WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
At a U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) pressed Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), on the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) refusal to provide evidence related to Jeffrey Epsein's alleged crimes at Zorro Ranch in New Mexico to the New Mexico Attorney General. Heinrich also questioned Clayton about his role in the unconscionable, improper public release of sensitive information belonging to Epstein survivors and his comments about President Trump's attempt to use a $1.8 billion slush fund to compensate violent crim...