Jeffrey Epstein

A photograph released by the Justice Department showing former President Bill Clinton with Ghislaine Maxwell. 

MS NOW - The Jeffrey Epstein files are roiling the United Kingdom, where a senior official resigned over the weekend amid growing calls for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down. 

In the United States, it’s a much different story.

While the more than 3 million Epstein files are dominating domestic news coverage and overtaking congressional hearings on Capitol Hill, the documents haven’t had the same kind of fallout in the United States as they have internationally. Calls for resignations and accountability have largely stalled in a government led by President Donald Trump. And members of Congress — in both parties — are taking note.

“Look at what’s happening in Britain,” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told reporters after reviewing the unredacted Epstein files. “With what’s happened with [Peter] Mandelson, you have the British monarchy having to answer questions. I mean, the King of England is putting out statements. And yet, in our country, we have not had that reckoning.”

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., echoed the sentiment. “We’ve got to have better and more thorough accountability here in the United States,” he said.

“In the United Kingdom and other places in Europe, they’re delivering accountability for powerful, wealthy, politically connected people who had long contacts with Epstein,” Coons added. “We need to be doing a better job.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee who viewed the unredacted files on Monday, said the United Kingdom is “absolutely” taking the Epstein matter more seriously than top officials in the U.S.