Republicans Block Senate Vote to Release Epstein Files

[Crepitus]

Lost in the shuffle of the news cycle the Senate GOP blocked the release of the Epstein files.

Nearly unanimously.

Maybe they thought no one would notice with the rest of the crap that's happening?

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/10/senate-republicans-schumer-epstein-files

 

[odanny]

I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya!

KEY FACTS​

“Remove Trump,” Epstein told Maxwell when she asked him to review the list and flag people he wanted eliminated, according to Bloomberg, which obtained hundreds of emails from Epstein’s personal Yahoo account that include several mentions of the president.

Maxwell reportedly asked Epstein to remove at least one other name, though the context of the list was unclear, according to Bloomberg, which reported that it also included former Bear Stearns chief executive Jimmy Cayne and former CEO of Barclays Jes Staley.

In another email in 2007, as Epstein’s Florida case was underway, Maxwell wrote to Epstein “You have to assume they went to donald trump,” apparently referring to reporters who were probing Epstein.
Several other references to notable political figures also reportedly appeared in the emails, including former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Bill Clinton, Clinton associate Doug Band and former Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

The emails reportedly indicate Maxwell met with “Clinton” at least three times between 2006 and 2008 and that she used the Clinton Global initiative to promote her ocean conservation nonprofit, TerraMar.

The emails are said to also include a spreadsheet of itemized gifts to Epstein associates, including a $71,000 Lexus for Alan Dershowitz, an $11,000 Rolex for U.S. ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack and a $35,000 Audemars Piguet watch for Clinton aide Doug Band, who emailed Maxwell for help getting a last-minute flight to Indianapolis in 2006.

Richardson, who died in 2023, also requested to use Epstein’s jet for a flight to Sudan, the emails reportedly show, though the Washington Post reported in 2007 Richardson instead flew on a jet owned by Slimfast’s S. Daniel Abraham.

Trump Named In New Trove Of Emails Between Epstein And Maxwell, Report Says

Epstein and Maxwell referenced Trump in emails around the time of Epstein’s first indictment in Florida in 2006.

www.forbes.com

 

[Rawley]

Lost in the shuffle of the news cycle the Senate GOP blocked the release of the Epstein files.

Nearly unanimously.

Maybe they thought no one would notice with the rest of the crap that's happening?

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/10/senate-republicans-schumer-epstein-files

Begs the question as to why he never brought the vote to "release the files" when he was in control of the Senate for four years.

 

[Bootstraps]

Then every single one of them should be removed. On the flip side, I still would have doubted the legitimacy of the files after Trump fought so hard to keep it from being released.

 

[odanny]

The White House called the emails

"Stupid, Fake News."

What? What kind of response is this? Talk about admitting guilt!

 

[Darkwind]

The White House called the emails

"Stupid, Fake News."

What? What kind of response is this? Talk about admitting guilt!

A truthful one.

The emails are designed and misstated for the purpose of misleading the American people.

 

[odanny]

A truthful one.

The emails are designed and misstated for the purpose of misleading the American people.

You have classic cult like symptoms.

 

[Darkwind]

You have classic cult like symptoms.

No, that would be the left.

Please confine your conspiracies to your own kind.

 

[odanny]

No, that would be the left.

Please confine your conspiracies to your own kind.

Because.....cult.

 

[elektra]

Look everyone, it is the most important issue of our lives, did bill Clinton have sex with underage girls!

More important then if we have jobs food or are safe from assassination

 

[Crepitus]

Begs the question as to why he never brought the vote to "release the files" when he was in control of the Senate for four years.

That's a cool deflection, but would you like to comment on the topic?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Lost in the shuffle of the news cycle the Senate GOP blocked the release of the Epstein files.

Nearly unanimously.

Maybe they thought no one would notice with the rest of the crap that's happening?

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/10/senate-republicans-schumer-epstein-files

Maybe because there are more pressing matters now, since Kirk's assassination. The national focus has shifted--drastically.

 

[Crepitus]

Maybe because there are more pressing matters now, since Kirk's assassination. The national focus has shifted--drastically.

Why? It didn't shift when twenty something kids were assassinated in Uvalde

Or sandy hook.

or Columbine for that matter.

They are using this for a distraction to do things that would normally be the top of the news cycle and bring a bunch of criticism.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Why? It didn't shift when twenty something kids were assassinated in Uvalde

Or sandy hook.

or Columbine for that matter.

They are using this for a distraction to do things that would normally be the top of the news cycle and bring a bunch of criticism.

Let's make something clear.

The issue is important, yes, but ultimately it is a distraction from the pressing issue at hand. A political assassination has occurred; the pressing matter is keeping people safe while exercising their First Amendment rights.

 

[Crepitus]

Let's make something clear.

The issue is important, yes, but ultimately it is a distraction from the pressing issue at hand. A political assassination has occurred; the pressing matter is keeping people safe while exercising their First Amendment rights.

Uh huh. sure it is.

That's why everyone was so up in arms about the protestors in LA getting arrest for engaging in the use of their first amendment rights.

Come on man. Nobody is buying that crap.

You guys are pissed because it's one of yours that got it in the neck this time.

Nothing more.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Uh huh. sure it is.

That's why everyone was so up in arms about the protestors in LA getting arrest for engaging in the use of their first amendment rights.

Come on man. Nobody is buying that crap.

You guys are pissed because it's one of yours that got it in the neck this time.

Nothing more.

You, my friend, are constantly shifting the goalposts.

 

[Crepitus]

You, my friend, are constantly shifting the goalposts.

I have moved nothing.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I have moved nothing.

That's why everyone was so up in arms about the protestors in LA getting arrest for engaging in the use of their first amendment rights.

Disagreed. The LA protesters were blocking traffic, and engaging in riotous behavior. It needed the National Guard to be called in to force the LAPD to do their jobs.

Furthermore, Charlie Kirk was simply sitting in a chair in a tent, engaging college kids in civil political discourse. He did not need the National Guard; he was not blocking traffic, and he was not inciting riots; yet he was assassinated for his views.

Do not attempt to minimize the assassination because your pet issue is not being addressed.

 

[Crepitus]

Disagreed. The LA protesters were blocking traffic, and engaging in riotous behavior. It needed the National Guard to be called in to force the LAPD to do their jobs.

Furthermore, Charlie Kirk was simply sitting in a chair in a tent, engaging college kids in civil political discourse. He did not need the national guard; he was not blocking traffic, and he was not inciting riots; yet he was assassinated for his views.

Do not attempt to minimize the assassination because your pet issue is not being addressed.

So free speech as long as it doesn't inconvenience anyone?

 

[cnm]

Let's make something clear.

The issue is important, yes, but ultimately it is a distraction from the pressing issue at hand. A political assassination has occurred; the pressing matter is keeping people safe while exercising their First Amendment rights.

How do you know his shooting was political?

Gawd spoke?

edit...It is true the person of interest is wearing a patriotic shirt.