House Oversight Committee report finds 'decades-long failures' in the Epstein case and urges further investigation

Summary

The House found 'decades-long failures' as Jeffrey Epstein preyed on victims, CBS News reported on Tuesday 10 November, writing that the 15-month investigation by the House Oversight Committee involved interviews with some of Epstein's most high-powered associates. The committee's review blasted the Justice Department's handling of the case from the outset and in the decades since, and called for federal investigators to take a closer look at the late sex offender and Epstein's associates, according to NBC News, which described a House Republican report. The Republican-led committee is criticizing the Trump administration for mishandling the release of records related to Epstein, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, and Forbes wrote that House Republicans accuse Epstein associates of lying about not knowing of abuse, while Democrats criticized the report as 'misleading' and 'incomplete' because of gaps in the committee's investigation. One of the findings is that Epstein's crimes committed after 2005 could have been prevented, barring 'repeated failures' from law enforcement and federal prosecutors, PBS NewsHour reported on Wednesday 11 November.

Latest: Jeffrey Epstein's crimes committed after 2005 could have been prevented, barring 'repeated failures' from law enforcement and federal prosecutors, according to one of the findings of the report published on Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee, PBS NewsHour reported, NBC News reporting that the committee's review blasted the Justice Department's handling of the case.

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