California congressman on Epstein Files
(CBS, KYMA) - Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) spoke with Ed O'Keefe on Face the Nation Sunday about the Epstein Files.
According to O'Keefe, Rep. Garcia is trying to conduct an aggressive review of the files after the Justice Department (DOJ) released about 3.5 million documents, and so far, there isn't enough evidence to criminally charge anyone else.
On Saturday, the DOJ released a legally required list of government officials and politically exposed people in the Epstein Files, with more than 300 people on the list.
These include Beyonce, Joe Biden, George W. Bush, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Mike Pence, the Trumps, and Mark Zuckerberg.
This prompted O'Keefe to ask Garcia why was this asked for, and if he was aware yet of any names not being on the list that should be on the list, to which the congressman said:
"We're reviewing that list, of course, but let's, let's be really clear, this is a massive cover up being led by the White House and the DOJ. The fact that 50%, half of the Epstein files have not been released to the public and to the Congress, and of those that have been released, the actual files that have been out in the public or that we've seen, they're overly redacted. Many of the survivors and victims, their names are actually appearing with where there's no protection for the survivors. Yet, the names of billionaires, the names of folks that could be co-conspirators that helped fund Jeffrey Epstein, that could have actually been involved in the terror and rape, as we know, abuse of women and children, some of those names continue to be redacted and protected. Why won't the DOJ actually follow the law? Not just of what was passed by Congress but the subpoena that was put in place by the Oversight Committee during the summer. And so this continues to be a cover up, and the American public understands that they continue to hide and protect and deflect. Why does Donald Trump, the president continue to, in our opinion, to protect these powerful men? We're not going to stop until we get justice for the survivors."
In regards to Garcia's congressional investigation, O'Keefe asked him if it was his intent to review all the documents to see what other information is there, and what other names are either mentioned or missing, after he hold U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that it would take more than seven years for members to check the redactions of the documents, and Garcia said:
"Absolutely. Look, we have a great team on the committee that's reviewing, right now, every single document, going through all the files that are available to the public, looking at redactions, trying to understand and piecing together an investigation. And it's not just the documents. We're interviewing survivors. We're talking to key witnesses...We're going to be holding hearings in the future as well. So all of that is part of this, but at the end of the day, they have not given us all the documents. So until we actually get the full set of files, this is not going to be a complete investigation, and the cover up that's being led by the White House and Pam Bondi is continuing, and the American public sees this, and so they need to release all of the files."
To watch more of O'Keefe's interview with Garcia, click here.
