https://x.com/i/status/1948211079001051267

The GOP chair was caught off guard and scrambled—first delaying the vote, then trying to sabotage it by adding amendments to include Biden administration communications. Democrats called their bluff and agreed.

Then the GOP chair, Rep. Higgins, lied, claiming the motion FAILED until Rep. Robert Garcia forced a full roll call vote.

Ultimately, the vote passed 8-2 after 3 Republicans DEFIED their leadership and joined all 5 Democrats to pass the motion.

  • Canaconda@lemmy.caOP
    13·
    5 个月前

    Politik-brained Canadian here:

    IIRC they didn’t raid Epstein till 2019. In 2020 Democrats had a narrow majority in the house which they would lose in 2022.

    Than January 6, 2021 happened, and I think everyone thought that would be the legal case that brought Trump down.

    It kind of seemed inevitable that the Epstein files would get leaked or released eventually. That is until Trump officially ran again in 2023; creating the possibility that the evidence would be destroyed permanently if he won.

    • Ricky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.com
      7·
      5 个月前

      Than January 6, 2021 happened, and I think everyone thought that would be the legal case that brought Trump down.

      And it might have been if they didn’t drag their feet so much.

    • vimmiewimmie@slrpnk.net
      2·
      5 个月前

      creating the possibility that the evidence would be destroyed permanently

      This is sort of where I keep going back to in my mind. Like, I’ve seen things about supposed redacting or whatnot. So, like, what is there to be released if supporters of the Current Admins had them for so long?

      Some like original copy of something somewhere that somebody secreted away?

      And, how does something like that get proven to be…legitimate? Especially to a point of actionable repercussions?

      I honestly just don’t understand how this all works. Hoping for the damn best though.