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A book containing birthday messages from associates of Jeffrey Epstein could be obtained by legislators with little delay, said a lawyer of several of his victims.
Bradley Edwards said MSNBC On Wednesday, a commemorative book to mark the 50th anniversary of the financial in disgrace in 2003 was in possession of the succession of Epstein, and that the law firms which held him would respect an assignment to the Congress to obtain it.
President Donald Trump filed a defamation trial of $ 10 billion against The Wall Street Journal Last week, after the newspaper reported that a sexually suggestive note in the birthday book presented Trump’s signature. Trump strongly denied the report, and his lawyer team on Thursday referred Nowsweek to one July 18 Truth Social Post in which the president denounced it as “false, false, defamatory and false”.
THE Ministry of Justice said he had no comments on the issue, while lawyers for the Newspaper editor Dow Jones And the law firm based in Florida, Troutman Pepper Locke, who manages the succession of Epstein, was sent by email for comments.
Why it matters
The anniversary book report complicated the president’s efforts to distant Epstein. THE A sexual offender for condemned children died in prison Pending a trial on sexual traffic accusations in 2019, but its relations with powerful individuals continue to generate legal and political benefits.
Access to the book and to what it contains would be a major development in the trial of Trump against the Newspaper. It could also provide information on Epstein partners – although any involvement is not proof of reprehensible acts.
What to know
Edwards told MSNBC that the book made for Epstein’s birthday was currently held by his succession.
“”Congress Could put an assignment to their lawyers in Patterson or Troutman-these are the two law firms, “he said.” I know these lawyers, they would return the book immediately. No one would have to guess, he would not have needed a trial. “”
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Troutman has already represented the succession of Epstein.
Representative Ro KhannaA California Democrat, MSNBC told that Edwards’ revelation was a “bomb”.
“We can easily advance on this assignment of this birthday book, which could really advance this case,” said Khanna.
Epstein and Trump, who were photographed together, fell in 2004, according to the president.
Epstein was arrested in July 2006 after a large jury charged him for a single chief of prostitution.
In 2008, he avoided more serious federal charges by pleading guilty to state accusations to have obtained a person under 18 for prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and served 13 months.
He was again arrested in July 2019 for federal accusations of sex trafficking and was found dead in his cell in a federal prison in New York about a month later.
What people say
President Donald Trump wrote On his social platform of truth on July 18:: “We have just filed a Powerhouse complaint against all the people involved in the publication of the false, malicious, defamatory and false” article in the unnecessary “cloth” which is the Wall Street Journal. “”
Representative Ro Khanna told MSNBC: “This is a difficult thing to do, to have the Ministry of Justice cooperate at Liberation [the Epstein] Files. What is not difficult to do is assign private lawyers and a private area and obtain compliance. “”
What happens next
Khanna said he intended to invite Edwards to meet the chamber’s surveillance committee, with plans to move forward with a summons to obtain the book of Epstein’s succession.
