Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) claims he is completely ignorant of Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs.
Over the last month, there has been a renewed push to obtain the list of passengers who flew on Epstein’s infamous private plane, the Lolita Express. Epstein and his business partner, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, allegedly used the plane to fly celebrities, politicians, and underage girls around the world.
After Epstein’s arrest in July 2019, federal authorities were posed to use the passenger manifests to investigate the extent of Epstein’s sex trafficking. But that effort apparently died with Epstein’s untimely jail demise.
Fortunately, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is trying to resurrect it and is pushing for the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena the flight logs. But according to Blackburn, Durbin, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, is blocking her effort.
Fox News correspondent Hillary Vaughn confronted Durbin last week over the allegations. Durbin, however, claimed he had no idea what was going on.
“Chairman Durbin, can I ask you a quick question? Why won’t you subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs?” Vaughn asked.
“I don’t know anything about his flight logs,” Durbin claimed.
“But why don’t you subpoena them? Why don’t you want to know?” Vaughn pushed back.
“I don’t know the issue. I know who Epstein was, but I certainly don’t know anything about the issue,” the senator responded.
“Well, he was charged with sex trafficking. So why don’t you want to know who was utilizing his private plane?” Vaughn pressed.
“This has never been raised by anyone,” Durbin asserted.
When Vaughn fact-checked Durbin — reminding him that Blackburn is pushing to obtain the records — the Illinois Democrat claimed that Blackburn “hasn’t said a word to me.” He also claimed the interview was the “first time anyone has raised” the issue of the flight logs with him.
But that’s not true.
According to Blackburn, Durbin is aware of the issue because he is actively blocking subpoena requests.
Blackburn first made the request last month as the Senate Judiciary Committee discussed the possibility of issuing subpoenas related to Democrats’ probe of Supreme Court ethics.
“Since we’re in the business of issuing subpoenas now, here are a few more that I’ve filed,” Blackburn told the committee at the time. “A subpoena to Jeffrey Epstein’s estate to provide the flight logs for his private plane. Given the numerous allegations of human trafficking and abuse surrounding Mr. Epstein, we’ve got to identify everyone who could have participated in his horrific conduct.”
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