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Fact check: Did Democrats take action over Epstein case transparency?

Audrey Strauss, acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020 [File: John Minchillo/AP]

After the US House Speaker, Mike Johnson, sent lawmakers home early for recess in July, he said if they were so concerned about releasing records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, they could have sought them during Joe Biden’s presidency.

US Representative Thomas Massie and Representative Ro Khanna – along with 30 Democratic and 11 Republican cosponsors – filed legislation to try to force the government’s release of federal Epstein investigation files.

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