The Republican report ends the Epstein investigation but the Democrats restart it.
Congressional Republicans have released a report concluding their 15-month investigation into how the US federal government mishandled the Jeffrey Epstein case, allowing the convicted sex offender to abuse girls and young women.
The Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives investigated influential people in the Epstein track, including:
Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Bill Gates.
Leon Black.
Les Wexner.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
Longtime Clinton aide Douglas J. Band.
Despite repeatedly claiming they knew nothing of Epstein's crimes, these individuals "offered inadequate explanations for their continued close association with Epstein after his 2008 conviction for solicitation of prostitution of a minor," the report said.
Not only influential people, but also large financial institutions, including J. times. Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, which "profited on obvious red flags", kept Epstein as a client even after his conviction in 2008.
US prosecutors and the Justice Department left the Epstein investigation in the hands of potential fiduciaries in 2007, ignored his activities for years and now face questions about whether they fully complied with President Trump's Epstein Transparency Act (EFTA), the report said.
Did Epstein commit suicide?
Regarding the circumstances of Epstein's death, the committee "was unable to conclusively disprove certain theories from the testimony it received. "The orange figure captured on surveillance footage near Epstein's cell the night before his death remains unidentified.
At the same time, the report insists that evidence reviewed by the committee "did not refute" the conclusion that Epstein's death was consistent with suicide.
The Epstein report doesn't mean it's over.