cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35963824
Via The Hill
Republican lawmakers say it now appears certain that a discharge petition that’s being circulated in the House by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) will get enough signatures by the end of the month to force a vote on a bill directing Bondi to release the Epstein files.
Massie and Khanna are only one vote short of getting 218 signatures to force a vote on their bill.
Once Arizona holds a special election Sept. 23 to fill the vacant seat of Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who died earlier this year, they’re likely to reach the threshold
38 Comments
TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 339d
Question coming from my own ignorance but how do we know they haven't tampered with the files by this point? It seems like they control enough of the government to get agents that would be willing to delete it modify evidence, I'm just not sure what controls are in place to ensure that nothing has been tampered with
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 67 pts · 339d
2 months ago they put people on around the clock sifting of the files for Trumps name according to this NBC article. And gave no explanation as to what they were supposed to do after flagging them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/fbi-personnel-jeffrey-epstein-files-mentioning-trump-dick-durbin-says-rcna219699
TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 339d
I remember reading that which set off major alarm bells...
mienshao@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 339d
They most certainly have been tampered with.
breakingcups@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 339d
They've certainly had the time
crusa187@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 339d
Ask the victims who have come forward if anything is missing which should be there. That is probably our best indicator of truth on what gets released.
Also remember, this is like the third time files have been “released.” Take that for what you will.
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 338d
There is absolutely zero chance we will see the unaltered files. I would bet money that the unaltered files no longer exist in any way shape or form.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 76 pts · 339d
Below is an excerpt:
apftwb@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 339d
REDACTED
REDACTED
REDACTED
Bill Clinton
REDACTED
REDACTED
in sharpie: Sleepy Joe Biden
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 339d
Incorrect. They'll just delete the parts listed as "redacted", so it looks complete.
Patches@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 339d
TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 339d
I believe it when I see it unaltered.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 339d
UNREDACTED
If it's redacted, Trump is a child rapist by default.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 339d
I really hope this isn't bullshit.
Nougat@fedia.io · 26 pts · 339d
Bondi: "No."
Talaraine@fedia.io · 10 pts · 339d
One would hope at that point that at least some of the honorable congressmen and women would begin to understand that they aren't ever getting the power they gave to Trump back.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 339d
...honorable?
VeryVito@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 339d
… And they are A-ok with that.
KneeTitts@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 339d
It'll likely all be redacted till 2087 or some other sh!t
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 10 pts · 339d
"For national security reasons."
KneeTitts@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 339d
More likely to protect trump and his doner class
Nougat@fedia.io · 7 pts · 339d
Who knew they liked gyros so much?
cjoll4@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 339d
We were hoping for karma but instead we get shawarma
Nougat@fedia.io · 1 pts · 339d
I'm gonna go pick up an SR-15 rifle.
SarcasticMan@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 339d
Oh, don't worry it will all be bullshit.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 339d
Big distraction coming at the end of the month.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 339d
Trumps assassination I hope
Wahots@pawb.social · 4 pts · 339d
They'll have to do a lot more than their latest stunts.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 339d
On a scale of drone-destroyed Venezuelan fishing boats, what would you say?
stinky@redlemmy.com · 14 pts · 339d
Why wouldn't they alter them before they released them?
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 339d
Show of hands who believes that we'll get unaltered files that do anything but exonerate Trump? I hope nobody is really banking on any damning revelations.
aramis87@fedia.io · 12 pts · 339d
Oh, they'll "release" it all right. But they'll narrow down the scope as much as possible to some combination of "things that have already been released", "things that can't be released" (ie, the grand jury records, which are pretty much never released and which require judicial approval), , and "new things the public hasn't seen yet but which are redacted to near total blackness".
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 339d
The grand jury thing seems like a red herring to me. Nothing should be in the grand jury files that isnt already in the rest of the investigation files because that's where they got the information to present to the grand jury in the first place.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 339d
Or "things that we modified or just flat out made up"
HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 339d
I'll fucking believe it when I see it. I'm not holding my breath.
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 339d
I wonder how obviously it'll be doctored. Like will they expect anyone to believe it's legit, or will they take more of a "what are you gonna do about it" approach.
Alloi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 339d
"i guess theres nothing we can do except release the files, and you'll just have to believe they are the real ones.......our hands..... are tied...... :("
its crazy how many people are willing to defend pedophiles if it advances their agenda.
crazy how the absence of empathy makes people literally insane, its almost as if they are mentally ill and not fit for positions of power, or something.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 339d
Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski…where y’all at?
CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 339d
They're both senators. This petition appears to be for the House only.