Rep. Garcia Discusses Trump's Cover-Up of Epstein Files
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Why are Republicans accused of covering up the Epstein files?
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Now, I've showed you that clip before. That's MAGA Republican Congress member Mike Flood of Nebraska. He was getting booed there saying, you do not get health care. A lot of his constituents, though, who were at that town hall, wanted to know: why are you covering up the Epstein files? Why is Donald Trump out there helping a convicted sex trafficker like Guelane Maxwell? And Mike Flood gaslights his audience and says, look, we're gonna have Guane's deposition. It's happening right away. We're doing all this stuff. We're being super transparent. No, you're not. You're out there trying in every way to give Trump the space to cover this up and block for it. But here was uh MAGA Republican Congress member Mike Flood when asked about Epstein.
Let's play it.
Okay, next question. Why are you covering up the Epstein files?
Let's be very clear. At the next pro forma session of the Congress, you'll find my name as a sponsor on a resolution from the House Rules Committee uh to uh release the Epstein file. Really?
Really? We'll see about that. Here's MAGA Republican Congress member James Comer.
What resolution did Rep. Garcia sponsor to release the Epstein files?
Let's play this clip. Here's what he says.
Uh the media's tried to make it out that Republicans didn't want to get to the bottom of this, the Republicans didn't want to be transparent. Uh I can assure you Republicans want transparency more than Democrats and we're gonna do our job. We're gonna provide oversight and I think that uh uh we've got a an administration that wants to be transparent. So uh I'm anxious to to get started with this and hopefully we'll be bringing people in very soon to uh depose them and interview them.
Well, I saw some of those deposition notices that you sent James Comer. Um the Democrats outmaneuvered you and got the uh were subpoena for the files, but then you subpoenaed Not the victims. Uh you didn't subpoena Alex Acosta, who was the United States attorney who engaged in the non-prosecution agreement with Epstein back in 2007, who was Donald Trump's labor secretary. Uh you moved Ghlaine Maxwell's deposition, which was supposed to take place on August 11th. But here's what James Comer says. He goes, I'm not worried. Um I think that Trump is gonna tell the DOJ to just turn over those files. Here's what Comer says. Let's play.
The American people. I don't think we'll have to put up a fight with the Department of Justice because President Trump has said he's gonna release the Epstein files. I take him at his word.
I take him at his word and you take Donald Trump at his word. I don't take him at his word. Let's bring in Democratic Congressmember Garcia. Congress member, great to see you again.
How did James Comer justify delaying Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition?
Ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. Uh newly became that position. Ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. You saw all those clips. What do you what do you make of it?
Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna uh ensure that James Comer keeps his word. I mean, clearly the chairman of oversight uh is saying that we're gonna that subpoena is gonna be follow through on, that we're gonna get the files. That's what we expect. The subpoena was bipartisan. We grabbed a few of those Republicans to come over, but the chairman of that subcommittee voted no, as did other Republicans. It's a complete joke that somehow Republicans want transparency. It's Donald Trump that's involved in a massive cover-up. It's Pam Bondi who apparently has the files on her desk who's involved in a massive cover-up. It's JD Vance now backtracking uh what the president has said in the past and trying to maybe organize part of this uh massive cover up.
And so James Comer, uh, and the rest of the Republicans are trying to now divert attention to other things or other created scandals when we know the true scandal. Is that Donald Trump spent his entire campaign talking about releasing the Epstein files, saying he's gonna get it done? He puts in place an FBI director that was also committed to getting to getting those Epstein files out and now has just flipped. Why is that?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are Republicans accused of covering up the Epstein files?
0:00–1:28
2
What resolution did Rep. Garcia sponsor to release the Epstein files?
1:28–2:52
3
How did James Comer justify delaying Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition?
2:52–4:36
4
Why does Rep. Garcia say the DOJ should not be forced to release the files?
4:36–6:10
5
What role did Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche play in Maxwell’s reduced sentence?
6:10–7:56
6
How are victims being protected while the Oversight Committee seeks their testimony?
7:56–9:14
7
What bipartisan actions have been taken to subpoena the Epstein files?
9:14–10:42
8
What next steps does Rep. Garcia outline for holding Trump accountable?
10:42–12:20
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