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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., fired back at accusations Wednesday that he may have had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein or solicited donations from the disgraced financier.
“He’s a stone-cold liar,” Jeffries said of James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
The day before, the House Oversight Committee released a document that appears to show Democratic fundraisers reaching out to Epstein to invite him to a dinner with Jeffries.
According to Comer, the emails were discovered among the 65,000 pages of recently disclosed documents from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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“I have no idea what James Comer is talking about in terms of anything any prior consultant may have sent,” Jeffries added.
Jeffries made his remarks after congressional passage of a bill that would require the DOJ to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein, who died in 2019 while incarcerated on suspicion of sex trafficking underage victims, had amassed an impressive social circle, including figures like President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and others.
The public has demanded further transparency on whether Epstein used his connections to facilitate illegal sexual encounters for the rich and powerful in return for favors or to secure leverage over them.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act Tuesday evening in a 427-1 vote. Moments later, the Senate unanimously adopted the bill, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
The files disclosed by the House Oversight Committee aren’t public because of Tuesday’s transparency act. They are materials produced by the DOJ in cooperation with requests from the committee. The Transparency Act is expected to release far more files than what the committee has received so far. Rumors have swirled about which prominent figures might get caught up in those more extensive revelations.
Jeffries, who voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, expressed anger at the suggestion his name might surface in further disclosures.
“Was that a serious statement from malignant clown James Comer? That I had Jeffrey Epstein over for dinner? That I accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein?” Jeffries asked.
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“This is all part of an effort to deflect from their failures as a House majority to deal with the issues of importance to everyday Americans.”
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act gives the DOJ 30 days to comply with the bill’s disclosure requirements.
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