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The Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report Tuesday after a 15-month investigation into the federal government’s handling of cases involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The committee said federal authorities failed survivors for decades and recommended that the Justice Department interview or reinterview key witnesses and pursue further inquiries involving Epstein’s associates. The report was based on financial records, Justice Department files, Epstein estate records and 19 transcribed interviews, according to the committee.
The committee also called for survivors to receive unredacted access to their records and urged Congress to bar confidentiality agreements from preventing sexual abuse survivors from speaking publicly about their experiences. It asked the Treasury Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to review financial institutions’ compliance with reporting requirements related to suspected money laundering and human trafficking.
The committee’s ranking Democrat, Representative Robert Garcia, called the report incomplete and said he would seek additional public hearings involving prominent figures if Democrats take control of Congress in January.
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