Ro Khanna on Anderson Cooper 360 discussing his effort to the release the Epstein files

Rep. Ro Khanna

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MASTER TO OVERSEE THE RELEASE.

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THAT'S A MOVE THE DOJ IS NOW

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FIGHTING. CONGRESSMAN KHANNA

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JOINS ME NOW. SO, CONGRESSMAN,

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WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THE DOJ

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SAYING YOU AND CONGRESSMAN

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MASSIE DON'T HAVE LEGAL

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STANDING TO ASK THE COURT FOR

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BASICALLY ANYTHING?

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>> WELL, WE'RE NOT INTERVENING

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FORMALLY. WHAT WE SAID IS THAT

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THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS

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NOT COMPLIED WITH THE LAW. THEY

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HAVE NOT GIVEN US THE DOCUMENTS

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THAT THE LAW REQUIRES, SUCH AS

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THE SURVIVOR STATEMENTS TO THE

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FBI, AND THAT THE JUDGE SHOULD

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ORDER THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE

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LAW. AND THE JUDGE HAS ORDERED

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THE DOJ ALREADY TO EXPLAIN

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WHETHER THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH

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THE LAW. I BELIEVE THE JUDGE IS

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GOING TO HELP US GET THESE

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FILES.

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>> DO YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT

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IS TRYING TO DIVERT ATTENTION

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FROM THE FACT THAT THESE FILES

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HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY RELEASED,

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THAT THAT THE LAW THAT WAS

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PASSED HAS NOT BEEN FULLY

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FOLLOWED?

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>> I'M NOT A CONSPIRACY

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THEORIST, SO I CERTAINLY DON'T

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THINK THAT THE ACTIONS IN

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VENEZUELA OR IRAN ARE SOME KIND

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OF DISTRACTION FROM THE RELEASE

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OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. WHAT I DO

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BELIEVE IS THAT THIS HAS BROKEN

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THROUGH REAL CULTURE, NOT JUST

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POLITICS. I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE

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A 40 YEAR OLD FACTORY WORKER

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CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENT,

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SAYING YOU'RE A PEDOPHILE

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PROTECTOR, THE PRESIDENT

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UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE A LOT

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OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT HE'S

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HIDING SOMETHING, AND HE IS IN A

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VULNERABLE SITUATION BY HIS OWN

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MAKING. HE PROMISED TO RELEASE

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THESE FILES. FOR THE LIFE OF ME,

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I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY

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DON'T JUST RELEASE THESE FILES.

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THE LAW THAT HE SIGNED REQUIRES

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THEM TO RELEASE THESE FILES. AND

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THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY.

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>> ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED? FORMER

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PRESIDENT CLINTON AND FORMER

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SECRETARY CLINTON HAVE REFUSED

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TO COMPLY WITH CONGRESSIONAL

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SUBPOENAS TO TESTIFY ABOUT

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EPSTEIN. THEY SAY IT'S A

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POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ATTEMPT TO

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EMBARRASS THEM. THE SUBPOENAS

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HAVE NO VALID LEGISLATIVE

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PURPOSE, AND THAT THEY'VE

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ALREADY TURNED OVER ALL THE

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INFORMATION THEY HAVE.

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>> HERE'S A COMMON SENSE WAY

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FORWARD RELEASE ALL THE FILES.

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PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS CALLED FOR

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RELEASING ALL THE FILES. ONCE

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ALL THE FILES ARE RELEASED. YOU

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CAN CALL PRESIDENT CLINTON OR

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SECRETARY CLINTON OR PRESIDENT

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TRUMP TO COME BEFORE OUR

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COMMITTEE AND TESTIFY. BUT RIGHT

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NOW, THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO IS

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HOLDING UP THE RELEASE, AND

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THAT'S NOT HILLARY CLINTON, AND

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IT'S NOT BILL CLINTON, IT'S PAM

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BONDI. AND SO COMBER IS TRYING

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TO DISTRACT WITH ALL OF THESE

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THINGS. JUST GET THE FILES

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RELEASED. THEN. I DO BELIEVE

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THAT THE CLINTONS SHOULD COME

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BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, BUT FIRST

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RELEASE THE FILES.

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>> JUST LASTLY, YOUR CO-SPONSOR

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OF RESOLUTION SEEKING TO

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REAFFIRM AMERICA'S SUPPORT FOR

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A SOVEREIGN GREENLAND. WHAT IS

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YOUR REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT

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THREATENING TO SLAP TARIFFS ON

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ANY COUNTRY THAT STANDS IN THE

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WAY OF ANNEXING THE DANISH

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TERRITORY?

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>> IT'S SO SAD. YOU KNOW, I'VE

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JUST BECAME THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON

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THE CHINA COMMITTEE AND THE

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PRESIDENT'S POLICIES ARE HAVING

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US LOSE TO CHINA. I MEAN, THE

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BIGGEST THING WE NEED IS OUR

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ALLIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE RARE

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EARTH INDEPENDENCE. WE SHOULD BE

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WORKING WITH JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA

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AND CANADA AND FRANKLY, DENMARK.

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INSTEAD. THE PRESIDENT IS

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TEARING OUR ALLIES, IS REFUSING

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TO WORK WITH DENMARK SO WE CAN

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ACTUALLY PROCESS RARE EARTHS, IS

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MAKING RIDICULOUS DEMANDS OF

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SORT OF INVADING GREENLAND, THAT

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EVEN REPUBLICANS LIKE DON BACON

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BELIEVE WOULD JUSTIFY

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IMPEACHMENT. AND HE'S WEAKENING

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US WITH CHINA. THE THE PEOPLE

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WHO ARE LAUGHING ARE XI JI