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BumRushDaShow

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11. Here is the webpage for the The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats Press Releases
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 08:32 AM
Aug 7
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases

Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Summer Lee Statement After Forcing House GOP to Subpoena Epstein Files


Per an AP article (where the media carefully BURIED the names of some of the OTHERS subpoenaed) -

House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files and depositions with the Clintons

By STEPHEN GROVES
Updated 1:55 PM EDT, August 5, 2025


(snip)

The committee is also demanding interviews under oath from former attorneys general spanning the last four presidential administrations: Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales. Lawmakers also subpoenaed former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.

(snip)


Over all these years, this is the first time I have heard Jeff Sessions mentioned anywhere. He was 45's AG for the first 2 years of his first term (Feb. 2017 - Nov. 2018) and after all the "recusals" he did, the Elf finally left and hid in a tree.

But the media and their headlines chose to highlight the Clintons and IGNORE the people as far back as Gonzales, who was AG under Shrub in 2005 - 2007 when the Epstein investigation began in earnest and arrests were made, and ignored Mike Mukasey, who took over as AG after Gonzales left (and I would HOPE he was on the subpoena list) -

A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, now 20 years old

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 6:47 PM EDT, July 23, 2025

(snip)

Here is a timeline of the criminal cases against Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping him abuse teenage girls.

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(snip)

May 2006: Palm Beach police officials sign paperwork to charge Epstein with multiple counts of unlawful sex with a minor, but the county’s top prosecutor, State Attorney Barry Krischer, takes the unusual step of sending the case to a grand jury.

July 2006: Epstein is arrested after a grand jury indicts him on a single count of soliciting prostitution. The relatively minor charge draws almost immediate attention from critics, including Palm Beach police leaders, who assail Krischer publicly and accuse him of giving Epstein special treatment. The FBI begins an investigation.

2007: Federal prosecutors prepare an indictment against Epstein. But for a year, the money manager’s lawyers engage in talks with the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, about a plea bargain that would allow Epstein to avoid a federal prosecution. Epstein’s lawyers decry his accusers as unreliable witnesses.

June 2008: Epstein pleads guilty to state charges: one count of solicitating prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He is sentenced to 18 months in jail. Under a secret arrangement, the U.S. attorney’s office agrees not to prosecute Epstein for federal crimes. Epstein serves most of his sentence in a work-release program that allows him to leave jail during the day to go to his office, then return at night.

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(I blame you for this! )

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House of clowns. Fucking ridiculous. Karasu Aug 7 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #23
Very odd Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #2
Why is it "odd"? BumRushDaShow Aug 7 #3
Odd... *wink* Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #17
I'd say it's more like VERY corrupt. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 7 #15
Well yes, could say that too. It is very corrupt. Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #16
The end of the article makes this even more infuriating. ariadne0614 Aug 7 #4
So why isn't the media hounding this dude with questions? Chasstev365 Aug 7 #5
Maybe because Magats have him holed up in an undisclosed safe house? gab13by13 Aug 7 #6
I just looked it up: Chasstev365 Aug 7 #7
Unbelievable, gab13by13 Aug 7 #9
Here is the link Chasstev365 Aug 7 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #24
Right?! Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #22
Wasn't Robert Garcia just elected by House Democrats to gab13by13 Aug 7 #8
Here is the webpage for the The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats Press Releases BumRushDaShow Aug 7 #11
Good rundown Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #25
I think the House Oversight Committee should summer in California orchards Torchlight Aug 7 #12
Heh, indeed Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #19
Alex Acosta was told to lay off the case against Jeffrey Epstein FakeNoose Aug 7 #13
And who was the Attorney General during this time? BumRushDaShow Aug 7 #14
Who exactly told him to lay off and when? Funny how he never said those, right? Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 7 #18
I don't think Julie K. Brown was ever told "who" gave Acosta the message FakeNoose Aug 7 #26
More info on Acosta that never seems to get reported Wiz Imp Aug 7 #27
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