Posted on 07/15/2025 10:24:04 AM PDT by Callahan
A lone Republican has risked President Donald Trump's ire after voting with Democrats in a bid to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.
California Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna pushed an amendment to upcoming crypto legislation that would have forced Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all Epstein-related documents.
Bondi would have to share the files on a 'publicly accessible website' within 30 days of passage.
However, the effort was foiled, failing five to seven, during a Monday night vote by the House Rules Committee, a group of lawmakers that generally sign off on legislation before it gets a final vote on the House floor.
The sensational files, which Trump promised to release while campaigning, will remain under lock and key at the Justice Department - for now.
The president, if he's caught wind of the nail-bitting legislative maneuver, may be unhappy with how close this effort was to succeeding as he and his Cabinet members have worked to delegitimize calls for transparency in the high-profile case.
South Carolina Republican Ralph Norman, a conservative member of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) and a member who, at times, ruffles GOP leadership's feathers, stunningly sided with Democrats to release the file.
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Depends on the warding in the amendment, but this almost sounds like the child porn would be included on that publicly accessible website.
wording.
WHY THE EPSTEIN FILES WON’T BE RELEASED - The Trump World Order | Ep. 980 The Daily Dose - Josh Reid, RedPill Project on Rumble
I saw President Trump gas-lighting yesterday. "What, people are still interested in Epstein? With all
this great other stuff going on?" Geeze Donald. Just geeze. I think the Deep State has him by the
short hairs. Witness the about face on arming Ukraine. *SIGH*
Yesterday a Freeper posited that perhaps the Deep State threatened his family. What father would not protect his daughter? Just look at what the Deep State did to the FBI/Secret Service/ State Dept. etc. Long arms if not tentacles....
MAGA is finished at Midterms.
A bit of a difference between Ross and The Donald.
This should be a bipartisan issue. There’s no reason at all for Trump to suddenly do a 180 on this.
Trump says these are Comey/Obama created files.
Add to that these files have been maintained *wink wink* by the Biden administration.
“MAGA is finished at Midterms.”
You think MAGA people are stupid but you’re wrong.
What a gem.
Yep the rats had their paws on these files for 4 years. Edited, bleached and no doubt names were removed and others added. The files are probably worse than worthless at this point.
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1945176510274457865
President Trump may be speaking the truth.
The problem is that at the end of the day he is going to have to go “open kimono” and prove it.
Thanks, Tell it Right!
A dumb stunt. This wasn’t meant to pass and may have been intended to sink the bill it was attached to.
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