The United States Senate approved a bill that pressures the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release additional information related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer informed the Sputnik news agency on Wednesday (19).
“I just requested unanimous consent to pass the Senate bill that releases the Epstein files. There was no objection,” Schumer wrote on X.
Schumer added that the bill will be approved immediately after being received by the House of Representatives.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Tuesday (18), almost unanimously, a bill that pressures the DOJ to disclose additional information related to the case.
U.S. President Donald Trump had criticized Republicans who supported the release of new Epstein documents. However, he recently changed his position and urged the House to vote in favor of releasing the material, emphasizing that Republicans have nothing to hide.
On Monday (17), Trump promised to sign the bill if it is approved by Congress.
In 2019, Epstein was charged in the United States with sex trafficking of minors—a crime that could result in up to 40 years in prison—and conspiracy to commit such trafficking. Prosecutors stated that he sexually abused dozens of teenagers between 2002 and 2005, paying them money and using some to recruit others, with victims as young as 14. In July 2019, a Manhattan court denied him bail, and at the end of that month, he died by suicide in his cell, according to Sputnik.
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