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Washington, DC — Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Thomas Massie (KY-04), the leaders of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, sent a letter to Judge Paul Engelmayer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, requesting the appointment of a Special Master to compel the Department of Justice to release the full Epstein files as required under Rep. Khanna and Rep. Massie’s law.
The bipartisan duo that spearheaded efforts to force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files is now asking a federal judge to appoint an official to oversee the process.
This new request from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) comes as the DOJ is under criticism from members of both parties for not complying with the law Congress passed late last year, which mandated the department to make materials related to the late convicted sex offender public by Dec. 19.
Created in 2023 amid growing concern over China’s rise, and the threat it poses to the United States, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has quickly become Congress’s key venue for shaping and scrutinizing U.S. policy toward Beijing.
In January, Rep. Ro Khanna of California will become the committee’s ranking Democrat, replacing Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, who is running for Senate.
It was mid-December, and Ro Khanna was watching the calendar. The 19 December deadline for the justice department to comply with a new law the California representative wrote was ticking closer – and his bill was already forcing sealed documents about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation into full view.
Washington, DC — Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) released the following statement on his appointment as Ranking Member of the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party:
“I am grateful to Leader Hakeem Jeffries for entrusting me to lead the Democrats on the committee, and to Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi for his dedication and leadership as Ranking Member for the past three years.
Washington, DC – Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement on the newly released Epstein files by the Department of Justice:
One of the sponsors of the law requiring the release of the investigative files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said he's giving the Justice Department the "benefit of the doubt" that it will make the files public by Friday — warning that there would be repercussions if it doesn't.
Washington, DC — Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17), author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, released the following statement after a third federal judge this week granted a request by the Department of Justice to unseal records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell:
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) introduced the National Worker Cooperative Development and Support Act -- a bill that invests in worker-owned cooperative businesses by endowing the Small Business Administration (SBA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and numerous federal agencies with the authority to expand and implement policies supporting the business model.
Washington, DC — Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) released the following statement after his bipartisan bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed the House by 427-1: