Members of Congress will be able to view unredacted Epstein files next week
The letter states that members can review the documents in person, provided they give the DOJ 24 hours’ notice. The option at this point is only available to members of Congress — and not their staff. They may take notes but can’t bring in any electronic devices, the letter said.
The review will only be of the 3 million files currently available to the public, not the extensive trove of more than 6 million documents in total that the DOJ says it has in its possession.
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useless; congress needs to start smacking the executive with the stick and putting the carrot away for now
I'm trying not to get too excited or expect too much, but this is REALLY good, right?
No. It's bullshit. They can view the files...in person...in a room...without any means to record...by appointment only.
There needs to be a way for them to review the unredacted documents while ensuring they're not leaking anything sensitive.
they can properly redact any victim information and release the rest unredacted to the public. arent these the same government folks who say if you have done no wrong you have nothing to hide?
That would be a better solution but that's not on the table.
Time to flip the table.
It's not nearly enough. But remember how representatives started flipping on the release after meeting with victims? Then it became (nearly) unanimous.
I hope that 4 or 5 republicans see something in those documents horrifying enough to shock them into action again.
It sounds very fair, and exactly the scenario I had concocted in my head. Which leaves me extremely skeptical.
E: anything they find would likely be inadmissible in court.
We will have motivated people who will know exactly who is implicated in the files. That's nothing resembling useless.
While I definitely think this is a move they forced into and hoping to use it later to say "stop pestering us about these files, we even let you see them all!", I also think it might have some value there. If at least a few of them come prepared and genuinely care, they might come across information such as money trails involving client names, codes, global banks, etc. and then use that information to pressure those institutions.
Obviously the DOJ is complicit, but it can be ammunition for more pressure regardless.
Also, wouldn't be surprised to hear members of congress complain to the media later that they were kicked out, or prevented from taking notes when they came across something worthwhile enough.
There are 259 dems in congress. Without looking them all up, I'll pessimistically say half of them are young and lucid enough to actually do research on a computer. If those 130 people go in each with a handful of specific questions (redacted documents that look hella suspicious but need details filled in), I think they could get a lot of useful information.
None of this is to say "we've got trump this time!" But they could get information that concretely shows how the DOJ is covering for child rapists and violating the law. This will make a lot of news going into the mid terms and prompt numerous investigations, hopefully impeachments and resignations.
It's not enough, but it does have some value.
Who are you referring to that knows who's implicated, and why aren't they talking about it?
Ah ok you just made that up.
I think this is fairly standard process for sensitive documents. It at least allows them to see if the redactions are for the right reasons.
They are hiding 3 million more Trump files about pedo island???!
The ones that haven’t been deleted and hidden that is
I question why is it still a limited set? There's no reason not to make everything available u der these conditions.
There is no reason to believe the ‘3 million’ unreleased documents is true either.
At the deadline of the 19th, Bondi said something that there were 2 million documents. Now we’re at 6 million. And again, we are just talking about DOJ / FBI. Nobody is mentioning CIA NSA, even though the entire thing reeks of Israeli / Russian intelligence. You’re telling me those organisations weren’t keeping tabs on a guy involved in serial crimes in multiple states with several high ranking justice and police departments in his power.
There are likely millions more documents. Miraculously congress is not interested in them, or if they are, it is all happening behind closed doors.
Like, all several millions of them? In one sitting?