Khanna, Massie to hold news conference with Epstein victims: 'People are going to be outraged'

MANCHESTER N H With Congress back in session this week Democratic Rep Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep Thomas Massie of Kentucky are reigniting their push for the Justice Department to release files in the Jeffrey Epstein incident Khanna says that people are going to be outraged after seeing a news conference he and Massie are holding on Wednesday with sufferers of the late convicted sex offender The news conference is part of the effort by Khanna and Massie to pass through the House a bill requiring the Justice Department to release its files on the Epstein event These casualties haven't spoken for decades When Epstein got that lenient plea deal no one talked to the casualties or their lawyers Khanna explained Monday in a Fox News Digital interview A NEXT STEP IN THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN EXAMINATION INVOLVES HIS BIRTHDAY BOOK My belief is when the American people veritably hear the casualties for the first time they are going to sympathize their hearts are going to be broken and all the casualties are saying is for closure he predicted EPSTEIN ESTATE HIT WITH NEW HOUSE SUBPOENA FOR 'CLIENT LIST ' CALL LOGSKhanna argued that there are a lot of other rich powerful men politicians business leaders who have committed abuse and who have not been held accountable That's what we're going to hear on Sept and people are going to be outraged and I don't see how after that the House can't vote for the release of these files The White House's handling of the Epstein event sparked outcry earlier this summer after the Justice Department and the FBI appeared to close the book on their research after announcing they had uncovered no evidence of an Epstein client list The move infuriated plenty of of President Donald Trump's MAGA supporters and allies who had anticipated blockbuster revelations with various calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be fired And the president aggravated particular in MAGA world a month ago by calling the Epstein scenario a Democratic hoax and arguing that PAST supporters had bought into this bullsh-- TRUMP DOJ HANDING EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS TO HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY AS SUBPOENA DEADLINE LOOMSKhanna and Massie are optimistic they have the votes I'm confident we're going to get the votes for the discharge petition Khanna informed Fox News Digital as he was interviewed ahead of addressing the New Hampshire AFL-CIO's annual Labor Day breakfast We've got Democrats and Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert Look this is not about Donald Trump and it's not partisan This is about justice for the casualties of rich and powerful men who abused underage girls And he emphasized that in this country people want transparency They want accountability I'm confident we're going to get the votes for the discharge petition Epstein died by suicide in a New York federal prison in while awaiting federal charges related to sex trafficking In the ensuing years there has been intense speculation and theories on who else may have been involved in the sex ring the financier allegedly operated