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In their latest efforts to keep the resurged Jeffrey Epstein criminal case at the forefront of the national conversation, Democrats are pushing for a congressional hearing with survivors of the convicted sex trafficker and pedophile.

In a joint letter led by U.S. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., more than a dozen House Democrats requested the hearing from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why didn't they do this when they actually had power?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because democrats don't wield power when they have it.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because the wealthy people who would be caught in the Epstein net own the DNC

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's true too, but I doubt that democrats would do it even if all their donors and every last clinton were squeaky clean. Just out of sheer aversion to doing anything with the power we gave them.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

They’re not incompetent, it’s deliberate.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Courts. The opportunity only opened itself up last year and by then Trump's campaign had already started spreading misinformation about it.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

Every day there needs to be reports from congress about why the pedo and chief was raping underaged girls.