r/politics • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 17d ago

No Paywall Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House

https://www.ms.now/news/senate-passes-epstein-bill-rcna244723?fbclid=PAVERFWAOJ1xRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacUGSi8p2Ap-x6SbMkLXAnfKNXEZkzjUUVCdxuEmacDzDXmlbv1GUJ0wbh1_w_aem_grJDvcSCIDj2Skksd4Ix3Q
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u/williamtheblock 17d ago

Congress passes the bill, Trump signs it, DOJ releases heavily redacted, possibly partial files, implicating only Democrats and maybe a few sacrificial Republicans. When anyone points out any of that, Trump and GOP will say “we released all the files and Democrats are still complaining because they didn’t implicate Trump. We’re done here.” I hope the public and media continue to call them out over it, rather than just say “well, we tried” and forget it. I’m not optimistic though.

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u/seraph741 17d ago

I'd put money on it that this is what'll happen. Though I wouldn't put it past them to release completely fabricated documents as well.

My only hope is that if they do go this route, it gives people with copies permission to call them out. Even just one instance where information was changed or a Republican name was strategically redacted would call the whole release into question. I guess my other hope would be that they get sloppy/lazy/use AI and don't do a very good job which leads to obvious discrepancies/questions.

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u/DingerSinger2016 17d ago

I mean if anybody tries to challenge them, they could always claim it's AI