Republican lawmakers have warned President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi that withholding any documents relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case “would add fuel to the fire.”

The warning comes as Trump caved to pressure and signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act Wednesday evening, while Bondi fumbled her way through questions on how the Justice Department would proceed now that it has 30 days to release the files.

Bondi has changed her stance on the matter a number of times this year, prompting fierce criticism from the MAGA base and beyond.

There are concerns from both sides of the aisle that she could cite the ongoing investigation into Epstein’s ties to Democratic associates, ordered by Trump last week, as a reason to withhold the files.

“You can adjust for whatever investigations are going on but if you do a blanket hold, I think that they’re going to have a lot of people angry,” GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina told The Hill.

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[–] 56 points 11 months ago (1 child)

There will be a big fat Trump sized hole in the Epstein files I guarantee it

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    They all know what it says. They're done covering up for him to save their seat from a primary. The whole team flipped, so they all have cover from his response. They're not going down as a whole party for the sake of this guy's ego. For the first time. This is a big change publicly, but im sure that a majority have just been waiting for the page to turn on this guy's popularity.

    Political wind socks.

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    [–] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

    Good choice of photo, Independent editor.

    😉

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    JFC, 100% perving... Probably creamed his diaper.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    That's not a vagina. It's called a vulva.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    “You can adjust for whatever investigations are going on

    So in other words, they're STILL not serious about transparency, knowing full well that those investigations are political theater to distract the base.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Turns out that in the bill there is apparently a part that specifies any material withheld for investigative purposes needs a non redacted summary delivered in its place. So the authors seem to have some checks in place for shenanigans

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    non redacted summary

    That's nonsense. By virtue of being a summary, it's going to exclude things at the discretion of the summarizer.

    Bill Barr's proclamation that the Mueller report exonerated Trump was a summary. I'm not expecting any summary by Bondi or her underlings to be any more accurate or transparent.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The bill left them exceptions for 'national security' and 'protecting the identities of innocent people'.

    They're going to redact the shit out of them.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Anyone with more than 2 braincells knew the whole thing may be political theatre.

    Everyone shouting and brigading "release the Epstein files" on irrelevant posts across all of internet were just absolute retards. They must feel really accomplished when they get a black book with only democrats name lined up on the first page.

    The right is already mocking these incompetent fools and democrats again act like this isn't acceptable and they'll fight for the "people".

    And a new round of "release something we can use to waste everyone's time" will start.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    There is no way that any documents that show trumps name will released underacted or even better.. just not released at all.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    This regime isn't even capable of holding anyone accountable for sex crimes. They're not worried.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I'm wondering if the DOJ is covering up this crap and an official is leaking it unedited. Would that official be committing a crime? I'm serious; I have no idea what the applicable laws would be.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    That is their last chance to hide the files. Do you really think they care about making people angry?

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    Oh they're gonna

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