Top Oversight Democrat says Merrick Garland should testify on Epstein

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11. Epstein-related files could not be legally released during Garland's term because Maxwell's case was still under appeal

....but let's just run with this fact-free innuendo against Garland.

Better yet, let's take focus off of this Trump controlled DOJ and their responsibility for presently violating the law just passed that mandates release of all files.

Let's focus on something that invites a 'both sides' deflection which has already been addressed by Merrick Garland.


Holder and Garland deny knowledge of Epstein files in letters to House Oversight Committee

"Although I cannot rule out that I ever received a status update on matters pertaining to Mr. Epstein or Ms. Maxwell in my role as Attorney General, I do not recall any such update or any other kind of report," Garland wrote to the committee.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/holder-and-garland-deny-knowledge-of-epstein-files-in-letters-to-house-oversight-committee/ar-AA1NH0iG


...we can call Garland a liar on this without any proof presented at all, or, we can look at some facts:


julie k. brown* @jkbjournalist
Again...the Epstein case was still an OPEN criminal investigation during the Biden administration. They had an open grand jury ... And even after Maxwell's conviction, the case was on appeal -- anyone in law enforcement knows you don't open your case file when it's still under appeal. There were still victims going to the FBI with new information. That changed when Trump's DOJ reviewed the files and closed the case in July. · Nov 17, 2025

*Miami Herald journalist whose investigation led to the arrests of Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell. Author, "Perversion of Justice."

JB quoted: "There were still victims going to the FBI with new information. That changed when Trump's DOJ reviewed the files and closed the case in July."
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/why-biden-didnt-release-epstein-files-377071-20251120