Bart Jansen

So they came through as basically unfiltered complaints to the FBI.

And the response from the Justice Department has been they were reviewed and found to be not credible.

But what this revelation from NPR followed up by The New York Times is that there were follow up interviews with at least one of these women.

And it is the basically summary or transcript of those interviews that have not yet been released.

And so this is adding to the pressure on the Justice Department to release more.

Well, if there's nothing to hide, then release them and basically show the American public why those accusations were not found credible.

And that's basically the state where we're at now waiting to see whether either Congress can force the release of more documents or whether the Justice Department would release them themselves.

Well, they are some of the strongest voices to advocate for the release of more of these documents.

They have continued to press their case.

They say they want accountability.

More than a dozen of them arrived at the president's State of the Union speech on Tuesday to basically serve as a

physical presence, a reminder that they are pressing for the release of more of these records.

They want to get the names of more of the people in Epstein's circle that they suspect could be pursued as co-conspirators for criminal choices, or just to let people know that they socialized with this person who has since been accused of such horrific crimes.

So their push continues, but it's not clear in the congressional or the legal realms what more they will be able to accomplish if the Justice Department refuses to release the documents.

Thanks for having me.