In addition to the Clintons, the Academy of Sciences received ex-director of the FBI James Komi and Robert Muller, as well as former prosecutors of Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Harland, William Barr, Jeff Seshns and Alberto Gonzalez.
Interrogations will begin on August 18 and last until mid -October. Clinton will be called for testimony on October 14, his wife F 9 on October 9. Separately, the Chairman of the Committee James Comer sent to the US Department of Justice a requirement to provide all documents related to the investigation of Epstein's activities until August 19.
According to CNN, Bill Clinton was called due to his documented connection with Epstein, which became public in the framework of civil lawsuits. On Hillary Clinton, the Republicans indicated as reasons for the interrogation of hiring an old partner Epstein Gislein Maxwell, sentenced in 2022 by 20 years in prison, in her election campaign in 2008, as well as her relationship with her husband.
In a number of summons to those who were invited to interrogations, it was said: “The committee believes that you have knowledge and information related to its investigation.”
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Epstein Known Dating with politicians and royal faces, wrote the Voice of America. The media wrote that Epstein was friends with two US presidents, Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as with the British Prince Andrew. Financier committed suicide In 2019, in a prison cell in New York, where he expected a court in the case of human trafficking.
For the first time in the field of view of law enforcement officers, Epstein came In 2005, when the police in Florida received a message that he corrupted the children in his estate. But, according to investigators, he began to corrupt minors at least in 1994.
The Palm Beach Daily News described in detail how the financier managed to avoid serious punishment for many years. The first charges were brought to him in 2006. In 2008 he He found himself guilty of inciting to prostitution, in particular a minor girl, he was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment. But in prison he was mainly at night, and during the day he could freely go to work. In 2019, Epstein was again arrested on charges of trafficking in people and sexual violence, including minors. He committed suicide a month after the arrest.
Now the USA is actively discussing the so -called Epstein files – the case file collected during the investigation of the crimes of the financier, and which of the famous people appears in them. According to American billionaire Ilon Mask, in these materials Trump is mentioned. US President He claimed that he was asking a lawyer about this. He said that “information that could harm President Trump” was not there.
July 26, the Daily Mail with reference to the familiar source noted that Epstein could appear in the case more than 100 influential people.
July 28, the Daily Mail wrote that Trump is furious by an unsuccessful investigation of the Epstein case, since the White House went into the “Complete panic regime” in a desperate attempt to change the topic.
