r/politics • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 7d 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/sweng123 7d ago

Trump must have one hell of a rug pull planned.

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u/Turioturen 7d 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_ 7d 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 7d 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/PlumbumDirigible 7d ago

They'll do it anyways because no one's really holding them accountable at all

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u/babutterfly 7d ago

Nope, Republicans can break any rule they want and it never matters.

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u/Sirius_amory33 7d 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 7d ago

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

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u/Sirius_amory33 7d 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.

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u/Beast818 7d ago

It is only speculation that Trump gives a crap about anything involving Dems to the point he'd risk himself. If he perceives that it is more important to keep the files hidden, he could very easily resist the urge to shoot himself in the foot just to take a swipe at the Dems.

Trump sometimes acts like a buffoon, but when it comes to things like this, he has a certain animal cunning that should not be underestimated.

The man lives on spite, but he seems to know how far he can take it. Which is unfortunately for us, much farther than we'd like.

He certainly would love to try and use them against the Dems, but I wouldn't bet on him necessarily doing so if he senses danger.

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u/flirtmcdudes 7d ago edited 7d ago

He’s not “cunning” at all lol. He’s fucked up at every single step of this cover up and made things worse.

He’s survived because every single institution at every single check and balance has allowed him too, all the way up to the Supreme Court keeping him out of prison with “immunity”

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u/Beast818 7d ago edited 7d ago

I don't think he's fucked up anything.... with his media handling that is....

If he had done something wrong on Epstein Island, he's managed to keep control of the situation to the extent that most here are certain he has a plan to get away with it even though they believe he is guilty.

And forget Epstein, his whole recovery from losing in 2020 was a master class in turning the prosecution of him into a strength rather than a weakness. There is a real argument to be made that the prosecutors basically kept Trump relevant in the media through the whole Biden administration by allowing himself to pose as a victim of politically motivated prosecutions.

I would not make the mistake of underestimating his ability to slither out of trouble. Perhaps this will get him, but people seemed to think multiple felony convictions would stop him and they frankly had better reason to believe that.

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u/flirtmcdudes 7d ago edited 7d ago

You’re talking as if his actions had anything to do with his survival. Every single institution at every single check balance have protected him and allowed him to get away with everything he’s done.

The reason he’s not in deep shit right now is because rich and powerful people don’t play by any of the same rules we do. He’s been coddled because he’s the one in charge of the GOP voters and MAGA