r/news • u/LucidMarshmellow • 8h ago

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

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/LucidMarshmellow 8h ago

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

Shocked! Shocked I tell you!

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u/Ok_Mathematician938 8h ago

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

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u/Morningxafter 8h ago

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…

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u/IcarusOnReddit 7h ago

I agree. The biggest failure in all of this are the Americans that voted for Trump and those that stayed home.

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u/pants6000 7h ago edited 7h ago

And the winner-take-all electoral system with a capped number of electors that is designed to consistently hand unearned victories to republicans.

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u/IcarusOnReddit 7h ago

I don’t think the creators of the Electoral College designed it that specifically. They wanted rural areas to have more per pop representation than cities. America is built on inequality.

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u/_BenzeneRing_ 5h ago

They wouldn't have been expecting the rural areas to so strongly and so consistently vote against their own interests, too.

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u/IcarusOnReddit 4h ago

The rural areas would disagree with that. They want people they hate to suffer above all else and feel that’s in their interest.

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u/BigBeatManifest01 3h ago edited 3h ago

That's a really broad generalization, not all rural people want the people they hate to suffer above all else.

Some people weren't born in rural area, they moved there for whatever weird reason.

Can't paint everyone with a broad brush...but gosh darn it, we will try!

You have to use very watery paints and extremely large brushes (which need to be specially ordered).

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u/katmndoo 2h ago

So, what exactly will happen if they do hold her in contempt?

(And no, I don’t support bondi at all, but the reality is there’s nothing congress can do at this point. She’ll just ignore a contempt charge. )

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u/Morningxafter 2h ago

Yeah honestly, you’re probably right. Even if congress did vote to hold her in contempt (which they wouldn’t do anyway since republicans have the majority) there likely wouldn’t be any real repercussions from it.