{"id":2113802,"date":"2023-12-01T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marsha-blackburn-blasts-dick-durbin-for-blocking-request-to-subpoena-epstein-flight-logs\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:15:08","slug":"marsha-blackburn-blasts-dick-durbin-for-blocking-request-to-subpoena-epstein-flight-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marsha-blackburn-blasts-dick-durbin-for-blocking-request-to-subpoena-epstein-flight-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsha Blackburn slams Durbin for blocking Epstein flight logs subpoena"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarsha-blackburn-blasts-dick-durbin-for-blocking-request-to-subpoena-epstein-flight-logs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2113802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) Sen. Dick Durbin \u2064(D-IL) speaks during a news \u2063conference (Photo by \u200cDrew Angerer\/Getty Images) \/ \u2064(R) Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) \u2063listens during a press conference on border security at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>4:02 PM \u2013 Friday, December 1, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>Senator Marsha Blackburn \u200bAccuses Senator Dick Durbin of Blocking Subpoena for Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s Flight Logs<\/h2>\n<p>Senator Dick Durbin faced criticism from \u200dSenator \u2062Marsha Blackburn on Thursday for \u2062allegedly obstructing her\u200d attempt to obtain the flight logs of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein through a subpoena.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn accused Democrats of &#8220;hiding&#8221; something.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RT if\u2063 you want to see Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s flight logs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bSen. Marsha \u2063Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1730641307268268093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As the chair of the Democrat-led Senate Judiciary Committee, Durbin (D-Ill.) has authority over the panel&#8217;s subpoena power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;@SenatorDurbin BLOCKED my request to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s flight logs. What are Democrats trying to hide?&#8221; Blackburn posted on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In early November,\u200c Blackburn made the first attempt to subpoena the flight logs, requesting further details on \u200dthe individuals who\u2062 took and frequented Epstein&#8217;s plane to his exclusive island and\u200d other destinations,\u200d where he provided \u200dillicit sex with minors \u200dworking as prostitutes.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft was named &#8220;Lolita Express,&#8221; referencing Vladimir Nabokov&#8217;s 1955 novel \u200c&#8221;Lolita&#8221; which is about\u2064 a 37-year-old man and a\u200d 12-year-old girl consumed in \u2062a pedophilic relationship. The aircraft&#8217;s name also exemplifies that Epstein and his constituents had no qualms of hiding\u200d their\u2064 misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064powerful, affluent individuals who paid to sexually assault minors that Epstein had under his wing, whom\u200b were trafficked across the globe, is still \u200ca mystery, even after Epstein was discovered dead in his prison \u2063cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City in August 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;If you didn&#8217;t see the Judiciary Committee hearing today, this \u2063was \u2062quite a mess,&#8221; Blackburn said in a video message on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senate Judiciary\u200b Democrats \u2064don&#8217;t \u200bwant to approve my subpoenas for\u2064 Justice Sotomayor&#8217;s staff or \u200cJeffrey Epstein&#8217;s flight \u200blogs.<\/p>\n<p>This is not how the \u2063committee works. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ytwSE49zo1\">pic.twitter.com\/ytwSE49zo1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1730410439975018535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;We were \u200ctrying to get my subpoenas of Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s flight logs&#8230; \u200dand of course, the chairman blocked it all, cut it off. That&#8217;s not how this committee is supposed\u200d to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;We \u200dneed to uncover the\u2063 names of \u2064every individual who participated\u200c in Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s horrific human trafficking ring. I&#8217;m \u200ccalling to subpoena his \u2063flight logs,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Durbin has not \u2064publicly \u2062addressed Blackburn&#8217;s criticisms, he has\u200c recently received hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-collins-unlikely-to-support-tanden-narrowing-path-for-biden-nominee\/\" title=\"Report: Collins Unlikely To Support Tanden, Narrowing Path For Biden Nominee\">social media comments<\/a>\u2063 on his posts calling for the disclosure of \u2062Epstein&#8217;s travel logs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Why did Dick \u2063Durbin block\u2064 Marsha\u200c Blackburn&#8217;s request to\u200c subpoena\u2063 Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s \u200bflight logs? &#8230;Because the Democrats are groomers. You\u200c know it&#8217;s \u2064true,&#8221; said conservative television host Emerald Robinson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. \u200dSubscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Is 65% of the first amendment really free speech? <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the third part of an exclusive interview with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, One America&#8217;s Chief White House  <\/p>\n<h2> What was Senator Blackburn&#8217;s frustration\u2064 regarding Durbin&#8217;s refusal to approve the subpoena \u2063for Epstein&#8217;s flight logs during \u200dthe Judiciary\u2063 Committee hearing?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ckburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1737085251815571458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During \u200dthe Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Blackburn expressed her frustration with Durbin&#8217;s refusal to approve the subpoena for Epstein&#8217;s flight logs. She accused the Democrats of trying to hide something, implying that they may\u2064 have information related to Epstein&#8217;s wealthy and influential associates who were involved\u200c in his illicit activities.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bail-fund-praised-by-kamala-harris-has-twice-freed-the-same-rioter-he-was-just-charged-again\/\" title=\"Bail Fund Praised By Kamala Harris Has Twice Freed The Same Rioter. He Was Just Charged Again.\">convicted sex offender<\/a>, operated a vast network\u200b of underage girls \u2063for sex\u200d trafficking purposes. His private jet,\u2062 nicknamed the &#8220;Lolita Express,&#8221;\u200b was used\u2062 to transport his powerful and wealthy clients to his\u2064 private island and other\u200c destinations, where the exploitation of young girls occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b Epstein&#8217;s arrest in 2019 and subsequent death\u2062 in prison, the\u2062 identities of \u200cthose who participated in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-may-charge-some-capitol-rioters-under-rico-racketeering-law\/\" title=\"DOJ May Charge Some Capitol Rioters Under RICO Racketeering Law\">criminal enterprise<\/a> remain largely unknown. Blackburn&#8217;s attempt to subpoena the flight logs was an effort\u2063 to uncover more information about the individuals involved \u2062and to bring them to justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;This is not how the committee works,&#8221; Blackburn stated in \u200ba video message following the hearing. She emphasized the need for transparency and\u2064 accountability in\u200b investigating Epstein&#8217;s crimes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Durbin&#8217;s role as the chair of\u2062 the Senate Judiciary Committee\u200c gives him \u2064significant authority over subpoena powers. His\u2063 refusal to approve Blackburn&#8217;s request raises questions about the motives behind\u200b blocking access to the flight logs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/epstein.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey Epstein's Flight Logs\" class=\"wp-image-422234\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The \u200bflight logs could potentially provide crucial \u200bevidence in identifying\u200d and holding \u2062accountable those who participated in\u2062 Epstein&#8217;s illegal activities. The names of influential figures linked to\u2062 Epstein could\u200c be revealed, shedding light on the extent\u2062 of his operation and any possible connections to\u2063 other powerful individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062importance of obtaining the \u200dflight logs cannot be overstated. It is\u2064 essential for the survivors of Epstein&#8217;s abuse to see justice served and the\u2064 truth to be revealed. Blocking\u2062 the subpoena for the flight logs only fuels suspicion and raises concerns about the integrity of\u200b the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Blackburn is determined to continue \u200dher efforts to obtain the flight logs and ensure\u200c that\u2062 justice is served. \u2064She is committed to holding those responsible accountable and\u200c bringing an end to the culture of impunity \u2063that allowed Epstein&#8217;s criminal enterprise to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>As the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s sex trafficking case continues, it is imperative that transparency and the\u200c pursuit of truth remain at the center of the investigation. The decision to block the subpoena for the flight logs raises questions \u2063about the commitment of\u2063 certain individuals to uncovering the full extent \u200bof Epstein&#8217;s crimes and exposing those who may have\u200c been\u200b involved.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial\u200b for the public to demand accountability and\u200b support the efforts \u200dof lawmakers like Senator Blackburn, who are committed \u200bto \u200bensuring that\u2064 justice is served and that the victims of Epstein&#8217;s crimes receive the closure\u200b they deserve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) pictured at a news conference on border security at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. 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