Debbie Wasserman Schultz demands Epstein investigation

Published August 11, 2019 11:44pm ET



Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz described as “obscenely inadequate” the Saturday announcement from Attorney General William Barr that Inspector General Michael Horowitz would be investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Wasserman Schultz, whose southern district is less than an hour from Epstein’s Palm Beach estate, said in a Sunday letter obtained by the Washington Examiner that a probe into Epstein’s apparent suicide was not sufficient because “it will not provide true independent accountability to those who survived his horrific crimes.”

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