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Republicans move to block Democratic effort to force release of Epstein files (www.theguardian.com)
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Democrats had been pressing for an amendment to cryptocurrency legislation that would have forced the release of information and exhibits itemized in a list of evidence held by the justice department from the 2019 child sex-trafficking case against disgraced financier Epstein.

Democrats had weighed in on the issue, hoping to force a release of the documents. “The question with Epstein is: Whose side are you on?” California Democratic US House member Ro Khanna, the author of the Epstein measure, told Axios. “Are you on the side of the rich and powerful, or are you on the side of the people?”

But Republicans on the US House rules committee voted down the amendment that would have allowed Congress to vote on whether the evidence – which includes micro cassettes, DVDs, CDs including one labelled “girl pics nude book 4”, computer hard drives and three massage tables in green, beige and brown – should be released.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Here’s an unredacted version.

The ‘Massage’ section is all girls and a few of their moms. Some of those names are redacted (IIRC those who were set to be witnesses for the prosecution). Trump is listed under the ‘Island’ section.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I just spent some time reading through this. Why isn't this list all over the news? Why is the news making a deal out of whether or not it's released, if it's already accessible?

[–] Ava@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This isn't a client list, it's his address book.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, that makes sense. I just want to know why my mom is on there.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Your mom is in a lot of address books, including mine.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I added this to my comment so more people see it. Thanks for pointing that out, I was getting confused as well.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

This is his black book, which I think is a separate thing from the client list (though there’s likely some overlap).

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was apart of the previously released files. Everyone has seen what was in the white binders and released previously.

What we want is the client list. Not his rolladex

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

It looks like the apartment in Miami is mentioned in that section too. I knew about Alan Dershawitz, but not John Kerry. David Rockefeller shows up, but I'm not sure what Rockefeller he is, or if he's one of the famous ones. Those are the only names I recognize from that section.