Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling on Republicans to compel Justice Department leaders to testify about their handling of matters related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Their demand, which House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is unlikely to entertain, follows the DOJ’s announcement that there was no credible evidence of a “client list” or that Epstein blackmailed powerful people to whom he trafficked women. The issue has united an unlikely coalition of broad swaths of President Donald Trump’s base and Democrats, who are pushing for greater transparency from the administration.
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