Massie, a member of the U.S. Congress, took a new step in the House of Representatives to make the Jeffrey Epstein files public. In a video posted on X, Republican Massie said the U.S. government had not disclosed more than 3 million files related to Epstein and renewed his call for the documents to be released.
Call for investigations into 14 people
Massie accused 14 people, including former British Prince Andrew and billionaire Les Wexner, of being Epstein’s accomplices. Naming the individuals on the House floor, Massie called for investigations into them and for the prosecution process to begin.
Massie also announced that he had launched a petition drive to collect the 218 signatures needed to require the House to hold a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act 2.
Background to the Epstein case
Jeffrey Epstein was facing charges of sexually abusing dozens of girls under the age of 18, the youngest of whom was 14, and running a prostitution network. Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019, in his cell at the Manhattan Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, where he was being held.
The released case files included the names of former Prince Andrew, U.S. President Donald Trump, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, actor Kevin Spacey, singer Michael Jackson, illusionist David Copperfield, attorney Alan Dershowitz and former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
The FBI’s assessment
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said it found no evidence that a “client list” made up of prominent figures had been maintained after its review with the U.S. Department of Justice. Despite claims that Epstein was killed because he was complicit in crimes involving government officials, celebrities and businesspeople, the bureau said it concluded that his death was a suicide.
