U.S. Treasury faces new pressure over unreleased Epstein bank records
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Oscar Gonzalez2025-11-19T19:18:00
The release of thousands of emails written by the deceased sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein that the House Oversight Committee released last week has generated a political whirlwind. A bill to require the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all the files related to Epstein is heading to the desk of President Donald Trump, after it passed both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. One Democratic Senator is calling for the deceased sex offender’s bank records to be released as well.
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