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Rep. Ro Khanna is optimistic that Congress will approve the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and says some of the late sex trafficker’s victims are slated to speak out for the first time this week on Capitol Hill.
Mr. Khanna, California Democrat, and Rep. Tom Massie, Kentucky Republican, have teamed up to introduce the “Epstein Files Transparency Act,” which would require the Department of Justice to release its files on sex-trafficking investigations of Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Asked if he believes the bill will pass, Mr. Khanna said, “ I’m very confident it will.”
“We have all 212 Democrats committed to signing it. He has 12 Republicans,” he said of Ms. Massie’s efforts. “Only six of them have to sign it.”
“What will be explosive is the September 3rd press conference that both of us are having with ten Epstein victims, many who have never spoken out before,” Mr. Khanna said. “They’re going to be on the steps of the Capitol.”
“They will be telling their story, and they will be saying clearly to the American public that they want the release of the Epstein files for full closure on this matter,” he said.
Epstein and Maxwell were both charged with sex trafficking minors.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial. Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence. She has appealed her conviction to the Supreme Court.
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