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House Oversight Committee criticizes Trump administration over release of Epstein records

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The Republican-led House Oversight Committee slammed the Trump administration on Tuesday for botching the public release of millions of pages of records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In a report scrutinizing the government’s handling of criminal investigations of Epstein and his l…

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  1. Just the News

    House Oversight Republicans release final report on Epstein investigation, clears Trump of crimes (opens Just the News)

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    The report found that President Donald Trump was not implicated in Epstein's sex trafficking operation.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    House GOP report on Jeffrey Epstein rips DOJ, urges further investigation (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Representative James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, center, joined by Republican members of the House Oversight Committee, speaks to members of the media while arriving for a closed-door deposition with former US President Bill Cli…

  3. Fox News

    Explosive House report exposes failures it says allowed Epstein's abuse to continue for years (opens Fox News)

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    House Republicans uncovered alleged conflicts of interest involving federal prosecutors and failures by financial institutions that enabled Epstein's yearslong abuse.

  4. Bloomberg

    House Panel Releases Report on Epstein, Maxwell Investigations (opens Bloomberg)

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    The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a Republican-led report detailing failures in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell criminal investigations.

  5. New York Post

    Government ‘failures’ allowed Jeffrey Epstein to commit sex crimes after 2005 Florida arrest, House report finds (opens New York Post)

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    A House Oversight Committee report found federal failures allowed Jeffrey Epstein to secure a lenient 2008 plea deal and commit further sex crimes.

  6. News Nation Now

    House Oversight Republicans release final Epstein report (opens News Nation Now)

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    The GOP’s report says President Donald Trump was not implicated in Epstein’s trafficking of women and young girls.

  7. CBS News

    House finds "decades-long failures" as Epstein preyed on victims (opens CBS News)

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    The 15-month investigation by the House Oversight Committee involved interviews with some of Jeffrey Epstein's most high-powered associates.

  8. ABC 13 Houston

    House Oversight panel recommends DOJ renew its probe of Jeffrey Epstein's associates (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    The House Oversight Committee, in a report summarizing its 15-month Jeffrey Epstein probe, recommends that the DOJ renew its investigation of Epstein’s associates.

  9. ABC News

    House panel rebukes DOJ's handling of Epstein case (opens ABC News)

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    The House Oversight Committee, in a report summarizing its 15-month Jeffrey Epstein probe, recommends that the DOJ renew its investigation of Epstein’s associates.

  10. The New Republic

    House Oversight Says DOJ Skipped Interviews With Key Epstein Witnesses (opens The New Republic)

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    The Republican-led House Oversight Committee released a report Tuesday detailing how the Department of Justice mishandled investigations into sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, failing to interview witnesses.

  11. The Daily Signal

    Epstein’s Crimes Could Have Been Prevented, House Oversight Report Says (opens The Daily Signal)

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    A new House report details the federal government’s decades-long failure to hold convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein accountable. The report, released Tuesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, says that crimes committed by Epstein after 2005 could have been prevented if not …

  12. BizPac Review

    Epstein continued abusing women during jail work release — House report exposes failures that let it happen (opens BizPac Review)

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    The House Oversight Committee released a revealing report on Tuesday regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s high-level connections. “Upon review, the Committee finds that the crimes committed by Epstein after […]

  13. BBC News

    US federal authorities could have prevented Epstein crimes, report finds (opens BBC News)

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    The report by a Republican-led congressional committee follows a 15-month investigation into the handling of the late disgraced financier's case.

  14. The Guardian

    House Republicans urge DoJ to further investigate ‘key witnesses’ in Epstein case (opens The Guardian)

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    Republicans on House panel criticize US government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Republicans on the House oversight committee released a report on Tuesday criticizing the federal government’s handling of the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislain…

  15. KESQ Palm Springs

    Outgoing Republican chairman to DOJ and Democrats: Keep investigating Jeffrey Epstein (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. James Comer, who will soon relinquish his position as chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee when Democrats take control of Congress, has a message for the Justice Department and his Democratic colleagues: There’s a lot more work to…

  16. NBC News

    House GOP report on Jeffrey Epstein rips Justice Department, urges further investigation (opens NBC News)

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    The House Oversight Committee’s review of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein blasted the Justice Department’s handling of the case from the outset and in the decades since, and called for federal investigators to take a closer look at the late sex offender and his associates.

  17. Washington Examiner

    DOJ says Epstein investigation ‘not closed’ in rebuke of House oversight report (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Justice Department⁠ pushed back Tuesday against Republican House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer⁠ (R-KY) over his panel’s final report urging federal authorities to revisit parts of the Jeffrey Epstein⁠ investigation, insisting the case remains open.

  18. WTOP Washington DC

    House Oversight Committee criticizes Trump administration over release of Epstein records (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    The Republican-led House Oversight Committee slammed the Trump administration on Tuesday for botching the public release of millions of pages of records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In a report scrutinizing the government’s handling of criminal investigations of Epstein and his l…

  19. BizPac Review

    Here’s what the Republicans’ long-awaited Epstein report shows (opens BizPac Review)

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    The House Oversight Committee released its final report Tuesday, blasting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of the case surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee […]

  20. MS Now

    House Oversight GOP finds ‘multiple shortcomings’ in DOJ’s Epstein files release (opens MS Now)

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    The new report details findings from the panel’s probe, with recommendations for the Justice Department. Blanche has indicated the DOJ has fulfilled its obligations.

  21. Revolver News

  22. KIYU 88.1 Galena, AK

    Federal government failed to hold Epstein accountable, Republican committee says (opens KIYU 88.1 Galena, AK)

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    The Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee released a scathing report after a 15-month investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. It faulted the federal government with decades of failing to hold Epstein accountable. (Image credit: Jose Luis Magana)

  23. Al Jazeera

    GOP-led House report slams systemic failures in handling of Epstein case (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Decades of preferential treatment shielded Epstein and his associates, GOP-led report finds.

  24. PBS NewsHour

    4 key findings in the Jeffrey Epstein report from GOP-led House Oversight panel (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Jeffrey Epstein's crimes committed after 2005 could have been prevented, barring "repeated failures" from law enforcement and federal prosecutors. That's one of the findings in a report published Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee after an investigation into the late convicted sex offender and…

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