Five members of Congress spanning both parties and both chambers want a briefing by Friday on the Trump administration’s progress in releasing the Epstein files.

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      The shutdown ended, and then all of a sudden there was a vote to release the files. For a little bit I thought it’d be vetoed or pocket vetoed, but then all of a sudden the president signed off on it.

      Call me silly, but when the files didn’t come out the very next day, I was like “ok so this is where the shenanigans kick in”

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        No shenanigans kicked in before the vote to release. Like a few days before Trump ordered, and Bondi complied opening investigations into Clinton, JP Morgan, and a few others. The bill says they can withhold anything involving on going investigations. Like they teed this up ahead of time to not release a thing but be able to say they voted to do so.

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      At least not the interesting and essential ones. They’ll be withheld due to “national security”.

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    They should ask her about that silly binder stunt, too.

    I’d love to see her dragged onto the stand and get her under oath about a lot of things.

    If/when the orange skidmark’s time passes, she will have a LOT to answer for.

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      I’d love to see her dragged onto the stand and get her under oath about a lot of things

      Doesn’t help. They still lie and they still don’t face any consequences.

      When you’re part of the fascist establishment, lying under oath isn’t a crime. It’s a job requirement.

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      Honestly I feel like these are the types of questions that might elicit an accidental moment of truth. I’d imagine it might go as follows.

      Interviewer: You got those files?

      Bondi: There’s a slight delay.

      I: Waiting on shredders and burn barrels?

      B: That’s not a good way to hide damning info. Redacting is better idiot.

      I: … So you’re redacting info then?

      B: But but but… Biden was old! And used autopen!

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    I’m sure she’ll have a classy response like, “Go fuck yourselves”, or, “The Dems are the real pedophiles”.

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    Our black magic markers ran dry, we had to run out to the store to get more. Give us another week.

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    “we’re awaiting a fresh shipment of thick black markers, unfortunately they’re delayed at the border because the US doesn’t manufacture goods and nobody’s figured out how to pay the tariffs”