republican Party, if our colleagues do not take part in this coordination in this committee, is what it is essentially connected to President Donald Trump in accord,” said Rep. Summer Lee, the Democrat of Pennsylvania, who requested the application for the summons, to reporters outside the hearing space.
The move of the Democrats showed how they are practically everything in their power to force Republicans to act on the Epstein files. The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson – trapped between the demands of Trump and the aftermath of his own members so that the house can act, has opposed the conditions of action and is preparing to send the house home a day earlier.
Johnson said reporters on Wednesday on Wednesday that it was not necessary to vote on laws that demand the publication of the Epstein files this week, since the Trump government “is already doing everything in its power to release them”.
The Democrats are pleased this week to suppress the Republicans, to support the publication of the files. Her efforts stopped the GOP’s legislative agenda for the week and turned to a problem that Trump unsuccessfully forgot his followers.
“You flee our work, our job and send us home because you don’t want to vote to publish these files. This is something about what you went about. She said: The importance of transparency and holds pedophiles accountable,” said Lee.
Democratic leaders hope that they will do much more about Epstein who died in his New York prison cell six years ago while waiting for the indictment for sex trade.
“Why did the Republicans not publish the Epstein files to the American people? It is reasonable to ensure that the Republicans continue to protect the lifestyles of the rich and shameless shooters, even if this includes pedophiles,” said Hakeem Jeffries, the democratic building, Hakeem Jeffries at a press conference. “So everything is connected.”
It happens that both parties are preparing to bring their news to the voters of Trump’s huge tax breaks and spending cuts. For Republicans, it is a “beautiful” legislation that will trigger economic growth. For Democrats it is a “ugly” gift mainly for the richest Americans who undermine health care for low -income people.
But when the furor is faced with promises related to Epstein about the reversal of the Trump government, several Democrats took the opportunity to share the Republicans on this topic.
“This is about a fundamental feeling of” our government of prosperous and powerful people who are not looking for ordinary Americans? Or can we have a government that is looking for ordinary Americans? “, Said Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who has submitted a cross -party legislative proposal to force the release of the files.
Republican leaders accuse Democrats, only takes care of political gain. They point out that the Ministry of Justice was recorded by the Presidency of the Democrat Joe Biden on the Epstein examination.
Trump’s Ministry of Justice also applies to the publication of statements from secret procedures of the Grand Jury in the case of Epstein, although this effort will probably not generate up-to-date revelations.
The house supervisory committee of the house with the support of the Republicans also advanced a summons for Epstein’s former friend Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday.
Those legislators who want the congress to take on a stronger role in the Epstein files have pointed out that Maxwell, who serves a prison sentence because they can support Epstein with sexual abuse of minor girls, can be an inadequate witness.
“It’s a good idea, but it’s not enough. It’s not near enough,” said Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican in Kentucky who has promoted the cross -party bill to create the records from the Ministry of Justice.
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