Representative Thomas Massie, who pushed for the original Epstein Files Transparency Act, has a new bill he’s going to force through the House.
“When we return next week, we’ll get 218 signatures for Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which guarantees a vote,” Massie wrote Thursday on X. “Survivors will be able to get their own records, State Attorneys General can prosecute crimes, and we can take the DOJ to court for keeping critical files hidden.”
Massie, who has made an enemy of Trump by opposing the Iran war and pushing for the full release of the Epstein files, first passed the Epstein Transparency Act in November 2025. And though President Trump signed it into law, Massie, Democrats, and a few Republicans argue that his administration didn’t fully abide with what the act required.
“The Department of Justice has flagrantly and consistently ignored EFTA’s disclosure requirements,” Massie wrote earlier this summer in his announcement of the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, co-sponsored by Democratic Senators Ben Ray Luján and Jeff Merkley, and Democratic Representatives Ro Khanna and Teresa Leger Fernández.
Mark my comment. Ten years from now the slew of corruption in Trump’s admin will all come to light. The corruption that’s already been revealed is just the tip of the iceberg.
When Trump is dead so everyone can say they never supported him. I’m making it my personal goal in life to save the receipts and remind everyone who these motherfuckers are. Most of Trump’s cabinet better be in jail well before the 10 year mark. I’m sorry for posting a YT video but this really is a great take on why we need to pursue prosecutions and not just “move on”
If you’re going to post a YouTube video, this is one of the better ones you could have chosen. Its one of his best videos, by far.
It will not take 10 years.
You’re right, it will be at least 20.
You do have to go through 10 to reach 20. Look it up!
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That is the easiest prediction ever to be fair. I don’t think anyone on lemmy would think otherwise.
“In February 2017, Massie introduced a one-page bill that would abolish the United States Department of Education, and cosponsored a bill that would abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.”
Just remember, he’s still a massive twat. He occasionally does things that are less twat-like, but that isn’t anything to get excited about.
Being a twat and hating pedos are not mutually exclusive.
If you constantly point out people’s fuck ups and don’t praise them when they do something good, you’re probably a bit of a dick as well
There’s a law to release them, it was ignored and no justice.
Sounds like this expands access and will make the DOJ open to lawsuits for having ignored the previous law.
Congress: “You have to release these files”
Trump: “No”
Congress: “Okay”
Hence the requisit votes being important, as infuriating as it is.
Congress has already passed a law that requires the release of the Epstein-Trump files. This will be ignored by the pedo GOP as well.
The correct answer is impeaching the entire cabinet, the Vice President & then Trump.
the Epstein-Trump files
The trumpstein Pedo Files
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If the president can credibly disagree on his removal, then you still need 2/3 of Senate, and also 2/3 of the house.
Removing a president still capable of uttering the words “I should not be removed” is harder than convicting after impeachment.
Now if Trump does not object, the 25th is easier, but however screwed up he is, he is still quite capable of disagreeing in a way to trigger the 2/3 of Congress requirement.
I dont give a fuck if heʻs a republican. This guy did what you are supposed to do when you lose an election, and fucking push like youʻve got nothing left to lose. Heʻs probably a piece of shit in every other regard. But he has not wavered on this.
I’d at least respect him as an opponent and I haven’t been able to say that since McCain.
mccain only became a decent human being once he knew he was dying. too little too late. his entire career up to that point, he still enabled the republican policy that got us where we are right now.
At the very least he raised his daughter with the same sort of respect for people that have different political ideology by displaying it himself in the middle of a presidential election. During a campaign event a woman calimed she couldn’t trust Obama because he was an arab, and his response was:
“No ma’am, he’s a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what this campaign is all about.”
Is it just a single point of reference into his character, yes, but I think considering the context of the moment helps give it weight. I think claiming he’s not a ‘decent human being’ is a bit hyperbolic but I was just 12 years old at the time.
I’m in AZ and was in my 20s then. I disagreed with him on a lot of things but always thought he was a halfway decent person. He seems like a saint compared to the fucking garbage people we’re dealing with now. One of his last acts was to deny the Republicans taking away Obamacare. He wasn’t perfect but whatever. The hyperbolic shit people say is just not reality. Too many people are just black and white about literally everything. People are messy and imperfect.
Ain’t that the truth! People need to learn to see in shades of Gray. Nothing is ever just black and white, like they love to portray it… unless you’re talking about things like Epstein. There, you can have your black and white, because Epstein and Trump are clearly rapist monsters. One is dead. The other one needs to be taken down.
Isn’t this the exact same as the last one passed? Will the DOJ roll over now? I doubt it.
I believe this one includes the ability for state AGs to sue the DOJ leadership directly if they aren’t following the law. Apparently the last one didn’t have any enforcement mechanism in the law.
So what will enforce a state AG lawsuit against the DOJ?
Not sure if you heard, but there was an election.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Fuck this dude.
He could have publically pledged to impeach and convict Trump. He didn’t.
He is a pos in other matters, but he’s been consistent here (unless he had a musk like role to be an inside voice doing just enough to make the effort ineffective at the end of the day - as with musk and high speed rail efforts/funding in California).
Make no mistake…95% of the time this clown voted with orange pedo.
This is NOT a Priority!
-LITERALLY Hakeem Jeffries!
He is absolutely right. There are things more important than that. Breathing, for example. Breathing is absolutely crucial!
I wish he would try to go without it for a week or two.
This guy is definitely in the no fucks given stage when it comes to a common Republican arc. I mean, Republicans that still have a modicum of a kernel of some form of moral compass still left.
They do not exist.
Don’t believe them.
Until the rats are dead, they will be rats.
Conservatives don’t really feel empathy, so no there’s no “good” republican to begin with. Barely any good democrat either tbh.
Shredders are going to be working overtime in the DOJ and FBI
good, they can be charged with destruction of evidence too.
Lesser charge than paedophilia
oh I don’t think they’ll get away with hiding anything. those pedo charges are still coming. they’re simply so stupid they think they can cover it up. see: trump’s entire bullshit
Massie would make a fun president.
Not a good one.
But a fun one.
Oh yeah, I’m on the edge of my seat.
We all know that you could do it on Monday, you could do it this month, you could do it before the holidays.
But you won’t… it’s been TWENTY YEARS. You are revolting.
Always remember, any rep with clearance is free to call a press conference and say what they’ve seen in the Epstein files. They can ignore subpoenas and the law just like Trump does. Besides, Trump won’t do anything, because he doesn’t want discovery in court.
He better ram this through under Mike Johnson, because Jeffries will never let something like this through. And even if it got past Jeffries, ol’ Schumer would toss this right into the Senate incinerator.
Jeffries aka The Black Fettermen.
Dayum! I hate to do this to you, but I’m gonna be stealing that!
Will? The word you’re looking for is Would. They would do that, given back that power for some impossible reason.
Lock up Hegsdeath for his international obstruction of the Geneva Convention and maladministration of nuclear warfare.
Life in prison is too good for Kegseth.
What if they make him wear a sign saying “I’m in prison because I’m a piece of shit war criminal”, set up cameras, close down Fox News and use it to stream the feed 27/7 as a message to future would-be traitors?
Too much boys, my bet he will enjoy to be shared like a screaming fleshlight
Love this for all of them. They were on top of the world commiting crimes against humanity with impunity. Let’s see some repercussions.
I guess this is when those pardons are gonna get doled out again. :(
I guess this is when those pardons are gonna get doled out again. :(
Hopefully Trump is so egotistical that he can’t imagine being successfully removed from office and doesn’t try to make pardons until it’s too late
So if Hegseth were pardoned, which is also an admittance of guilt, could that then be leveraged in international courts?
Oh that would be lovely
maladministration of nuclear warfare.
What’s this about?
Foreshadowing.
Weird to announce it in advance. Just fucking do it.
Also, if you’re serious, don’t get too close to any windows during the weekend.
If you think the files should be released just fucking do it already. You have the files. If there is anything in them that can remove pedophiles from the world just release it, fuck needing a vote. This statement only proves you are part of the problem. If you really cared it would be done already.
IANAL but if the chain of evidence isn’t followed, I believe it can be thrown out if used in court. I want the documents too but the documents have to be useful for justice.
Plus, if not officially released and confirmed to be accurate via the normal legal processes, it’s very hard for any journalists to report on the new findings without being sued for defamation by those accused claiming it was “doctored” or “fake”.
uanal? respect.
Couldn’t he literally just read it into the Congressional record? I guess it would take a very long time. Maybe eventually they’d be like “oh my God fine, we’ll release them if you just shut up already”
The evidence mus be laid bare b4 judgement.
In a court of law… The court of public opinion is not how any justice system works. We feel like we deserve and need to know. And I would feel very vindicated to see what we all suspect. But my vindication will not give these victims justice.
Stop thinking like this is individual, personal justice. THIS IS NOT.
These are crimes against the state, against the justice of this land and every person who did or didn’t vote for the republicans.
Be under no illussion, these are high crimes and misdemeanours.
Justice will have its day my friend.
Edit: here is the funding details, talk less, do more.
