It is high time Americans got the “answers they deserve,” says new declassification task force head Anna Paulina Luna
A so-called “black book” containing the list of contacts and alleged clients of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is set to be released to the public as part of a new declassification campaign, the newly appointed head of a specialized task force has announced.
The congressional task force was created to oversee the release of government files linked to a wide range of high-profile topics, including the 9/11 attacks, the origins of Covid-19, UFOs, and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother and political ally Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights campaigner Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Epstein worked as a financier and socialized with the rich and famous for years, introducing them to dozens of young women – some of whom were underage at the time – and flying them to his private island in the Caribbean on a jet dubbed the ‘Lolita Express.’
He was arrested in 2019 and died in his Manhattan cell later that year, officially ruled a suicide. Evidence related to his case remained classified even after his death, with media reports claiming that the FBI had found videos potentially containing compromising material on his “guests” during searches of his New York residence and Caribbean island.
The newly appointed head of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets has vowed to bring some of this information to light, along with other previously classified materials.
“The federal government has been hiding information from Americans for decades,” said Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who was tasked with leading the effort. “It is time to give Americans the answers they deserve,” she added in a statement on Tuesday.
A GOP congresswoman and supporter of US President Donald Trump, Luna has repeatedly demanded “transparency” in the federal government. The 35-year-old lawmaker was elected to the House of Representatives in 2022 after serving in the military for six years.
The establishment of the task force was announced by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), who said it would “build on the Trump administration’s efforts to declassify records of national importance.” Trump signed an executive order to release federal records linked to the assassinations of the two Kennedys and King soon after his inauguration in January.
The publicly known list of Epstein’s friends and acquaintances includes former US President Bill Clinton and Britain’s Prince Andrew. Trump also personally knew Epstein since the 1980s and reportedly flew on his “Lolita Express” private jet.
The US president has denied ever visiting Epstein’s private island and maintains that he cut ties with him in the 1990s, years before Epstein’s first arrest for soliciting prostitution in 2006. Trump hinted at the possibility of releasing Epstein’s files in a September 2024 interview on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
