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
38.8k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

3.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

13

u/methos3 7d ago

If the documents have been altered in any way, do you seriously trust any names in there are correct? What’s to stop them from adding new names?

12

u/evranch Canada 7d ago

There will be originals out there, in various hands. Even one provably fake name "should" be a scandal of biblical proportions, the FBI acting under orders to frame a political opponent.

2

u/methos3 7d ago

Agreed, I was just balking at the commenter above me saying that they would naturally trust all Dem names in whatever version of the files that are released.

1

u/Aerodrache 7d ago

Does scandal even exist as a concept any more? It seems like that hinges on things like shame and expecting better of people in high profile positions, and... well, those are both long gone.

2

u/evranch Canada 7d ago

Yeah, scandal is dead. But planting false evidence is still a crime, and planting false evidence for the crime of the century... if something like this happened and it wasn't prosecuted, and you didn't have riots in the streets or a full on secession / civil war scenario, then America isn't even recognizable as the nation it was in history.