Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, joined MeidasTouch co-founder Ben Meiselas from Dallas as the fight over the Epstein files followed Donald Trump directly to the Republican midterm convention.
Garcia spoke after visiting the traveling “Trump Epstein Reading Room,” where he met with Epstein survivors and Dallas residents demanding greater transparency and accountability.
“There were survivors there,” Garcia told Meiselas. “People are just horrified that there’s been no justice for survivors, but instead you have this cover-up.”
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The controversy was particularly difficult to ignore in Dallas. Epstein survivors who attended the Republican convention said they were kicked out despite having credentials and said they had not attempted to disrupt the event. Meanwhile, Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed the convention and declared that the administration would hold child traffickers accountable, while he is actively covering up for one of history’s most notorious sex traffickers and his sprawling network.
Garcia argued that Blanche should be focused on releasing additional Epstein records and pursuing accountability.
“Todd Blanche should be releasing the rest of the files,” Garcia said. “He should be focused on criminal convictions.”
Garcia also discussed efforts by foreign governments to investigate Epstein-related connections in their own countries, noting that the response abroad stood in stark contrast to the Trump regime’s handling of the matter at home.
“I think the Epstein files are just so emblematic of just the rot of what’s happening in this administration,” Garcia said. “They don’t care about justice.”
For Garcia, the Epstein controversy is also part of the oversight agenda Democrats say they would pursue if they regain control of the House. As the top Democrat on Oversight, Garcia would be positioned to lead the committee if his party takes the majority.
Garcia told Meiselas Democrats have a “huge agenda on oversight” that would include investigations into the administration, ICE, corporations and what he described as Trump family corruption.
The message from Garcia in Dallas was clear that the Epstein fight is not going away, and control of the House could dramatically change the congressional investigation into the files.
Watch Ben’s full conversation with Rep. Robert Garcia above as they discuss the Epstein files, the survivors demanding answers and what could happen if Democrats take control of the House.
