Representative Thomas Massie, who pushed for the original Epstein Files Transparency Act, has a new bill heās going to force through the House.
āWhen we return next week, weāll get 218 signatures for Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which guarantees a vote,ā Massie wrote Thursday on X. āSurvivors will be able to get their own records, State Attorneys General can prosecute crimes, and we can take the DOJ to court for keeping critical files hidden.ā
Massie, who has made an enemy of Trump by opposing the Iran war and pushing for the full release of the Epstein files, first passed the Epstein Transparency Act in November 2025. And though President Trump signed it into law, Massie, Democrats, and a few Republicans argue that his administration didnāt fully abide with what the act required.
āThe Department of Justice has flagrantly and consistently ignored EFTAās disclosure requirements,ā Massie wrote earlier this summer in his announcement of the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, co-sponsored by Democratic Senators Ben Ray LujĆ”n and Jeff Merkley, and Democratic Representatives Ro Khanna and Teresa Leger FernĆ”ndez.
Mark my comment. Ten years from now the slew of corruption in Trumpās admin will all come to light. The corruption thatās already been revealed is just the tip of the iceberg.
When Trump is dead so everyone can say they never supported him. Iām making it my personal goal in life to save the receipts and remind everyone who these motherfuckers are. Most of Trumpās cabinet better be in jail well before the 10 year mark. Iām sorry for posting a YT video but this really is a great take on why we need to pursue prosecutions and not just āmove onā
If youāre going to post a YouTube video, this is one of the better ones you could have chosen. Its one of his best videos, by far.
It will not take 10 years.
Youāre right, it will be at least 20.
You do have to go through 10 to reach 20. Look it up!
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That is the easiest prediction ever to be fair. I donāt think anyone on lemmy would think otherwise.
I dont give a fuck if heŹ»s a republican. This guy did what you are supposed to do when you lose an election, and fucking push like youŹ»ve got nothing left to lose. HeŹ»s probably a piece of shit in every other regard. But he has not wavered on this.
Iād at least respect him as an opponent and I havenāt been able to say that since McCain.
mccain only became a decent human being once he knew he was dying. too little too late. his entire career up to that point, he still enabled the republican policy that got us where we are right now.
At the very least he raised his daughter with the same sort of respect for people that have different political ideology by displaying it himself in the middle of a presidential election. During a campaign event a woman calimed she couldnāt trust Obama because he was an arab, and his response was:
āNo maāam, heās a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and thatās what this campaign is all about.ā
Is it just a single point of reference into his character, yes, but I think considering the context of the moment helps give it weight. I think claiming heās not a ādecent human beingā is a bit hyperbolic but I was just 12 years old at the time.
Iām in AZ and was in my 20s then. I disagreed with him on a lot of things but always thought he was a halfway decent person. He seems like a saint compared to the fucking garbage people weāre dealing with now. One of his last acts was to deny the Republicans taking away Obamacare. He wasnāt perfect but whatever. The hyperbolic shit people say is just not reality. Too many people are just black and white about literally everything. People are messy and imperfect.
Aināt that the truth! People need to learn to see in shades of Gray. Nothing is ever just black and white, like they love to portray itā¦ unless youāre talking about things like Epstein. There, you can have your black and white, because Epstein and Trump are clearly rapist monsters. One is dead. The other one needs to be taken down.
Isnāt this the exact same as the last one passed? Will the DOJ roll over now? I doubt it.
I believe this one includes the ability for state AGs to sue the DOJ leadership directly if they arenāt following the law. Apparently the last one didnāt have any enforcement mechanism in the law.
So what will enforce a state AG lawsuit against the DOJ?
Impeach Todd Blanche, refuse to carry nomination of next one until they come up with one that says theyāre going to release everything. If they donāt follow the law, impeach them. Rinse repeat.
I hope the dems use the power theyāve been given for this. I do think this wave has created a new fear in politics. They need to give the people what they want or lose their seat
Not sure if you heard, but there was an election.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Fuck this dude.
He could have publically pledged to impeach and convict Trump. He didnāt.
He is a pos in other matters, but heās been consistent here (unless he had a musk like role to be an inside voice doing just enough to make the effort ineffective at the end of the day - as with musk and high speed rail efforts/funding in California).
Thereās a law to release them, it was ignored and no justice.
Sounds like this expands access and will make the DOJ open to lawsuits for having ignored the previous law.
Congress: āYou have to release these filesā
Trump: āNoā
Congress: āOkayā
Hence the requisit votes being important, as infuriating as it is.
It does kind of feel like theyāre talking about releasing the files so they donāt have to release the files. Itās a weird way to distract, but I think itās working.
Congress has already passed a law that requires the release of the Epstein-Trump files. This will be ignored by the pedo GOP as well.
The correct answer is impeaching the entire cabinet, the Vice President & then Trump.
the Epstein-Trump files
The trumpstein Pedo Files
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If the president can credibly disagree on his removal, then you still need 2/3 of Senate, and also 2/3 of the house.
Removing a president still capable of uttering the words āI should not be removedā is harder than convicting after impeachment.
Now if Trump does not object, the 25th is easier, but however screwed up he is, he is still quite capable of disagreeing in a way to trigger the 2/3 of Congress requirement.
This is NOT a Priority!
-LITERALLY Hakeem Jeffries!
He is absolutely right. There are things more important than that. Breathing, for example. Breathing is absolutely crucial!
I wish he would try to go without it for a week or two.
Hakeem Jefferies for DC Dog Catcher!
Because a professional lapdog knows how to bring home the bacon.
NOW THATāS WHAT I CALL NOT A DISTRACTION FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES
āIn February 2017, Massie introduced a one-page bill that would abolish the United States Department of Education, and cosponsored a bill that would abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.ā
Just remember, heās still a massive twat. He occasionally does things that are less twat-like, but that isnāt anything to get excited about.
Being a twat and hating pedos are not mutually exclusive.
If you constantly point out peopleās fuck ups and donāt praise them when they do something good, youāre probably a bit of a dick as well
This guy is definitely in the no fucks given stage when it comes to a common Republican arc. I mean, Republicans that still have a modicum of a kernel of some form of moral compass still left.
They do not exist.
Donāt believe them.
Until the rats are dead, they will be rats.
Conservatives donāt really feel empathy, so no thereās no āgoodā republican to begin with. Barely any good democrat either tbh.
Shredders are going to be working overtime in the DOJ and FBI
good, they can be charged with destruction of evidence too.
Lesser charge than paedophilia
oh I donāt think theyāll get away with hiding anything. those pedo charges are still coming. theyāre simply so stupid they think they can cover it up. see: trumpās entire bullshit
Hereās some information to not forget:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49344563
27 different women raped by our president.
He better ram this through under Mike Johnson, because Jeffries will never let something like this through. And even if it got past Jeffries, olā Schumer would toss this right into the Senate incinerator.
Jeffries aka The Black Fettermen.
Dayum! I hate to do this to you, but Iām gonna be stealing that!
Will? The word youāre looking for is Would. They would do that, given back that power for some impossible reason.
Make no mistakeā¦95% of the time this clown voted with orange pedo.
Oh yeah, Iām on the edge of my seat.
We all know that you could do it on Monday, you could do it this month, you could do it before the holidays.
But you wonātā¦ itās been TWENTY YEARS. You are revolting.
Always remember, any rep with clearance is free to call a press conference and say what theyāve seen in the Epstein files. They can ignore subpoenas and the law just like Trump does. Besides, Trump wonāt do anything, because he doesnāt want discovery in court.
Massie would make a fun president.
Not a good one.
But a fun one.
Not that Iām advocating, but the bar is very, very low now.
In my new reality where everyone will be compared to Trump until the day I die, Massie will look like a championing hero. Heāll return Republican racial politics back to the āwink and nudgeā era.
Iād gladly take that as a W and keep working to surpass it :)
Lock up Hegsdeath for his international obstruction of the Geneva Convention and maladministration of nuclear warfare.
Life in prison is too good for Kegseth.
What if they make him wear a sign saying āIām in prison because Iām a piece of shit war criminalā, set up cameras, close down Fox News and use it to stream the feed 27/7 as a message to future would-be traitors?
Too much boys, my bet he will enjoy to be shared like a screaming fleshlight
Love this for all of them. They were on top of the world commiting crimes against humanity with impunity. Letās see some repercussions.
I guess this is when those pardons are gonna get doled out again. :(
I guess this is when those pardons are gonna get doled out again. :(
Hopefully Trump is so egotistical that he canāt imagine being successfully removed from office and doesnāt try to make pardons until itās too late
So if Hegseth were pardoned, which is also an admittance of guilt, could that then be leveraged in international courts?
Oh that would be lovely
maladministration of nuclear warfare.
Whatās this about?
Foreshadowing.
