House grinds to a halt as GOP tries to shut down Epstein votes

[Frankenstein]

Already in the works.

MSN

But the timing of the announcement, coupled with longstanding knowledge that Trump himself used to be friends with Epstein, has spurred a more sinister theory from some political and legal observers on social media: that administration officials are moving to secure Maxwell's silence, or maybe even offer her a presidential pardon, something Trump biographer Michael Wolff alleged he has considered in the past.

Trump isn't in the files or he would not have been President, you ninnies on the left would have leaked, shared, and reshared, had he been. There would have been months upon months of hand wringing and blood letting

 

[dblack]

Watch for Trump to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell to buy her silence

Seems the most likely next step. Or promise her a pardon, in any case.

 

[konradv]

Again, where is that stated in either law or the Constituion?

If the AG is part of the executive branch, his powers flow from the elected President. There is no other source of said power.

and the AG is part of the executive branch.

the "our lawyer" stuff is bullshit.

Your take is bullshit and flies in the face of history.

 

[berg80]

"We're not going to play political games with this,"

Translation: "the Orange Messiah told me to make this vote go away."

 

[martybegan]

Your take is bullshit and flies in the face of history.

Your take isn't based on any law or the Constitution itself.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Already in the works.

MSN

But the timing of the announcement, coupled with longstanding knowledge that Trump himself used to be friends with Epstein, has spurred a more sinister theory from some political and legal observers on social media: that administration officials are moving to secure Maxwell's silence, or maybe even offer her a presidential pardon, something Trump biographer Michael Wolff alleged he has considered in the past.

Blah, blah, blah....waaaah waaaah waaaaahhhhh!

 

[citygator]

What a gutless coward.

 

[citygator]

Epstein was buddies with far more democrats than Republicans, at least Trump was smart enough to ditch him decades ago.

Lets see the evidence! Release the Kraken. For somereason ONLY the Republicans are blocking transparency. Why?

 

[JimH52]

What a gutless coward.

MAGA robot

 

[citygator]

Why didn't Sponge Brains Shits Pants release the Epstein Files? He had them for four years. Epstein died 6 years ago.

Could it be there are some sensitive files in there? Ones not related to OMB?

Like some A-Rab Heads of State. We are all aware of their predilection for young sexual partners. Could be

Methinks that if the files are released, everybody is going to regret it. Including CIA, Mossad, MI6 and ISI.

ISI is the Pakistani Intelligence Agency. They are very, VERY good and very, Very, VERY dangerous.

ONLY the Republicans are blocking the release of the files. WHY?

 

[Frankenstein]

Lets see the evidence! Release the Kraken. For somereason ONLY the Republicans are blocking transparency. Why?

Where were you when the Biden Justice department had it? Scared to death it would be released, and your pedo buddies would be found out, that is where.

 

[gtopa1]

And yet it's Republicans protecting Epstein.

Not that you care, because you think the president has the unilateral authority to ignore the crimes of his protected class. That's what you want. You don't want career public servants making decisions about prosecuting people. You want the president, who is basically 100% unaccountable, to do that.

Your view of how government should function is so fucked up.

Epstein's dead; how is he being protected? Barbed wire on his grave?

Greg

 

[Seymour Flops]

I don’t know. It’s very possible that it implicates some prominent Democrats.

I'm sure it does.

I say every ******* one of them needs to be exposed. How about you? You wanna protect them?

Nope.

If I had my way, I'd release it all.

If a woman runs on a promise to release them all, I'll vote for her, so long as I agree on other issues.

If a man runs on the same promise and I agree with him on other issues I'll vote for him. But I'd expect a change of heart.

This is a powerful men thing, not a MAGA thing, is my point.

I’m willing to sacrifice anyone involved in the pedophile sex ring, period.

Why aren’t you?

When Republicans in congress, especially women, were calling for the release of the files, were you on this board standing in solidarity with them?

 

[Marener]

Epstein's dead; how is he being protected? Barbed wire on his grave?

Greg

Epstein wasn’t alone in his crimes. There was a whole system.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Word in certain circles is that Johnsonless is delaying all the votes on the Epstein matter, until after Maxwell testifies before congress.

Marginally plausible as that excuse is, his track record of dithering and foot dragging has me highly skeptical.

Be easy to follow up on.

After she testifies, does Johnson immediately allow the votes, or does he find another reason/excuse?

 

[Marener]

But you are hyper to have all the files released since libs believe they may contain dirt on trump

It probably looks bad for Trump, who almost certainly knew Epstein was a pedophile and did nothing.

But I doubt Trump had any involvement with any minors.

That said, some number of powerful people probably did have contact with minors and those are the people he wants to protect.

 

[struth]

How did the Republicans go from the party of referring to the last president as "Pedo Joe" and accusing their opposition of being groomers to becoming a party that protects a pedophile ring? Who are they covering for?

State of play: The House Rules Committee is not planning to hold votes this week to prepare major legislation for the House floor, meaning any remaining votes will likely be on small, noncontroversial bills.

• The House had been scheduled to vote on GOP legislation involving immigration and environmental legislation this week that had to go through the panel first.
• But Democrats planned to force yet more votes on amendments aimed at forcing the Justice Department to release all its documents on Epstein.

What they're saying: Members of the Rules Committee in both parties told reporters the standstill is due to Republicans not wanting to vote on the Epstein-related amendments.

MSN

Because it’s stupid, Congress can’t pass a law making law enforcement or courts release files from a particular criminal case.

 

[Chuz Life]

Ummmmmmmmmmm, democrats could have released the Epstein files a long time ago. Why didn't they?

There aren't very many reasonable answers to that one!

 

[struth]

It probably looks bad for Trump, who almost certainly knew Epstein was a pedophile and did nothing.

But I doubt Trump had any involvement with any minors.

That said, some number of powerful people probably did have contact with minors and those are the people he wants to protect.

Mmm you mean other then indict him? Haha what a dumb post

 

[martybegan]

Lets see the evidence! Release the Kraken. For somereason ONLY the Republicans are blocking transparency. Why?

What about those two judges?