(New York State AP Sex Offender Registry, Archive)
WASHINGTON (WZTV) — Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released a statement touting her bipartisan efforts to expose those involved in the alleged sex trafficking ring run by financier Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, while calling for a full investigation. . Publish the names to the duo’s touch list.
At a press conference on the issue, Sen. Blackburn said a judge’s recent ruling on documents revealing a component of Epstein’s consumer list is a step “in the right direction,” but is “only the first step. “
Sen. Blackburn says she has repeatedly requested a subpoena for the flight logs and an unredacted version of the “little black book” of contacts and addresses related to the allegations against Epstein and Maxwell. “The American people have the right to know who flew on Epstein’s plane, who witnessed these crimes, and who potentially participated in his international sex trafficking ring,” Sen. Blackburn writes.
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The veteran senator also shares bipartisan legislation she is co-sponsoring, such as the SAVE Girls Act with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn), SALONS Stories Act with Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill), and the REPORT Act with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).
Senator Blackburn also highlighted trafficking in her state, noting that data from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) shows that sex trafficking of minors in the state has increased from 66 in 2016 to nearly 700 in November 2023.
Senator Blackburn adds, “This is not a celebrity issue. It’s modern-day slavery. And losing one’s cool with those crimes, adding those committed through Epstein and his associates, can put an end to those widespread and pervasive abuses. “