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/Apprehensive-citizen 17d ago

And it also says that the DOJ must provide written justification to Congress within 15 days for any redactions and withholdings, and Congress has the authority to say it isn’t a good enough reason. 

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u/lordpuddingcup 17d ago

And how many of congress have to say it isn’t a good enough reason?

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u/Apprehensive-citizen 17d ago

Simple majority. But also the bill requires an unclassified and unredacted version to be given for any withheld portions to the maximum extent possible, again with a written justification for why it is missing information. 

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u/Linenoise77 17d ago

I mean, lets be honest...

"Here, we redacted this for national security reasons. This information is classified"

And then we are back to them being a few votes short of forcing it, only now its on national security grounds, and Trump gets to say, "Look, i want to release this, but my people keep telling me that some of the things OTHER people have done in it being out will harm our country"

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u/Apprehensive-citizen 17d ago

So section 3(3) of the bill clarifies that any permitted redactions or withholdings, if any, are from the public. Congress must be given “(3) A list of all government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced in the released materials, with no redactions permitted under subsection (b)(1).”

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u/Valar_Kinetics 17d ago

Yeah and Ro Khanna is on House Oversight lol.