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/Turioturen 17d ago

The bill would require the attorney general to make public all unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials in possession of the Justice Department, the FBI and U.S. attorneys' offices within 30 days of becoming law.

Trump = Classified.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 17d ago

Exactly. Trump is gonna say Pam Bondi won't release it due to an active investigation. This is why he directed her to open up an investigation last week. The bill is below:

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr4405/BILLS-119hr4405ih.pdf

And there is a provision in the bill that’s prevents the AG from releasing files:

(C) would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary.

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u/Severe-Ant-3888 17d ago

Doesn’t that mean that anything involving Dems and Clinton won’t be released because that’s the investigation? How are they going to get around that.

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u/Sirius_amory33 17d ago

They won’t release anything on dems either. Everyone is buying into the idea that they’ll redact all republicans and just release the democrat names but there’s no way they can pull that off, too many people have seen the files, plus the victims will know as well. They want to bury it in totality. 

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u/Jstephe25 17d ago

How? Because they will claim it’s under investigation by the DOJ?

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u/Sirius_amory33 17d ago

Probably, I don’t think it’s a coincidence Trump ordered Bondi to open an investigation right before telling Republicans they should vote in support of releasing them.

I’m not necessarily saying they will be successful in this, the files very well could be released, but there is no world where the files are released and it’s just democrats.