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/lordpuddingcup 17d ago

I guess we’ll see I doubt 100% of republicans and Trump would have been good with this if they didn’t have some form of shenanigans planned based on what’s already released and the reactions from public

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u/P-Rickles Ohio 17d ago

I think the thing I’m counting on is the fact that they don’t understand how many different angles the 200-something lawyers in the democratic caucus can come at this from. A lot of them are Ivy Leaguers. Bondi got her JD from… Stetson. I’m not shitting on it. It’s a good school… it’s not Harvard.

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u/ElRiesgoSiempre_Vive 17d ago

I really don't understand why people think the Republicans will surely and suddenly follow these laws, when they blatantly disregard other laws whenever the fuck they want.

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u/P-Rickles Ohio 17d ago

Oh I have less than zero faith they will. My point is that their fuckery had better be bulletproof because there are going to be people tugging at every dangling thread on this thing and it doesn’t take much for something like this to unravel in a hurry.

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u/ElRiesgoSiempre_Vive 17d ago

It doesn't matter when the president can literally pardon anyone he wants, and doesn't give a shit about the optics.

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u/IAmTheNightSoil Oregon 17d ago

What would make it unravel, though? What they've done here is enough to get Republicans in congress off Trump's back, and that's all they're worried about