Raskin notes ‘bipartisan urgency' for DOJ to release all Epstein files
'We need total disclosure of the complete file, redacting only the names and the identities of the minor victims,' the Maryland Democrat said during an appearance on MSNBC. 'There is overwhelming bipartisan, popular demand, Congressional demand, to release all of this stuff.'
Without control of the chamber, House Democrats are unable to do much on their own to force the release of any evidence held by the federal government.
However, a resolution spearheaded by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to force a House vote on the matter has garnered bipartisan support from figures as wide-ranging as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).
Raskin is not an official co-sponsor on the resolution. The Maryland lawmaker, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, instead said Tuesday that Bondi and other top administration officials should testify about Epstein, and floated the possibility of a subpoena.
'I think the cat is out of the bag and they're going to have to turn everything over to us,' Raskin said on MSNBC Thursday.
Many Democrats have seized on the controversy roiling MAGA World to demand that the Trump administration release documents related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.
'In other words, we're asking for exactly what Donald Trump was demanding and exactly what Pam Bondi was demanding before they got into power and got to look at everything,' Raskin said.
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