Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who has been urgent the Division of Justice (DOJ) for the discharge of categorised information associated to intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, was disenchanted after it was revealed not all of the paperwork can be launched Thursday.
“I nor the duty drive got or reviewed the Epstein paperwork being launched right this moment… A NY Publish story simply revealed that the paperwork will merely be Epstein’s phonebook,” Luna wrote Thursday in a publish on X. “THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a whole disappointment. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!”
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The federal lawmaker was referring to a narrative run by the New York Publish, which famous {that a} supply who had reviewed the information forward of their launch claimed they consisted of greater than 100 pages of Epstein’s tackle guide.
President Donald Trump signed an govt order final month calling on businesses to create plans to launch and distribute top-secret paperwork, together with these pertaining to Epstein, and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King.
Luna, who’s main the Home Oversight Committee’s Process Drive on the Declassification of Federal Secrets and techniques, despatched letters to the DOJ on Feb. 11 and Feb. 19, requesting the discharge of the paperwork.
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., on Thursday blasted the Division of Justice for not releasing extra Jeffrey Epstein information. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc. by way of Getty Photos)
Having not heard again for about two days, Luna mentioned she had confronted silence from the DOJ.
“On Feb 11 & Feb 19, Home Oversight despatched a letter to the DOJ asking for standing on releasing the Epstein information in addition to JFK and many others.,” Luna wrote Monday in a publish on X. “The DOJ has not responded. Reaching out on X as a result of we are able to’t appear to get a response from the AG. @AGPamBondi what’s the standing of the paperwork? These paperwork had been ordered to be declassified.”
Two days later, she heard again from the DOJ, which thanked her for the 2 letters by which she requested briefings and any paperwork within the division’s possession regarding the categorised investigations.
The DOJ additionally acknowledged Luna’s request for written affirmation of the date and site of the discharge of these information.
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The Division of Justice in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Occasions by way of Getty Photos)
“The Division stays dedicated to assembly its authorized recordkeeping obligations because it pursues that mission,” the DOJ wrote. “We’re reviewing your requests and sit up for partaking additional to accommodate your oversight and legislative wants.”
The identical day, Lawyer Common Pam Bondi introduced on “Jesse Watters Primetime” that Epstein paperwork can be launched Thursday.
However after not with the ability to launch the trove of paperwork as introduced, Bondi despatched a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, accusing the federal investigators in New York of withholding hundreds of pages of Epstein paperwork she vowed beforehand to make public.
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Lawyer Common Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. (Reuters)
Bondi mentioned she had requested the total Epstein case file earlier than Patel was confirmed as the pinnacle of the FBI and obtained about 200 pages of information — far fewer than the variety of pages launched final 12 months in a civil lawsuit related to Ghislaine Maxwell, the trafficker’s former lover and convicted confederate.
Bondi mentioned the FBI had by no means disclosed the existence of hundreds of pages of paperwork associated to the investigation and indictment of Epstein, and he or she demanded they be turned over by Friday morning.
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“By 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, February 28, the FBI will ship the total and full Epstein information to my workplace, together with all information, paperwork, audio and video recordings, and supplies associated to Jeffrey Epstein and his purchasers, no matter how such info was obtained,” Bondi wrote. “There will probably be no withholdings or limitations to my or your entry.”
Luna didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information’ Michael Ruiz and David Spunt contributed to this report.
