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Republicans block vote to release Epstein files (www.newsweek.com)
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The matter made its way into the political discourse as the House Rules Committee considered the issue, after a failed attempt by the Democrats to force a vote in Congress on whether the Epstein files should be made public.

As one of the oldest standing committees in Congress, the group's key role concerns the flow of legislation to the House floor.

Khanna's amendment was in effect a procedural measure that was tacked on to the GENIUS Act, which relates to digital assets such as crypto currency. If the amendment had been passed, it would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish the Epstein documents on a "publicly accessible website."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

isn't there a legal principle, in which if evidence is destroyed, it is assumed that it was incriminating.

IE,

I have proof that I'm innocent, but ups, it got blown up, then the judge must assume that said evidence was actually incriminating.

I'm this case, them not releasing the Epstein's files, isn't just evidence that they are pedos, but proof that they are. because they can release them at any time to prove their innocence, and therefore not doing so means they are involved in a conspiracy to protect pedophiles.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

GOPedos

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

no funny wordplay.

just call them Pedos.

no wordplay, portmanteaus, or anything clever.

just call them Pedos, to make sure everyone associates them with their crimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Not all of them are pedophiles. Some just protect pedophiles and support the pedophile's right to sexually abuse minors.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

to the surprise of absolutely nobody.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When I was a child, I was told that America was free cause it was the only country with a democracy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

American propaganda, telling children they have freedoms they'll never have, and be constantly gaslit to believe that they have them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Then you must be American. Only the USA never stops telling itself and everyone else it's the only free and democratic country. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

American and definitely feeling set up and lied to, with regards to the propaganda told to me when I was a teenager.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

You see they had a little vote between themselves (8 Republicans and 4 Democrats) to make this totally fair, unbiased and democratic outcome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

America has never been and has never claimed to be true democracy, it's quite notably a republic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I know. Hence my notion above about the propaganda issued to us, and how wildly incorrect that propaganda is, in all its forms.

That was the nature of what I was getting at with my initial comment. I apologize for not making that clear.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pedo protectors.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

All are on the list

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

More like self-protectors.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What I really wanna know is....the last we heard from the government on this the Epstein files "didnt exist". So they just voted on whether or not to release files that may or may not exist? (I know they do and this is classic fed gov lying about what information they have). But why lie about the existence of said files only to turn around and have a vote on if theyre to be released publically?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

the government

  1. These are different silos of information within the government. One demanding that the other release the information that they have.
  2. Congress could demand the DOJ release of the pee tape, the identity of any and all the reptilians in government, or photographs the moon landing set; it doesn’t mean that any of those things exist, or that the DOJ has access to them.
  3. The files exist. Everyone agrees on that. What the Bondi claims is that a client list does not exist, even though she said the client list was on her desk a little while back. She is now trying to ret-con that she meant that “the files” were on her desk, not a client list specifically.
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

So the list does exist

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I’ll bet they think this will be the end of it too.

We are due for another Snowden.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Protecting pedos and Zionist (Epstein's masters.) Their latest attempt in making it all go away was making Pam Bondi the scapegoat, that is failing. Can't wait for what they try next. Like JFK, it will never go away until the truth is revealed.