REPUBLICAN Congress members are calling on President Donald Trump to release evidence related to the case of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Two GOP Tennessee representatives have made efforts following Trump’s signing of an executive order to declassify documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Epstein died in August 2019 while awaiting trial in New York for federal sex trafficking charges.
The disgraced financier, 59, was found dead in his jail cell at the Manhattan Detention Complex.
A medical examiner ruled his death a suicide.
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn and Representative Tim Burchett, both from Tennessee, have been advocating for years to unseal the documents concerning Epstein’s case.
Blackburn mentioned to the Daily Mail that she has been pushing for the release of unredacted versions of Epstein’s flight logs and the complete edition of Ghislaine Maxwell’s “little black book.”
The explosive contact book contained a list of names and phone numbers of some of the world’s most powerful and wealthy individuals, according to court documents.
A few pages of the book were released in a redacted version during Maxwell’s 2021 child sex trafficking trial.
However, the full unredacted version has never been released to the public.
Maxwell, a British socialite who groomed and sex trafficked young girls for Epstein, is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of child sex trafficking charges in December 2021.
“Jeffrey Epstein built a disgusting global sex trafficking network that caused irreparable damage to countless women,” Blackburn told the Daily Mail.
“Americans deserve to know exactly who was affiliated with this network.
“This is not about celebrities – this is about what happened to victims and survivors.”
Burchett repeated Blackburn’s sentiment, telling the outlet the time to release the Epstein files is now as Republicans control both the House and Senate.
‘I’D TAKE A LOOK AT IT’
In January 2024, hundreds of pages containing names of over 170 of Epstein’s associates were released to the public.
The documents contained the names of former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, late British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, and even President Trump himself.
However, the documents did not contain any incriminating evidence or Epstein’s supposed list of clients.
In an interview with podcast host Lex Fridman in September, Trump again distanced himself from the convicted pedophile, saying he was never involved with Epstein.
But, he said, if elected president, he would support the release of Epstein’s supposed list of clients.
“It’s just very strange for a lot of people that the list of clients that went to the island has not been made public,” Fridman told Trump.
“Yeah, it’s very interesting, isn’t it. I’d certainly take a look at it,” Trump replied.
Trump has not publicly commented on the Epstein files since he was inaugurated on Monday.
‘EVERYTHING WILL BE REVEALED’
On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order to release the JFK assassination files, promising “everything will be revealed.”
“That’s a big one, huh?” the president said as he signed off the order – a promise he made to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his secretary of Health and Human Services nominee and nephew of JFK.
“A lot of people are waiting for this for a long… for years, for decades. Everything will be revealed.”
Trump released a portion of the JFK files during his first term in the White House, but now, the last files that remained under seal are due to be released to the public.
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine, was arrested hours after JFK was shot while riding in his motorcade through Dallas.
However, Oswald was shot and killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby.
An investigation into JFK’s assassination, which was completed by Chief Justice Earl Warren in September 1964, concluded that Oswald had acted alone.
