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GOP-led House report faults federal handling of Epstein case
Based on reporting by Al Jazeera.
The Brief
The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a 137-page report on Tuesday concluding that federal investigators and prosecutors in South Florida and Washington showed negligence that allowed Jeffrey Epstein's abuse to continue. The Republican-led panel's findings cap a 15-month inquiry that included 19 interviews and depositions, and it specifically criticized a 2007 non-prosecution agreement and failures at the New York jail where Epstein died by alleged suicide in 2019.
The report urges the Department of Justice to interview key witnesses and investigate Epstein associates, and recommends passing the Survivor's Voice Protection Act to limit non-disclosure agreements. It also dismissed Democratic probes into former President Trump as an "unfounded witch hunt" and raised questions about whether the DOJ provided all records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Democrats will take control of the House in January, with Representative Robert Garcia formally announcing his bid to chair the committee.
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