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Senator Dick Durbin Questions DOJ's Private Meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell Amid Epstein Case Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

I'm sure it set a new record. What hung them up so dramatically, the Jeffrey Epstein case and whether the files would be released as a result of that. The speaker of the House decided that he would give a special recess to the House of Representatives and basically tell them, leave Washington, we're not going to vote on the Epstein question. What is it in these files that is so frightening to the President, the White House, Department of Justice, and the Republican leadership in Congress? (01:22–01:32)

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Asserts that the Speaker of the House gave a special recess to avoid voting on the Epstein question.

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