The House passed the legislation to release files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate was so eager to get it done that it passed by unanimous consent before the bill even hit the Senate floor.
President Donald Trump was so eager to get it out of the way that he unceremoniously signed the Epstein files legislation out of sight of reporters.
That concludes one chapter and begins another one of a saga that caused Trump endless headaches since July
Back then, the Justice Department and FBI released a memo saying that Epstein, who used his wealth and connections to traffic young girls and took his own life in a federal jail cell, likely did not have a client list.
But that does not mean that Congress is done with probing into Epstein and who enabled him. Unlike the legislation that Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) had to force through with a discharge petition this week, House Speaker Mike Johnson has blessed the House Oversight Committee's probe into Epstein.
The committee, for those who might have forgotten because Johnson kept the House out for so long, was the one that subpoenaed the Epstein estate.
The day the House came back, Oversight Democrats dropped the bombshell emails from Epstein where he said that Trump "knew about the girls" and "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's trafficking victims.
Expect more along those lines. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) wants jury transcripts related to Epstein's 2008 conviction for Epstein's so-called "sweetheart deal" that allowed him to receive a more relaxed sentence.
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