Thomas Massie: House Oversight Investigation Into Epstein Files Is 'Just Not Going To Get It Done'

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During an interview with CNN's Manu Raju on Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) answered a question about the House Oversight Committee's investigation into the Epstein files.

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00:00So you don't think this House Oversight investigation is, the scope is wide enough?

00:05It's not wide enough, and then the resolution that the Speaker's going to have us vote on today,

00:11I was flattered to see that three pages of it were lifted directly from my legislation,

00:17originally written in my office, but the problem is they politely encouraged the DOJ to comply

00:25in the resolution that we're going to vote on, and they require the release of all materials

00:30in the possession of the Oversight Committee, not in the possession of the DOJ.

00:35So it's just not going to get it done.

00:38I mean, I do appreciate that James Comer is taking a look at the investigators,

00:42but what we care about are the perpetrators.

00:44What do you think of the fact that the Speaker did schedule this vote before your discharge permission could ripen?

00:50Well, everything that's happening here today is happening because Ro Khanna and I introduced this legislation.

01:00They would not be talking to victims if we weren't going to have a press conference with victims tomorrow.

01:05They would not be voting on something today if I weren't introducing this discharge petition today.

01:11So the efforts of Ro Khanna and I are driving what's happening here in Washington, D.C.

01:17It's not enough. What they're doing is not enough, but you'd have to be blind not to realize that they're reacting to what we're doing.

01:29And it's public pressure as well. I'm not taking credit for this.

01:31I've introduced the resolution, but it's the pressure from the American people.

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