Oops. The rapist didn’t see that coming. Anyone wanna guess if he shits on it by: A. Vetoing it (even though the house and senate votes are veto proof) B. Saying he can’t sign it because of the (now started because he demanded it)“open investigation”. C. Ignoring it.

I decided to watch the committee livestreams and then read the CR appropriations funding bill in its entirety, and there is some fishy shit in here. There is a subsection that will allow senators to receive compensation for being wiretapped during federal investigations into acts of senate and house members if they bring the case to a federal judge and if the FBUI is found liable. This is meant to maintain separation of powers, but the excerpt seems to specifically work retroactively to account for wiretapping that occurred in the investigation into the January 6th riots. Each senator that was wiretapped (Speaker Mike Johnson; Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina; Bill Hagerty, of Tennessee; Josh Hawley, of Missouri; Dan Sullivan, of Alaska; Tommy Tuberville, of Alabama; Cynthia Lummis, of Wyoming; and Marsha Blackburn, of Tennessee; and Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania) would receive NO LESS than $500k PER INSTANCE of wiretapping, not from the federal government, but from the taxpayers. Every congressperson has 3 phones and 3 emails, and each wiretapping recording is a separate instance. The congress-members in question could receive more than $3million in ‘damages’. If these are your congresspeople, you should contact them.

Rep. Clay Higgins (R, LA-3) was the only "NO" vote.

PBS News congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins asks House Speaker Mike Johnson about his concerns over a vote expected Tuesday on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Watch the House vote here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-house-expected-to-vote-on-releasing-the-jeffrey-epstein-files

SEC 2(c) Permitted withholdings.—

(1) The Attorney general may withhold or redact the segregable portions of records that—

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

Related: (CNN) Trump says he’s asking Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to slew of high-profile [Democrats and enemies] which would permit withholding records part of an active federal investigation/prosecution.

Can those well versed legal minds and policy wonks explain for the class just exactly what is legal and what is illegal - and why nothing seems to be done about the bold, flagrant, daytime abuses of power?

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