Former vice president Mike Pence Trump administration called on Wednesday Issue all records related to Jeffrey EpsteinThe prosecution and the alleged co-speculators stated that the “time has come” for transparency, while emphasizing that the names of the victims should be protected.
Pence said in an interview with CBS News head Washington head Garat, “I think it’s time for the administration to issue all files about the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.” “It is important that we protect the names of the victims. They should be excluded from any disclosure.”
His comment comes as President Trump has taken a different tone. At the Oval Office on Wednesday, Mr. Trump politically inspired the investigation around Epstein’s colleagues. “This is a great deception,” said Mr. Trump. “It has been launched by Democrats. It has been run by Democrat for four years.” He claimed that the case was being pushed by “some stupid Republican” from the work of Democrats.
One in Truth social post Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump wrote that “Jeffrey Epstein Hocx” is being used by “previous supporters”, which “was” done and declared by Lunatic Left, “I no longer needed his support.”
Pence pushed back the claim that the matter was politically operated. “Jeffrey Epstein’s prosecution began during Bush administration, continued through Obama’s years,” he said. “I don’t know that this administration should not release all the files on Jeffrey Epstein after protecting the names of the victims once.”
The Department of Justice said last week Epstein case review Identified more than 1,000 victims. Review also concluded that Epstein Death of suicide In August 2019, a manhattan improvement facility was detained. Investigators found no evidence of the so -called “customer list” or Epstein blackmailed prominent persons.
“I think we should achieve facts for American people, and I have always believed in transparency,” Pence said.
Pence was also asked about Mr. Trump’s signals that he could try to remove the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. “Well, I have been a critic of Fed over the years,” said Pence. “I have a real concern about what the dual mandate is called, where the Federal Reserve is considered to be worried about the defense of the dollar as well as complete employment.”
However, Pence said that economic challenges “do not flow as much for the Fed as they do for the policies of the administration,” and attracted a contrast with how the tariff was handled during the first trump word. “We used the threat of tariffs and tariffs to reduce business obstacles and open markets,” he said.
CBS News Informed Mr. Trump asked GOP MPs on Tuesday night at a private oval office meeting whether he should fire Powell before the end of his tenure. “Almost each of them said that I want, but I am more conservative than them,” Mr. Trump said about the night meeting on Wednesday.
