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BumRushDaShow

(167,986 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:00 AM 9 hrs ago

Democrats to probe DOJ's alleged withholding of Epstein files on Trump

Source: Politico

02/24/2026 03:35 PM EST
Updated: 02/24/2026 06:10 PM EST


Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are investigating whether the Justice Department purposefully withheld materials in its release of the Jeffrey Epstein files that included sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the panel, said in a statement Tuesday that such an act by DOJ would violate the law Congress passed in November, which required the administration to publicly release all files in its possession related to the federal case against Epstein, a convicted sex offender.

Garcia also said it also would run afoul of the subpoenas the Oversight Committee separately transmitted to DOJ last summer as part of its own Epstein investigation.

“For the last few weeks, Oversight Democrats have been investigating the FBI’s handling of allegations from 2019 of sexual assault on a minor made against President Donald Trump by a survivor,” Garcia said in the statement. “Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/24/democrats-doj-epstein-files-trump-00795347



Link to House Oversight Committee Democrats STATEMENT - Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement After Department of Justice Withheld Epstein Files, Includes Allegation President Donald Trump Sexually Abused a Minor
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Democrats to probe DOJ's alleged withholding of Epstein files on Trump (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago OP
;-{) The rest of the story...... Goonch 8 hrs ago #1
We need these files released yesterday. travelingthrulife 5 hrs ago #2
If not taken down by the Epstein files...... SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #4
Totally exonerated." SergeStorms 2 hrs ago #3
Do we need to check a grave? bluestarone 2 hrs ago #5
"Democrats to probe DOJ's alleged withholding of Epstein files on Trump" while spineless Republicans whimper helplessly. ShazzieB 2 hrs ago #6

travelingthrulife

(4,985 posts)
2. We need these files released yesterday.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:42 AM
5 hrs ago

I am pretty sure much of the GOP Congress could be taken down.

SergeStorms

(20,318 posts)
4. If not taken down by the Epstein files......
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 12:24 PM
2 hrs ago

they'd certainly be taken down by the cover up of The Big Orange Fascist Pig's crimes.

ShazzieB

(22,434 posts)
6. "Democrats to probe DOJ's alleged withholding of Epstein files on Trump" while spineless Republicans whimper helplessly.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 12:29 PM
2 hrs ago

I hope the 2026 midterms are not just a blue wave but an absolute bloodbath for the GOP. They will have earned it with their craven cowardice.

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