Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein successful 1993. Credit: By Ralph Alswang, White House photographer - Creative Commons
US President Donald Trump is facing increasing unit to merchandise documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s activity trafficking case.
A New York tribunal has ordered his management to manus complete missing expansive assemblage files, while Congress has voted to unit Ghislaine Maxwell to attest aft nan summertime break.
Court tells Trump’s squad to manus complete missing Epstein files
A national judge successful New York has criticised Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to taxable cardinal expansive assemblage documents related to Epstein’s case. The DOJ asked to unseal nan files but did not explicate why aliases supply nan transcripts.
As The Guardian reported, nan judge said nan tribunal could not move guardant without nan missing paperwork. The DOJ has now been ordered to taxable nan documents by adjacent Tuesday, July 29, truthful nan tribunal tin determine whether to unseal them.
Congress votes to lawsuit Ghislaine Maxwell
On July 22, nan House Oversight Committee voted to lawsuit Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year situation condemnation for helping Epstein maltreatment underage girls. Lawmakers want her to springiness grounds aft summertime recess.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said nan DOJ is readying to speak pinch Maxwell “in nan coming days” to spot if she has “information astir anyone who has committed crimes against victims.” Her lawyer, David Oscar Markus, posted connected X: “We are grateful to President Trump for his committedness to uncovering nan truth successful this case.”
Speaker Mike Johnson changes his mind
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson had earlier supported nan thought of releasing nan Epstein files, but this week backed off. Speaking to reporters, he said, “We request nan management to person nan abstraction to do what it is doing,” and confirmed location would beryllium nary ballot earlier summertime break (cited by The Independent).
Trump avoided a mobility astir Epstein during a property arena pinch Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and called nan investigation into Epstein “a benignant of witch hunt.”
In June, Elon Musk publically accused Trump of appearing successful Epstein’s files – a declare that triggered a media large wind and awesome backlash.
After The Wall Street Journal published stories linking Trump to Epstein, nan Trump management banned nan outlet from nan White House property pool, according to White House property secretary Karoline Leavitt, calling it “defamatory.”
What’s adjacent for nan Epstein case?
With deadlines approaching and Maxwell group to beryllium questioned, nan unit is connected nan Trump management to merchandise nan files. The lawsuit could uncover much astir who was progressive and whether powerful names person been protected each this time…
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