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The measure -- called "The Epstein Files Transparency Act" -- would compel Attorney General Pam Bondi to make available all "unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials"
Unclassified is a load-bearing word there. This will be a limited hangout.
Yeah. As soon as all the Republicans got on board it became obvious they had a plan to ratfuck it.
While it is likely that the documents might be altered. Another reason that Republicans flipped is because they don't want to be personally associated with pedophilia. There is some infighting amongst Republicans right now. There was a few votes who originally voted no and then switch votes. The one guy who voted against the anti-pedophile bill will certainly be called a pedophile.
Also some seats in Congress changed after the recent elections.
I think this is why trump turned ultimately, he just didn't have the votes
watch them re-re-release the same files
That would be beyond awesome.
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If you read the full bill. It says that Pam Bondi must also declassify information in the documents and that any information that can't be declassified must be submitted to the congress for approval.
(c) Permitted withholdings.—
(1) The Attorney general may withhold or redact the segregable portions of records that—
(A) contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
(B) depict or contain child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) as defined under 18 U.S.C. 2256 and prohibited under 18 U.S.C. 2252–2252A;
(C) would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary;
(D) depict or contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury of any person; or
(E) contain information specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.
(2) All redactions must be accompanied by a written justification published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress.
(3) To the extent that any covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified information under this section, the Attorney General shall declassify that classified information to the maximum extent possible.
(A) If the Attorney General makes a determination that covered information may not be declassified and made available in a manner that protects the national security of the United States, including methods or sources related to national security, the Attorney General shall release an unclassified summary for each of the redacted or withheld classified information.
(4) All decisions to classify any covered information after July 1, 2025 shall be published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress, including the date of classification, the identity of the classifying authority, and an unclassified summary of the justification.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/text
Also. The bill only tells the US DOJ to publish the Epstein documents. The US DOJ is not the only source of Epstein documents. The recent emails published were released by the US Congress, not the US DOJ.
Also. The Epstein Estate has also published some documents. They might be publish documents because they think Trump killed Jeffrey Epstein.
(C) would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary;
That to me still seems like a limited hangout. Last week Trump completely reversed course and asked for an investigation. I'm all but certain anything that incriminates him or others in his orbit will fall under that investigation, which is then buried.
Please stop making this political, it is not about you, President Trump," Jena-Lisa Jones, who said Epstein sexually abused her when she was 14, told a press conference outside the Capitol a few hours before the vote. "I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment."
Disturbing
Please stop making this political
I give up
I hate it when people bring politics into prosecution of heads of state
Can't we treat this issue like an old non-political video game like Deus Ex?
Weird that England did better at prosecuting their head (heh) of state than the US does.
Your appointment to FEMA should be finalized within the week. I've already discussed the matter with the senator.
I was at my parents' today to celebrate thanksgiving because they're visiting my grandparents next week and my dad asked our opinion on if they should get a "swim spa" (not a pool because a pool is too much work) and I was like, if you're sure that your investments and whatever bullshit are enough to sustain you through the greatest economic crash in human history, sure
and my mom gets on me about BRINGING UP POLITICS
If I was shown that I could sacrifice my life and eternal soul on a magical altar to communist Satan to get people to clearly and accurately demarcate between "political" and "partisan," I would only be delayed by shock and tears of joy that the matter could finally be fixed
Literally voting for the dude that paled around with your abuser, amazin'.
paled around
it's like palled around, but for rich white men
Please stop making this political, it is not about you, President Trump," Jena-Lisa Jones, who said Epstein sexually abused her when she was 14, told a press conference outside the Capitol a few hours before the vote. "I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment."
The files have been successfully scrubbed, that's why they all voted for it, besides Clay Higgins obviously, idk what is up with that guy.
Place your bets:
"Epstein did it all by himself with no clients or accomplices and then killed himself out of shame"
"It was every sitting democrat in the house and senate"
"It was Mamdani, Hasan Piker, and Rashida Tlaib"
putting it on hasan would be so fuckin funny
It's wild to be so transparently evil you're in the top 0.25% of pedophile defenders.
It would be like being 1 out of like 150 something people that declared food and water aren't human rights.
Thank god isreal exists so we never have to face such an embaressment.
Hes got an altar boy living under his desk
there are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where nothing happens 
The one no vote was Clay Higgins. Some guy from Louisiana who definitely didn't kill his first wife
craziest 
of the decade
I’ve never wanted to hear Matt’s Foghorn Leghorn Clay Higgins voice more than today.
WAIT ITS THE WOKE SKY GUY?! 
shooting right past word salad into word smoothie territory
also lmao "non-binary fuss", me when i can't find my eyeliner
word smoothie
"quite a non-binary fuss" is like reactionary "much to their white surprise"
French culture stays winning
that one dude that voted against is some motherfucking principled pedophile damn
let's see what wacky loophole means we're still waiting another month
The gossip sub is locked due to identify crisis or 
something. They keep changing it so I don't know where to post celebrity slop. Anyways I'll post it here since it's a relevant topic.
The gossip comm is closed and considered merged with the slop comm. I requested a new comm for posting culture/style/entertain type stuff. It's not inherently a dunk comm. It can be good things or bad things. Read the sticky for more info.
Celebrity news, cultural events, social media trends, entertainment, etc. Even some politician stuff is fine if it is relevant to culture. Streamer stuff is permitted.
See /r/fauxmoi as example. It's a pop culture subreddit with left-ish political leaning.
https://hexbear.net/c/popularculture
I think the real reason that /c/gossip closed is that no moderator wanted to moderate it.
Ok cool thanks for an answer.
Serious question: What happens if the senate passes the bill and then Trump won't sign it?
Is the answer "nothing"?
A presidential veto can be overridden with a 2/3 vote from both the House and the Senate. I'm not sure how often that usually happens though
So why are some files classified?.....