Democrats had been pressing for an amendment to cryptocurrency legislation that would have forced the release of information and exhibits itemized in a list of evidence held by the justice department from the 2019 child sex-trafficking case against disgraced financier Epstein.

Democrats had weighed in on the issue, hoping to force a release of the documents. “The question with Epstein is: Whose side are you on?” California Democratic US House member Ro Khanna, the author of the Epstein measure, told Axios. “Are you on the side of the rich and powerful, or are you on the side of the people?”

But Republicans on the US House rules committee voted down the amendment that would have allowed Congress to vote on whether the evidence – which includes micro cassettes, DVDs, CDs including one labelled “girl pics nude book 4”, computer hard drives and three massage tables in green, beige and brown – should be released.

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    I think there’s more to it as bolded out above. Has anyone typed out those names? I see Forbes and Paul Allen on there which would explain a few things. It’s also still pretty redacted because there are names like “airlines” and “Massage - California.” Is that California governor, city mayor, or representative for a newspaper? It could be anyone.

    Edit: As mentioned below, this is the address book and included people who were the airlines or hotels, or whatever. (unreadacted as per [email protected] - https://dn721200.ca.archive.org/0/items/jeffrey-epstein-39s-little-black-book-unredacted/Jeffrey_Epstein39s_Little_Black_Book_unredacted.pdf)

    The Client list is what they are blocking from being released.

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      Here’s an unredacted version.

      The ‘Massage’ section is all girls and a few of their moms. Some of those names are redacted (IIRC those who were set to be witnesses for the prosecution). Trump is listed under the ‘Island’ section.

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        I just spent some time reading through this. Why isn’t this list all over the news? Why is the news making a deal out of whether or not it’s released, if it’s already accessible?

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          It was apart of the previously released files. Everyone has seen what was in the white binders and released previously.

          What we want is the client list. Not his rolladex

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          This is his black book, which I think is a separate thing from the client list (though there’s likely some overlap).

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        It looks like the apartment in Miami is mentioned in that section too. I knew about Alan Dershawitz, but not John Kerry. David Rockefeller shows up, but I’m not sure what Rockefeller he is, or if he’s one of the famous ones. Those are the only names I recognize from that section.