Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein | JD Vance accused of Epstein cover-up: Democrats demand explanation
On Thursday, Democrats announced a formal investigation into US Vice President JD Vance, following revelations that he led a cover-up operation to protect Donald Trump from the contents of the much-publicized Jeffrey Epstein files. It writes The Hill.
– For the first time in the entire Epstein investigation, we see that the vice president of the United States is part of this massive cover-up operation, Robert Garcia told The Hill on Thursday.
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Garcia is the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Public Reform Committee.
– The fact that JD Vance holds several meetings in the situation room, which is actually reserved for national security, and that he leads these meetings and talks about protecting the president. He discusses strategy around Ghislaine Maxwell and claims she is cleaning up Donald Trump. This is a huge media bombshell, Garcia added.
According to Garcia, the vice president must have used the situation room in the White House to handle the political crisis.
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Secret strategy meetings in the situation room
The statements must have come in the wake of the revelations made by The New York Times, which claims that the vice president directed the handling of an explosive article in the The Wall Street Journal.
The article will reveal more details about Trump’s relationship with Epstein.
This happened at the same time as the Trump administration was under intense public pressure to release the contents of the Epstein files.
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Pressured the Department of Justice to act quickly
The revelations to the New York Times show that Vance used his position during a meeting in the situation room to direct the Justice Department’s response to the media cases linking Trump to Epstein.
Among other things, Vance is said to have pressured members of the government to release documents related to Epstein’s estate. His argument is said to have been purely tactical: A slow and open process controlled by Congress would only make the scandal far worse for the administration.
MENTIONED IN EPSTEIN FILES: US President Donald Trump.
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A number of American leaders are said to have been present during the meeting in the situation room. Among other things, the chief of staff in the White House, writes TheHill further.
In addition, former Minister of Justice Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel will participate via telephone.
Demands that the vice president be subpoenaed
In the next 24 hours, Garcia will ask the committee’s chairman, Republican James Comer, to subpoena the vice president to compel him to testify about the case.
– Why do we hold meetings in the situation room about an Epstein strategy? “I think these revelations are absolutely insane,” Garcia said.
Neither the White House nor Vance’s office have responded to The Hill’s inquiries on the matter.
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Exploring Documented Records
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