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Senator Kennedy said such an explanation was unlikely to satisfy calls for greater transparency. "This issue is not going to go away," he warned. "The central question for the American people is this: They know Epstein trafficked young women for sex with himself. What they want to know is whether he trafficked them to anyone else." Previous testimonies from Epstein's victims have suggested they were trafficked for other individuals. Much of the discourse surrounding Epstein in recent months has centered on an alleged client list that was supposed to be released by USAG Pam Bondi. Patel noted that the available case files only contain "limited search warrants" from 2006 and 2007, because federal prosecutors in Florida had previously struck a deal with Epstein that allowed him to avoid prosecution for his earlier crimes. The Trumpf junta recently fired AUSA Maurene Comey who prosecuted Epstein's co-trafficker, the monstrous Ghislaine Maxwell. Lying to Congress is perjury, governed by 18 USC 1621. Perjury is defined by the context in which the lie is told. The main element is a willful false statement made under a legally administered oath during an official proceeding, such as a congressional hearing. The oath is the distinction that separates perjury from a false statement violation. A statement that is literally true, even if it is misleading, cannot be the basis for a perjury conviction.