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Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) was asked about the Epstein Files.
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00:00And I think that's a good thing.
00:03Over recess, do you worry at all that this Epstein issue is going to be a distraction from talking about the benefits of the one big, beautiful bill?
00:10Well, the Epstein mess is already a distraction.
00:16And it's not a political issue for me.
00:20It's a moral issue.
00:21And if adults aren't going to protect our kids, who is?
00:30This guy, Epstein, was a pig.
00:34P-I-G, pig.
00:37And this is, I think we established a long time ago, this is no country for creepy old men.
00:45And I've said this before, I'll say it again.
00:49And Epstein, we know, trafficked young women, some of whom were minors.
00:57American people want to know, and they're entitled to know, who, if anyone, he trafficked these women to.
01:06And if there were such people, such men, then why weren't they prosecuted?
01:12And the Justice Department is going to need to answer that.
01:16Now, how they answer that is up to them, but they need to answer it.
01:20But we're, I mean, in some respects, the Justice Department has dug up more snakes than they could kill, okay, in terms of their handling of this.
01:33And I don't think we're, I think we're beyond the point where they can say, look, trust me, there's nobody else.
01:41I think this, now the American people want to save receipts.
01:46And I want to give them plenty of time, at least one amount of time, to, and I think Congress should, too, to decide how they're going to answer that question.
01:55But I think they're going to have to answer it.
01:57And they should.
01:57What do you make of Democrats invoking the Rule of Five to force the DOJ to release more files related to that same case?
02:04What do you mean the Rule of Five?
02:06Which uses the Homeland Security Panel.
02:08A minimum of five members have to sign on to a letter on Democrats saying they want to do that.
02:12I don't know.
02:12I don't know anything about it.
02:13Okay.
02:13I don't know anything about it.

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