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None of us should “move on” from the Epstein Files, but that is what our entire congressional delegation seems to be doing. The first Epstein file release was on Dec. 19. That was over two months ago, and since then none of our congressional delegation members — not Rep. Chellie Pingree, Rep. Jared Golden, Sen. Angus King, or Sen. Susan Collins — has made a public statement about the alleged crimes in those files, including child rape, torture, and murder.
So, for the past 10 days, I have been emailing and calling their offices with one simple question: “When will the elected official read the un-redacted Epstein files?” Not one of them has yet to answer me, which likely means none of them has read the files. Further still, none of them has called for the release of the remaining files still held by the FBI against the law.
Reading the Epstein files is their official duty. It’s not a choice. I believe it is unAmerican to remain essentially inactive, unreachable, and silent. To me, it means we have no government representation, which means we have no democracy.
Then I realized three out of four of them have been in office the entire time these heinous crimes were allegedly committed, and are friends with disgraced former Sen. George Mitchell. Now I’m counting the days of their continued silence and their collective years of shame.
Robin Dayton
Searsmont