1. United States
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3. Letter

“He’s doing everything EXCEPT releasing the Epstein files.” Response to a recent Trump post that the Kennedy Center would soon be called the “TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER.” He also said this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients would be announced today. But someone forgot to tell the Kennedy Center staff. Trump’s been frantically trying to change the subject on Epstein since July 7, when AG Bondi did an abrupt about-face on promises to release the files. By now we all know why. On July 23, the WSJ reported that Trump’s name is in the Epstein files “multiple times.” Even attacking Washington DC - the American people’s capitol- this week hasn’t managed to distract attention from the possibility that the president of the US sexually assaulted children. We also continue to ponder the reasons behind Ghislaine Maxwell’s sudden transfer from a low-security prison in FL to a minimum-security prison camp in TX. After a two-day interview with Trump’s former defense attorney turned Deputy AG. There is also reporting this week on exclusive access granted to Ghislaine Maxwell’s electronic file from the Bureau of Prisons. Sex offenders are not eligible to serve their sentences in minimum security prisons, but the file shows that someone waived that status to permit her transfer. The information also shows that the terms of her custody permit her to LEAVE the minimum security campus for work assignments. Sounds a lot like the deal Epstein received from Alex Acosta in FL, before becoming Trump’s Labor Secretary. Former deputy US attorney for the SDNY James Zirin wrote: “You may ask whether Trump approved the transfer. You can bet on it. This Justice Department doesn’t make a move without Trump’s thumb on the scale.” Also this week a federal judge in the US District Court for SDNY refused to grant the Trump administration’s request that grand jury files from Maxwell’s sex trafficking case be unsealed. A red herring that Trump and his administration always knew would go nowhere. The judge called out the DOJ for misleading the public about what the files would reveal. “Its entire premise—that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes, or the Government’s investigation into them—is demonstrably false,” he wrote, and pointed out that the material is already public. He continued his observation on why AG Bondi might have made the request: “A member of the public, appreciating that the Maxwell grand jury materials do not contribute anything to public knowledge, might conclude that the Government’s motion for their unsealing was aimed not at ‘transparency’ but at diversion—aimed not at full disclosure but at the illusion of such.” Bullseye. As your constituent, I strongly request that you vote to release the Epstein files and hold those accountable for sexual assaults against children.