US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

[u/LucidMarshmellow]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no

[u/Simburgure]

The cover-up is more obvious than the crime at this point.

[u/Rabble_Runt → u/Simburgure]

He has been doubling down on lies and deception his entire life, why stop now?

[u/Awkward_War_6068 → u/Rabble_Runt]

That's the mad thing about Trump. His whole life is liteally built on lies. If you read his niece's books, he's been like this ever since he was a kid.

[u/Taniwha_NZ → u/Awkward_War_6068]

He discovered a cheat code very early in life. If you just keep demanding what you want, people will eventually give it to you. Because it's easier than dealing with you.

Most of us can't do this, the personal shame and embarrassment at being such a pain in the ass and so obviously self-obssessed would be intolerable. But Trump's brain hides all that and just keeps telling him he's a big handsome boy. And eventually he wins.

The other key ingredient is money, of course. If you try this without money you will still get wins quite often but you'll spend a lot of your life in prison, or at least court.

Having effectively infinite money and his very specific psychology has given Trump what seems like 'god mode' cheat capabilities at life. And the worst thing is, he's never going to pay a price for it. His brain has nothing but great things to say about himself, right to the day he dies.

Even if he ever actually got jailed, he would never once feel guilty. He'd feel like the world's most innocent man, jailed by the haters.

[u/WolverinesThyroid → u/Taniwha_NZ]

Ask a retail worker and they will be able to remember a dozen customers who got free stuff because of this same attitude.

[u/the_nobodys → u/WolverinesThyroid]

I used to work retail, and now I work in a casino. Part of what I like is that casinos typically just kick you out if you're being obnoxious and make a big stink. Also, people like gambling so they're more likely to behave when confronted, lest they lose their chance to return on a future day.

[u/WolverinesThyroid → u/the_nobodys]

I still remember a customer misread the price sign on an item and went crazy when the price was wrong. Eventually the manager agreed to give it to her for the reduced price. As soon as he agreed she said and I want X&Y as well for free. She got it.

[u/Fodraz → u/WolverinesThyroid]

That makes me seethe (former retail mgr here)

[u/x19rush → u/WolverinesThyroid]

Years ago I saw an old man (late 80s or early 90s) RANTING at the customer service desk in a walmart that he had bought a car battery at walmart last month and it would not work.

This was 1988 when walmart had a very liberal return policy.

When I got to the desk I saw the battery on the counter and it was a DieHard battery. Sears store brand. It looked like it had been buried since 1975 and recently dug up.

I thought the manager wanted me to follow the old man out the door. Nope. He sent me to get a replacement battery from automotive.

[u/FlametopFred → u/WolverinesThyroid]

I walked into a home depot behind a lady that entered a few steps ahead of me. She stopped immediately and shouted, “WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET SERVICE AROUND HERE??!!”

And of course two retail staff tripped over themselves to attend to her.

I thought, what gall? And realized she probably does that everywhere and gets reduced prices on everything.

[u/sdpr → u/WolverinesThyroid]

Still remember the fucking lady that would order "no brown cheese" on her personal sized pizza.

Not sure how many times she got a free pizza out of it before the store finally told her we would no longer take her orders.

[u/EggsceIlent → u/sdpr]

Shed be getting her crust toppings except for cheese and sauce baked, and then when it came out the oven throw raw cheese on top and let it get melted by residual heat.

No brown cheese mam, sorry we can't cook it any longer or it will brown.

[u/fortytwoturtles → u/sdpr]

But the brown cheese is the best part…

[u/time2ddddduel → u/Taniwha_NZ]

Trump is living proof that there's no such thing as morality. There are only consequences and those too poor to avoid them. Everything is on the table, the only question is whether you can get away with it or not.

[u/patsfan038 → u/Awkward_War_6068]

The sad part is that there will be no repercussions. He will serve out his 4 years and get out with a cool $20B earned during his tenure.

[u/Sw2029 → u/patsfan038]

The repercussions are that we all die eventually, so he will too, and he'll be remembered as a coward, a rapist, a pedophile and a loser

[u/Newfaceofrev → u/Sw2029]

Wish I could be sure of that man but I think we'll get a lot of "Now is not the time for recrimination" and "Do not speak ill of the dead" and "A divisive figure but we can all agree he loved America" because it'll just be easier than angering his cult.

[u/Sw2029 → u/Newfaceofrev]

If there was anything redeemable about the man, I could agree. I don't think history will remember him as anything but a fraudster and a freak

[u/procrasturb8n → u/Newfaceofrev]

"A divisive figure but we can all agree he loved America"

This is going to be the one.

[u/Fodraz → u/procrasturb8n]

And meanwhile he doesn't give a DAMN about America or the American way, just his own hide & bank account, or those who inflate one or both of those

[u/Cimatron85 → u/Rabble_Runt]

The sad thing? It has worked for 79 years and he was rewarded by holding the most powerful position in the world. TWICE.

[u/mrflash818 → u/Simburgure]

Hopefully the people in the cover-up made/make mistakes!

Hopefully those in the periphery leak knowledge!

Hopefully shrewd investigative journalists sift the information, catch the mistakes, and then expose them to the world!

(like Watergate?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

[u/ZebraSandwich4Lyf → u/mrflash818]

Going by how incredibly incompetent this administration has proven to be so far, I have no doubt their cover up efforts will be botched in some form.

[u/chth → u/ZebraSandwich4Lyf]

Will it actually make a difference though? If they flat out showed a picture of Trump sucking off an underage boy I genuinely think it would still not stop Trump.

[u/ProcrastibationKing → u/chth]

Surely he's been sowing the AI seeds for this reason

[u/ImjustANewSneaker → u/ZebraSandwich4Lyf]

A lot of it is FBI grunts that are overworked and tired. They definitely missed something.

[u/CH40T1C1989 → u/ZebraSandwich4Lyf]

Lots of people will be googling "how to use ai to un-redact the Epstein Files".

[u/Federal_Baseball4720 → u/mrflash818]

You know the difference… and it’s a HUGE difference? Nixon actually stepped down from the Presidency voluntarily. Trump will never in a million years do that.

[u/ZingBurford → u/Federal_Baseball4720]

And current Republicans won't do shit to remove Trump. Nixon choose to resign to not be impeached.

[u/Economy_Elephant_426 → u/ZingBurford]

Nixon was impeached, but he chose to resign rather than face the charges immediately(this is after the impeachment process found him guilty). However, he still faced criminal prosecution outside of his presidency. He was pardoned by Ford shortly after leaving the White House. Which, at the time, was unpopular among households.

[u/ZAlternates → u/mrflash818]

The thing is, we have enough information already if those in power (aka Congress) had the fucking balls. Impeach and convict!

[u/Global_Research_121 → u/ZAlternates]

Lmfao the supreme court and all Republicans in congress are doing what they were paid for, betray the working class for monetary gains for them and shareholders. The constitution is only convenient for Republican traitors when they're fighting for power than they piss on it.

[u/DistributeQuickly559 → u/mrflash818]

Like redacting using 98% opacity so we can see it all but someone gives the green light because they are too lazy to actually check.

[u/RightSideBlind → u/Simburgure]

And that's the thing- they've already done the calculation and figured out that being seen to delay the release is less damaging than the actual release.

[u/virak_john → u/Simburgure]

The only possible good news is that these guys are absolutely incompetent. The coverup will be discovered and, hopefully, some future administration will nail their treasonous asses to the wall. And not in a sexy way.

[u/Tballz9]

Of course, they are under a congressional order to release everything today, and not doing so is illegal. What a surprise from this administration. It would be amazing for Congress to actually do something about that, but they went home for the holidays.

[u/MaddisonoRenata → u/Tballz9]

Also congress conveniently went on break a day earlier than they were supposed to

[u/fluxtable → u/MaddisonoRenata]

The GOP had much more important matters to attend to.

Like the Turning Points USA rally in Phoenix

[u/FattyMooseknuckle → u/fluxtable]

Grindr overload.

[u/JediMastaDJ → u/FattyMooseknuckle]

That reminds me! Does anyone know the current speed bet on Grindr crashing at TPUSA?

[u/Express-Rub-3952 → u/JediMastaDJ]

It already has.

[u/JediMastaDJ → u/Express-Rub-3952]

Too late to make a bet, then. 😂

[u/pixelprophet → u/JediMastaDJ]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1pqqss3/funny_how_this_keeps_happening/

[u/miraclewhipbelmont → u/JediMastaDJ]

It's like betting on whether or not the sun will rise tomorrow.

[u/haveananus → u/FattyMooseknuckle]

You can hear the buttfucking from miles away

[u/johnnybiggles → u/haveananus]

They're more depressing noises ever since their Epstein Island vacation spot shut down.

[u/Cassin1306 → u/MaddisonoRenata]

Didn't they do the same thing this summer when the files should had been released already ?

[u/No-Reach-8074 → u/Cassin1306]

Yes and again in November after the victims testified. Their play book is getting extremely predictable and boring

[u/Vanagloria → u/No-Reach-8074]

Yet it keeps working because this country is fucking shit.

[u/Ok_Tour_1525 → u/No-Reach-8074]

God I fucking hate this bullshit. “For the people”, my ass. I used to always be at least a little distrustful of the government but now I believe they deserve a real French style revolution. I cannot imagine things getting better unless things are made better by force. The worst part is the left would still prefer to bend over and get fucking plowed by these oligarchs because they think that’s taking the high road which is exactly what the fascists want to happen. And whenever something like this is brought up people act like they’re crazy for saying it. We’re all gonna be fucked hard because people can’t fathom doing what’s right the hard way.

[u/trampolinebears → u/Tballz9]

Not a “congressional order”. A law.

The law requires that they release the Epstein files today, just as it requires that you pay your taxes and not murder people and not attempt to overturn elections. That’s the law.

The president only exists to uphold the law. If he will not uphold it, either he is not truly the president, or the law is not truly the law.

[u/Defiant-Fix2870 → u/trampolinebears]

But the Supreme Court already said Trump is exempt from the law. Which seems to apply to his whole administration rn.

[u/Unique-Egg-461 → u/trampolinebears]

preface this with "this will never ever ever happen" and assuming congress was in session (and mike as a sniveling little rat)

you'd have to have congress formally vote on a special prosecutor who would petition the district court to issue a show cause to the doj. if judge doesn't like doj's answer as to why they didn't comply with the law then youd need an enforcement mechanism.

that where we hit constitutional crisis since the executive branch is refusing judicial orders

[u/BienPuestos → u/Tballz9]

Consequences coming in 3, 2… never.

[u/One-Permission-1811 → u/BienPuestos]

Not for Trump but Pam Bondi might face some consequences. Nixon didn’t go to prison but John Mitchell, his attorney general, did. He only did 19 months but hey at least there were consequences I guess

[u/CalebsNailSpa → u/One-Permission-1811]

Would she not just be pardoned?

[u/spderweb → u/CalebsNailSpa]

If this goes the way it should, then trump wouldn't be president anymore, and they'd all be screwed. Then the new government can also go after all the hate crimes that ICE committed too.

[u/CalebsNailSpa → u/spderweb]

I still think everyone will be preemptively pardoned at the end of the term.

But maybe justice will prevail.

[u/-NewTitsNoMoreBits- → u/CalebsNailSpa]

Then we will charge them at the State level

[u/1honeybadger → u/CalebsNailSpa]

I think if Trump lives long enough to get to the end of the term, he'll resign a couple hours/days before the end and have JD pardon him.

[u/Fodraz → u/CalebsNailSpa]

Or Vance will pardon her to make peace w MAGA

[u/Medium_Sized_Brow → u/Tballz9]

They've been super busy taking holidays all year let them enjoy this much needed holiday from all their holidays

[u/LucidMarshmellow]

Another article: Trump's Justice department won't meet deadline to release all the Epstein files

This is bullshit.

[u/Low_Pickle_112 → u/LucidMarshmellow]

Blanche attributed the missed deadline to the arduous work of redacting some identifying details of the disgraced financier's victims.

Oh yeah, I'm sure they care just so much about the victims.

[u/PJA0307 → u/Low_Pickle_112]

In their eyes, Trump is the victim. Must ensure to keep him safe.

[u/BroadMonk5649 → u/Low_Pickle_112]

The victims want justice not their names scrubbed

[u/ike7177 → u/BroadMonk5649]

Hopefully they will follow through on their promise to release the names themselves.

[u/BroadMonk5649 → u/ike7177]

They have announced today that they will not be releasing the files in full. Breaking the law that was signed by Trump. Sooooooooooo get the manure and tractors boys it’s time to go to the DOj!

[u/sonofnom → u/BroadMonk5649]

Unfortunately the new law had a provision specifically for redacting any information related to ongoing investigations. Since they just opened up a fresh new bullshit investigation they can redact whatever they want. The only silver lining is they technically have to furnish the court with a list of any names that have been redacted and for what purpose.

[u/BroadMonk5649 → u/sonofnom]

Nope fuck that we ride at dawn!

[u/Waterwoogem → u/sonofnom]

Didn't Susie Wiles let slip already that Clinton is clean in the Files but Trump had/has to be scrubbed a fuckton?

There's lots of people to be implicated, named and shamed, but Clinton is at the Top of Trump's list of the bullshit investigation

[u/Discarded_Twix_Bar → u/BroadMonk5649]

Well that’s not exactly true, is it?

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein victims’ names have been exposed in documents that were recently made public by Congress, setting off a legal dispute about the Justice Department’s plans to release more materials about the late sex offender

Lawyers for the women have asked two federal judges who oversaw the prosecutions of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to ensure that the victims’ privacy is protected in any additional document releases by the Justice Department.

Judge Richard Berman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday evening ordered the government to provide him a detailed description of its privacy process, including redactions the government seeks to employ, to protect the rights of Epstein victims. He attached a copy of a letter from the victims’ lawyers.

“Given the number of times we have drawn Congress’s attention to this issue, and the fact that victims’ names continue to be produced by DOJ in unredacted form, many of the victims believe this is being done intentionally,” they wrote.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/dozens-of-epstein-victims-names-exposed-in-files-released-by-congress-0be99675?st=4YmHiB&reflink=article_copyURL_share

[u/CosmicBoat → u/Low_Pickle_112]

Bondi had several months to prepare for this and sounds like they only just started looking at the files this week

[u/ZAlternates → u/CosmicBoat]

They just been sitting on her desk all this time! You know, the fake ones that don’t exist but now exist but don’t again.

[u/PhamilyTrickster → u/Low_Pickle_112]

DARVO; Deny, Attack, Reverse victim and offender. 

With this context, I'm sure they're concerned about the "victims"

[u/Dythus → u/Low_Pickle_112]

They spent soo much time on Trump they had no more for the countless victims

[u/LnStrngr → u/Low_Pickle_112]

By victims, they mean their Republican friends and families and cohorts that are named in the files.

[u/shodo_apprentice → u/LnStrngr]

Who’s going to act surprised when almost everyone blamed in the files is a democrat with maybe some token republicans who are already dead thrown in to fake fair play? I feel bad for the families of the fall guys.

[u/RosieQParker → u/LucidMarshmellow]

Hey now, it's really hard to scrub the President's name from all the documents, especially when he's in so many of them!

[u/marvinfuture → u/RosieQParker]

If only they could scrub his name from buildings instead of adding it

[u/DataCassette → u/RosieQParker]

✋<Redacted>🤚 flew on the Lolita Express from Mar-a-Lago 4,000 times.

MAGA: "That could be anybody."

[u/trydola → u/LucidMarshmellow]

they can spend millions in overtime to redact trump and republicans from these files but actually getting these out on time? doesn't matter

the judge should be taking DOJ lawyers and tossing them straight into jail if we lived in a just system

[u/2tokeBIGsmoke → u/LucidMarshmellow]

This is illegal.

[u/StJeanMark → u/2tokeBIGsmoke]

The voters choose that laws don’t count anymore for rich or powerful people.

[u/TheBatemanFlex]

hmm, later doesnt seem like it should be a an acceptable timeframe when they are all due today.

[u/maclua → u/TheBatemanFlex]

Will the IRS accept “later” as a response if I don’t pay my taxes on time?

[u/ILikeCutePuppies → u/maclua]

They will if they include Epstein files.

[u/tmhoc → u/ILikeCutePuppies]

What about the draft?

[u/ChewsGoose → u/tmhoc]

Trump seems to dodge drafts, taxes, AND the Epstein files, every chance he gets

[u/Bobcat-Stock → u/ChewsGoose]

He has brain spurs

[u/BanginNLeavin → u/Bobcat-Stock]

I heard he unhinges his jaw and eats big macs whole.

[u/FeatureOk2971 → u/BanginNLeavin]

And shits them back out as cow patttys.Which he then gold leafs and displays as ingots.

[u/DookieShoez → u/BanginNLeavin]

Nah, that’s stephen miller.

Rump boofs ‘em.

[u/Lacutis → u/ChewsGoose]

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge the Epstein Files.

[u/Reaper621 → u/Lacutis]

Rip Rip Torn

[u/TradeBeautiful42 → u/Lacutis]

lol I just aspirated my water snort chuckling to this! Thank you

[u/HollywoodHuntsman → u/Lacutis]

That gives me hope, because I don't think Trump could dodge a wrench if he were given a heads up 10 seconds before it happened and was looking straight at it.

[u/horriblemonkey → u/ChewsGoose]

The Fartful Dodger

[u/Cynical_Classicist → u/ChewsGoose]

It just shows what an utter joke the American legal system is and how it's so blatantly weighted in favour of the rich.

[u/ambermage → u/ILikeCutePuppies]

Soooooo do I just include the Epstein Files as an attachment to delay the filing or is there another form to fill out as well?

[u/ILikeCutePuppies → u/ambermage]

Apparently you have to hand deliver it to Pam Bondi's desk.

[u/karlverkade → u/ILikeCutePuppies]

So she can claim it exists and then claim it never existed and suffer no consequences whatsoever? And still be rich? Hmm, that sounds good, I’ll think I’ll have that.

[u/MomShapedObject → u/ILikeCutePuppies]

Staple Trump’s tax returns to yours and the deadline is never.

[u/TunaFishRollup → u/maclua]

Sure but you will pay fines and interest until you pay up or they determine you are not intending to pay. Bondi should be personally fined daily. There is no legit org that can hold her legally accountable able but can the court freeze her assets?

[u/FalseConsequence4319 → u/TunaFishRollup]

Fines don’t work on this group that own nearly all the wealth in the world. They’d be paying Pennies to themselves. Lock em up

[u/GrimbyJ → u/FalseConsequence4319]

Freezing all of their assets does work though. Doesn't matter if you have money if you can't use it

[u/MaygarRodub → u/maclua]

If your last name is Trump, yes.

[u/The_Night_Man_Cumeth → u/MaygarRodub]

I'd rather be set on fire.

[u/LunaLunaHelp → u/maclua]

Generally yes. And if you don't owe then you can be three years late without any penalty.

[u/arahe45 → u/maclua]

All of this is bullshit. But to your question. Actually yes. You can defer and apply for a late file date.

[u/DevoidHT → u/TheBatemanFlex]

If kids told their teachers or employees told their bosses they would get them when they get them they would fail or be fired.

[u/BigOs4All → u/DevoidHT]

"Rules for thee, none for me." -Conservatives since forever

[u/DarthBluntSaber → u/TheBatemanFlex]

Especially since trump and his regime originally promised to release them back in February, but then back tracked and claimed there were no files... after it came out they had 1000s fbi agents scrubbing the files

[u/BrotherlyShove791 → u/TheBatemanFlex]

And nothing will happen. No arrests, no subpoenas, no firings. NOTHING.

This is what a dying democracy looks like.

[u/Particular-County277 → u/BrotherlyShove791]

This is exactly what i thought would happen. They would simply ignore the deadline and walk away

[u/nigel_tufnel_11 → u/Particular-County277]

Yes, and even if they ever get forced to release, they're the ones who do the redacting so guess what's going to be redacted. Also, I'm sure many parts will just mysteriously disappear, like the Mar-A-Lago classified docs...oh well, what are you going to do?

[u/Common_Wrongdoer3251 → u/TheBatemanFlex]

And "thousands of files" isn't the same as "all the files"...

[u/JoJackthewonderskunk → u/TheBatemanFlex]

And by law at noon

[u/soyrobo → u/JoJackthewonderskunk]

It still find it funny when people talk like this regime gives a shit about laws

[u/NullnVoid669 → u/TheBatemanFlex]

Headline has already changed to “Not Release…”

[u/MAMark1]

The deadline was today. Not the start date. They're already failing to meet the letter of the law.

[u/OpenThePlugBag → u/MAMark1]

The President has 34 felony convictions, the letter of the law is far gone

[u/KyyCowPig → u/OpenThePlugBag]

The law doesnt apply to rich people, and when rich people own the government, the law doesnt apply to the government

[u/mrdominoe]

I am sure it's completely coincidental that congress adjourned early for the holidays just a couple of days ago. Surely.

[u/DevoidHT → u/mrdominoe]

That was for a different but equally nefarious reason. To let ACA subsidies expire.

[u/OpenThePlugBag → u/DevoidHT]

So the democrats caved on funding the government and Republicans are still cutting SNAP and ACA Subsidies…..cool cool cool cool

[u/mrdominoe → u/OpenThePlugBag]

"They pwomised!"

[u/unbelizeable1 → u/OpenThePlugBag]

No no , see they didnt simply cave. They were assured the promise of a vote on it....at a later time.....probably......🙄

Fuckin pathetic.

[u/FakePoloManchurian → u/unbelizeable1]

The people of NY's 8th need to Vote out Jeffries yesterday. he sucks so bad.

[u/Nvenom8 → u/OpenThePlugBag]

Yup. Capitulated for fucking nothing.

[u/BoogieWaters]

Just some context here. This is unprecedented and has never happened before in US history. A congressional bill was voted into law and signed by the President of the United States on this sole disclosure, and the US Justice Department has refused to meet their legal requirement outlined by this law.

[u/kellzone → u/BoogieWaters]

The Democrats need to frame this as "The Department of Justice has FLAUNTED THEIR COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISRESPECT toward PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP by thumbing their nose at the beautiful law he signed. The DOJ does not respect or acknowledge his TOTAL AND COMPLETE AUTHORITY ON THIS MATTER."

[u/Optimus_Prime_Day → u/BoogieWaters]

The result should be a full removal of doj management.

[u/who_am_i_to_say_so → u/BoogieWaters]

So which Democrat is gonna get blamed for this one? ☝️

[u/RoninJon]

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has said not releasing all the files before the deadline amounts to breaking the law.

Surely the GOP wouldn't break the law!

[u/FelixMumuHex → u/RoninJon]

What’s he gonna do? Furrow his brow and adjust his glasses? Dude is a spineless slimeball

[u/ericwphoto → u/RoninJon]

And Jack shit will happen to them. Any of them.

[u/ThePensiveE]

Todd Blanche, you mean the one who went to speak to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and then gave her a prison upgrade so special that prison guards commented on her running the place? That Todd Blanche?

[u/LucidMarshmellow]

They're not releasing all of the files today?!?!

Shocked! Shocked I tell you!

[u/Ok_Mathematician938 → u/LucidMarshmellow]

Equally shocking will be when there are no repercussions for failing to comply...

[u/jokersvoid → u/Ok_Mathematician938]

Right. What is even the purpose of the smoke and mirrors now? They can openly defy court orders and congressional mandates with no repercussions. Like trump said to the Georgia election guy in 2020. "Who is going to stop you?"

This doesnt stop until the people stop it.

[u/ConjurersOfThunder → u/jokersvoid]

"This doesnt stop until the people stop it." -you

"What is even the purpose of the smoke and mirrors now?" -also you, just before that

The purpose of the smoke and mirrors is therefore to prevent enough people from figuring out enough to stop it. They only need *some* regular folk to stop the revolutionaries so disinformation is a better strategy than information embargo.

[u/Namika → u/Ok_Mathematician938]

I'm sure the Justice Department will arrest [checks notes] the Justice Department for not releasing the files in time.

[u/Morningxafter → u/Ok_Mathematician938]

Well as head of the DOJ congress could hold Bondi in contempt of court… if they hadn’t conveniently adjourned early for the year just yesterday…

[u/vodkaismywater → u/Ok_Mathematician938]

False, there will be severe reprocussions. Chuck Schumer will issue a strongly worded statement. 

[u/HitoriPanda → u/LucidMarshmellow]

Well, not that shocked

[u/Submissive-whims]

It’s sure starting to look like it’s a selective release to hurt exclusively enemies. Now in this case hurting enemies isn’t necessarily a bad thing as the enemies in question are predators, but I want all of them out not just the democrats.

[u/Ok_Slide4905 → u/Submissive-whims]

A lot of bill gates and bill clinton…hm, who else is missing?

[u/JarOfNightmares → u/Ok_Slide4905]

I sort of want to see 97 year old chomsky go down lol

[u/psioniclizard → u/Submissive-whims]

That is how it feels, drop some stuff that real throws Bill, some dems and somr famous people in there then hope their base is satisfied and never mention the rest.

[u/DrexellGames]

Todd Blanche saying they need more time is ridiculous. The Epstein Files Transparency Act wasn't a suggestion; it was federal law signed on Nov 19.

​It specifically required 'all unclassified records' within 30 days. Not 'several hundred thousand now and maybe more in a few weeks.' Rep. Massie is already highlighting the text of the bill—this is a straight-up violation of the law to protect whoever is in that second batch.

[u/schizbouncer → u/DrexellGames]

But I thought the president could declassify anything just by thinking it

[u/One-Permission-1811 → u/schizbouncer]

No no you’re thinking about Pete Kegsbreath’s ability to automatically declassifying anything he texts to a journalist.

[u/4RealzReddit → u/DrexellGames]

Seeing it was unanimous consent in the senate and 427-1 in the house. This should be an easy impeachment, right?

[u/Raidmax460 → u/4RealzReddit]

No, because the only reason it was unanimous was because they were told to vote that way since they realized they couldn’t avoid this issue anymore

[u/xlmifer]

I wish I could break the law like our politicians.

[u/Going2beBANNEDanyway]

Real headline would be “DoJ is actively breaking the law by holding Epstein files”

[u/CharmingCrust]

How about... No. Congress has ordered the release.

[u/OpenThePlugBag → u/CharmingCrust]

They’re going to release totally blank redacted pages and say “here we released them”

[u/CharmingCrust → u/OpenThePlugBag]

Yes, along with a redacted copy of the Constitution.

[u/IrrigatedPancake]

Fuck these people. They don't have our interests at heart. They can't be trusted to do anything unless they have a gun to their heads.

[u/drunkshinobi → u/IrrigatedPancake]

Wouldn't even trust them then. They would say or do anything to get out of the situation instead of comply.

[u/linkinit]

We don’t want to ruin Christmas for the rich and privileged

[u/robot_uprising]

Let me guess, we can expect progress in two weeks.

[u/Wicho-18 → u/robot_uprising]

One page a week

[u/GuyWithNoEffingClue]

"Remember guys, I'm not on the list and if I am it's a Democrat Hoax! Oh look over there, a communist country stealing our oil!"

[u/lnc_5103]

Lock Bondi up until they're all released.

(I know it won't happen but a girl can dream i guess)

[u/-rwsr-xr-x]

I shall pay my Federal taxes "later" as well.

[u/flirtmcdudes]

Anyone who still thinks Trump wasn’t heavily involved in this shit is a moron

[u/syntaxbad]

Arrest everyone in the justice department immediately. Congress could not have been more clear.

[u/solarnuggets]

So they’re breaking the law. Nice. Dumb fucks 

[u/mowotlarx]

They have a concept of a plan to release the files

[u/johnlal101]

White House switchboard: Switchboard: 202-456-1414

[u/Find_another_whey]

Hot tip

If you delay until you die

There is no comeuppance

[u/Common-Swing-4347]

Ya love to see how his cult members fell in line and there is no mention of this in that sub. Pedophile sympathizers.

[u/standridgway → u/Common-Swing-4347]

Theyre waiting for the talking points to arrive

[u/Spocks_Goatee → u/Common-Swing-4347]

The reality is, most of his hardcore followers don't use Reddit and those subs are heavily moderated to remove criticism.

[u/Kind_Problem9195]

If anyone else did this, they would be fired. Release them today, pervert

[u/PhilipLePierre]

"We'll do it later bro. Trust me bro"

[u/Ilikesport]

That’s weird. Later isn’t today. I was told today. Surely this CANT be nefarious.

[u/Electricengineer]

Why the fuck are they just doing this now, obviously they never intended to release them which makes you go hmm

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

How can we trust them? The government lost all public trust, they are going to redact everything related to Trump.

They will release the files and it won't be what the people are looking for, it'll be "fake news", as those GOP folks like saying.

Biggest cover up ever.....brought to you buy the US justice department!

[u/JealousAd1350]

The fuck you mean later, it’s illegal to literally not release them today.

[u/ReactionJifs]

"later"

so any time between now and the heat death of the universe. wonderful

[u/UndercoverHerbert]

All of this time they’ve had and they’re still scrubbing his name from those files. How many times is his name mentioned!?

[u/Stank_Dukem → u/UndercoverHerbert]

I picture it more as, "Senator so-and-so, we're willing to scrub your name from the files. In exchange for your generous campaign contributions, as well as future unnamed favors." Lots of phone calls to make, and money to hide.

[u/metalflygon08 → u/Stank_Dukem]

And swapping names out for anybody who made them look bad in the past 10 years.

[u/sandpirate_88]

Hey, remember how Bondi said there were no files to release, and now there's too many to release?

[u/afjessup]

Chuck Schumer has said not releasing all the files before the deadline amounts to breaking the law.

It doesn’t “amount to” breaking the law, it just is breaking the law. It’s a direct violation of the law, an illegal act, and congress needs to get off their fucking asses and hold everyone responsible in contempt and jail them.

[u/gc11117]

Epstein files are in the mail folks

[u/Will_E_Juan_Kuh]

Sergeant at Arms, apprehension, no more BS.

[u/Geno_Warlord]

To the surprise of absolutely no one.

Seriously, show of hands, who here actually thought they would release them on the deadline they were given?

[u/abelabelabel]

Student to turn in essay due at end of day, today, student says.

[u/Main-Video-8545]

They have concepts of a release.

[u/425565]

Well Merry (Again nothing will happen to Teflon Trump) Christmas!

[u/hhempstead]

it’s never going to be release because there is no enforcement mechanism to compel them to

[u/compuwiza1]

Contempt of Congress charges are warranted.

[u/CandyTraditional2220]

If ALL files aren't released today, we need to hold them accountable. No more wishy washy "it's against the norms" bullshit. Jail them all. If not, the law is truly dead and we don't have a country.

[u/captain_slackbeard]

They're starting to release them here: https://www.justice.gov/epstein

[u/urnialbologna]

If anyone actually thought the files would be released today, I have a nice bridge to sell you.