Rep. Grijalva signs petition on Epstein files, giving it the 218th signature needed to force House vote
Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., signed a petition Wednesday to force a House vote on releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.
Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father.
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Weird, I wonder why they could've delayed swearing her in? Hmm so strange
Dems caved and got nothing. NOW LET’S SEE THOSE FILES.
Will never happen
Thank you for making this explicit and clear. Anyone realistically hoping for any other outcomes is just blind to what has happened to the US government.
I want these released, but when I see people thinking this is somehow the answer to all of the injustice instigated by the executive branch, I'm dumbfounded.
They could find pics and/or video of Pedonald ballz deep in someone underage, and most of his cult will just declare that it is "AI" or "fake news" and continue to support him like the nutless cult members they are.
Or, worse, they'll declare that child rape is actually good
What actually is consent? /s
I feel dirty even joking that's a possibility
At the risk of being that guy, it's not what has happened to the US government, but what the US government has always been. Like, rich men getting off scot-free for diddling kids (and other crimes against ordinary people) didn't start with Trump; the Epstein files didn't become a thing under Trump. America has always been a country by and for rich men.
That's pretty much the world mate. Rich men used to do a bit of a better job in the US of keeping each other in check though. Epstein was a rich man. You can argue he should have / would have been brought to justice sooner, but at least he was. The opposite of being blind to what's going on is being so aware of it that you become nihilistic about it.
Probably 3, since Epstein said trump was already with a victim for hours at his pedo house. I'm 99% sure he meant rape because they were underage.
To GMax, from Epstein:
Link to files: https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/3-emails_redacted.pdf
My money is on 3.
Why do you guys think this will make any difference? not even 34 felony convictions made a difference.
Are you familiar with the virulent strain of ignorant racist chodery called Qanon?
And now to the next bullshit they'll put in the way of releasing those files.
It's always going to be juuuuuuust about to happen
The DNC depends on this grift
Maybe Dick Durbin will talk about how releasing the Epstein Files is an invasion of privacy, and that we should be the bigger man by forgetting they ever existed.
Starting already! Mikey has just sent everyone home again for some vacay after their one vote and the month off before that. With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approaching too, my guess is that "there won't be time" to vote on releasing the files.
Nah. Johnson has been blocking the vote so his republican counterparts can hide behind the lack of a vote. Now they have to put directly on the record that they do/don’t want to release the files.
I hope she creates a bill that newly elected seats have a clock that once certified no more than 48h shall elapse before being sworn in or it is automatic and swearing in ceremony becomes only ceremonial. Arizona should’ve sued sooner.
I thought Mace was removing her own name after Trump endorsed her for SC governor?
No take-backsies
Sadly it's possible she signs the petition requiring a vote, then votes against it.
Ah, I was wondering what the next rat-fucking tactic would be.
Why does she HATE AMERICA with this WITCH HUNT just to See if Trump RAPED LITTLE CHILDREN (Which he NEVER did and he's SO Sure he Never did that he's doing EVERYTHING in his and his DOJs power to PROTECT a Person known AROUND the World as a Raper of Children!)!
They will never release the files. Most of the MAGS politicians would get arrested.
To be fair, Epstein only eventually went to jail, and those convictions were under an entirely different DOJ
Who's going to arrest them?
You?
Aaaaaand here comes a nice convenient war on Venezuela
We are never going to get the files from the DOJ. From Epstein's estate is another story.