Is Trump trying to distract us from the Epstein files?
1/22/202630 min
The deadline to release the Epstein files is now over a month old. Last night, a congressional committee confirmed Ghislaine Maxwell would appear before it in a hearing on February 9th. Although she may choose to say little. The vote in Congress last November created a legal obligation on the government to release the Epstein files. So what happens now if the justice department refuses to comply?
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We have some breaking news into CNN. Jeffrey Epstein accomplice and convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, is offering to testify before Congress, but her lawyers say she has a list of demands before she talks to them.
John Sopel· Host0:19
Over a month has now elapsed since the Justice Department was meant to have published all the Epstein papers. Only a tiny fraction have so far been released.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:31
But late last night, we received news that Ghislaine Maxwell, the only person now serving a prison sentence for sex trafficking in Epstein's ring, is going to appear before Congress. Will that make any material difference to what happens now? Welcome to the News Agents USA.
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John Sopel· Host0:55
It's John.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:56
It's Emily.
John Sopel· Host0:57
And we have had a lot of people contacting us over the past few weeks saying, "Uh, Epstein, what's happening? Has everyone forgotten about it? Has it all been sorted? Has it all gone away?" And it's easy to imagine that it has, given the kind of avalanche of news about what's happening with ICE officers in Minneapolis, what's happening, uh, in Greenland, and we are covering all those topics extensively on the main News Agents feed. But on News Agents USA, we want to come back to this because no way has