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democrats At House Oversight Committee A response has been requested from the relevant parties Ministry of Justice After details of a flight taken by an investigative journalist known for his reporting Jeffrey Epstein Appearing in pedophile files.
miami herald Journalist Julie K. Brown, author of pervert justicepublished in 2020, release X Sunday: “Someone at the Justice Department wants to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and July 2019 flight are part of the Epstein files (attached to the grand jury subpoena)?
“Since the flight itinerary included my maiden name (and I did book the flight), why would the Department of Justice monitor me?”
Brown also addressed the issue in a post on Substack, in which she explain She “expected” to see her name in Epstein’s file as a result of her reporting, but she added: “I didn’t expect to see American Airlines flight records from 2019 that had my full name on it, including my maiden name, but I don’t use that name professionally. It’s an unusual name, so it was obviously me.”
Her X message was forwarded by Oversight Dems official account Comment: “The Justice Department needs to explain why Epstein’s dossier contained the reporter’s travel information and bookings.”
independent The Ministry of Justice has been contacted for comment.
In November, Congress passed the Epstein Dossier Transparency Act almost unanimously, setting a 30-day deadline for the Justice Department to release all investigative materials about Epstein’s past as a billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker. Dies by suicide in New York City jail cell August 2019, while awaiting trial.
president Donald Trump Signing the bill came after months of pressure — as he had previously promised to supporters — and lingering questions about his past friendship with Epstein, which he said was over “Long before it became fashionable” 2004.
Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing with the financier, and anyone’s appearance in the dossier should not be construed as evidence of guilt.
Officially released by the U.S. Department of Justice Epstein’s trove of documents and photos December 19, in accordance with the Act. Still, they are incomplete, lack context, and are not presented in a searchable format as the original bill clearly provided for.
one Second, larger batches of files The information was posted on the department’s website on Dec. 23, two days before Christmas, and interested parties scrambled to browse the nearly 30,000 pages of content that had been posted.
The U.S. Department of Justice later said it had found “More than a million” files It could take weeks to release them all in connection with the Epstein case.
In 2008, the shadowy financier was allowed to plead guilty to two state prostitution charges as part of a plea deal with Florida prosecutors that allowed Epstein to escape more serious federal charges, and Brown is credited with helping to reopen the case against Epstein.
miami herald Brown’s series of reports began in November 2018, in which she identified 80 potential victims of Epstein’s sexual abuse, some of whom were as young as 13 when the abuse occurred, and spoke to eight people about their experiences.
Epstein was eventually rearrested and charged again in July 2019, a series of events that saw then-Labor Secretary Alex Acosta Resigned because he was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida at the time of the pedophile’s plea deal.
The deal not only shielded Epstein himself from further prosecution, it also protected his co-conspirators.