Congress has voted to deny the amendment to the release of the Epstein files

[u/AbductedAlien01]

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1945192389770948647?s=34

[u/kw-42]

Can we throw out all of the existing politicians and start over? Preferably with people who don’t diddle kids

[u/retnemmoc → u/kw-42]

Just make all midterms politicians sign a pledge to release all the information. Make this the single issue of the 2026 midterms.

I won't be voting for any politician that won't vote to release the files. I'd rather "throw my vote away" than vote for another RINO traitor.

[u/Tyler_Zoro → u/kw-42]

I'm not sure who you think would be available that would fit your strict requirements... :-/

[u/DiverDownChunder → u/kw-42]

And no more lawyers.

[u/craytsu]

But I thought there were no files

🤔

[u/mahvel50]

Fuckin corrupt rats. all of them.

[u/Germy_1114]

It’s a big club and you ain’t in it…

[u/Damichia480 → u/Germy_1114]

Yeah left vs right has been distracted fighting each other but we're all sheep to the elite

[u/acreekofsoap → u/Germy_1114]

I don’t wanna be. I’m already gonna have enough to answer for when I die.

[u/Ghosttwo → u/Germy_1114]

The Epstein list? That's a good thing.

[u/DJDevine]

What a fucking joke

[u/TheThunderOfYourLife]

Reddit, I think we can all agree--and that includes the other political subs as well--that we need to scream incessantly and annoyingly until Congress releases them, if only to shut us up.

[u/Nikoviking → u/TheThunderOfYourLife]

They’ll never do it because their names are on the list

[u/-Istvan-5-]

Honestly though, I never expected anything different..

However, what I will say is this episode is highlighting who I can trust in the media.

People like Charlie Kirk who I used to trust are clearly just repeating whatever the administration are telling them, rather than holding people's feet to the fire.

[u/Benjanon_Franklin → u/-Istvan-5-]

Anybody supporting this administrations take on Epstein is a part of the problem and not a credible source.

[u/defearl → u/-Istvan-5-]

I couldn't believe my ears when he said "I trust my friends in the administration"

He spent all these years advocating for "Keep the government small, because you cannot trust them", only to now do a sudden 180 and say the exact same rhetoric as the left: "Guys, the government is your friend, they only do what's in your best interest. Don't question them. Just agree with whatever they tell you"

Maybe the democrats are right. We ARE in the oligarchy.

[u/CRO_Life → u/-Istvan-5-]

This is actually a really good point I hadn’t considered.

[u/Nyxaus_Motts → u/-Istvan-5-]

Definitely agree here. This has kind of drawn a line between those willing to stand up for what’s right vs those willing to fall in line and regurgitate the very little they are being told. The Conservative Party has had a lot of opportunity to outgrow non-useful people thanks to the MAGA movement, this is another one of those opportunities

[u/offensivetoaster → u/-Istvan-5-]

Agreed. I’ve grown to appreciate Shapiro less and Megyn Kelly more for this exact reason

[u/AccidentProneSam → u/offensivetoaster]

Matt Walsh more too. He's been very vocal about it.

[u/OTribal_chief → u/-Istvan-5-]

i'm surprised tucker isnt following the script and demanding the release of these files

[u/WillGibsFan → u/OTribal_chief]

Tucker might be a snake, but he has his own convictions.

[u/whippingboy4eva]

Everyone who voted no is on it.

[u/Disastrous-Power-699]

Being upset about this means you’re not being one of the admins “boys” or “gals”

Such a fucking letdown

[u/NotRadTrad05]

Whether you agree with their vote or not, it should be painfully obvious that this is going to be brought back up in the midterms.

[u/mahvel50 → u/NotRadTrad05]

As it should. If you run on a platform of transparency and then do this, you’re no better. We need a wipe Of the current politicians that uphold this corrupt system.

[u/TheGame81677]

This is bullshit! We deserve to know the truth. What’s wrong with these people?

[u/Manburpigg]

I don’t care if f*cking mother Theresa is on that client list, release it and hold every single one of them responsible. Tired of this shit.

EDIT: to all the leftists flooding my inbox asking me “what if your orange idol is on the list!?”

Then F*CK him too! He’s not on the list, but if he is, then he can burn in hell with the rest of whoever is on the list.

[u/Tyler_Zoro → u/Manburpigg]

He’s not on the list

No matter how you feel about Trump, don't make assumptions. At this point either he's on the list or he's running interference for those who are. Either way, this is not good.

[u/Emilia963 → u/Manburpigg]

[u/JacksonForSenate → u/Manburpigg]

What if manbearpig is on the list?

[u/DiverDownChunder → u/JacksonForSenate]

Are you super cereal?

[u/moa711]

This list must have every politician, wealthy individual, and anyone else with power, on it. Otherwise it makes no sense for them to be so hesitant to release this.

[u/EmbraceTheFault → u/moa711]

It makes a lot of sense if Epstein was being used as an asset by one of the three letter agencies. Can you imagine the outrage, not only here, but around the world if it came to light that a US intelligence agency was using him to get dirt/weight on politicians, world leaders, any mover and shaker really. Thats an embarrassment I don't know how we'd recover from. Who the fuck would ever trust the US again knowing that its intelligence apparatus was willing to stoop to such an abhorrent, vile practice?

[u/provincialcompare → u/EmbraceTheFault]

My guess is that he was being used by some joint CIA/Mossad operation to blackmail high profile individuals, but it doesn’t really matter at this point… we’re never finding out

[u/JackandFred → u/EmbraceTheFault]

That’s what I think is the case too. Everybody has already talked about various intel connections between Epstein and Maxwell, the only thing that would be bad enough to not release files is us involvement.

[u/IndigoSoullllll]

This is the type of legislation decision making that will make me turn my back on Trump.

[u/snusboi]

Not a good look for republicans that I will say.

[u/Damichia480 → u/snusboi]

Not a good look for the government in general

[u/JefferyGiraffe → u/Damichia480]

Wasn’t it only the republican senators who voted against?

[u/LysanderSpoonersCat → u/Damichia480]

Yes, but especially for republicans though if we’re being honest. Since this was “our thing” to uncover, and the nays were nearly identical from the R’s as they were the D’s when the R’s were the ones who claimed they supposedly cared about exposing it in the first place.

Fundraising gift for democrats as usual.

[u/Hulluck22 → u/snusboi]

they are all the same. this craps going to be like ufo’s JFK, Jimmy Hoffa, ect. All sorts of conspiracy theories and documentaries for decades. We may find out the truth once everyone reading this is in their 90’s.

[u/NotaClipaMagazine → u/Hulluck22]

They've had what, 8 years? How much time do you really need to edit and redact the hell out of it? We will never get to see it if it even exists anymore.

[u/Quirky-Marsupial-420]

As constituents, we can't ever let this go.

The list must be made public. Those who had any part in hurting children must be held accountable.

My state has 2 democrat senators, but I can promise you if I lived in a state with republican senators that voted against releasing the list they'd never get my vote again.

[u/Vacher-Cream]

Did anyone actually believe it would have turned out any differently? This sub can never use the “ its (D)ifferent argument ever again.

They are all the same shit. Whether you wipe your ass with your left hand or right hand its still touching an asshole.

Until the day that WE THE PEOPLE actually means anything again, we are nothing but peasants to the nobles once again. GW and his crew are rolling over in their graves.

[u/Elegant_Meaning4570 → u/Vacher-Cream]

They are all the same shit. Whether you wipe your ass with your left hand or right hand its still touching an asshole.

I hate how good that line is, wow...well played

[u/IAmAnEediot → u/Vacher-Cream]

They are all the same shit. Whether you wipe your ass with your left hand or right hand its still touching an asshole.

Pal... I use a bidet so.
This proves we (the US) is just as or even more corrupt than the countries we accuse of corruption.

[u/Vacher-Cream → u/IAmAnEediot]

What NGO gave you money for a bidet??!!?

[u/Easterncoaster]

How do you expect to get a majority of people to say yes to something that hurts them when like 90% of them are on that list?

It’s like asking criminals to vote on whether they should go to jail

[u/kaijumediajames]

The US Government has undoubtedly covered up and withheld the truth to a lot of bad stuff over the years, but this is the first time in awhile that I get the notion they’re doing it out of fear. They’ve either got a really good reason to do this or a really bad one.

[u/mahvel50 → u/kaijumediajames]

There is no good reason. It's to protect the upper echelon from the inevitable calling for heads of terrible people. There is no accountability for those at the top.

[u/-Istvan-5-]

"I'ma drain the swamp!!"

6 months later

"Damn.. swamp got hands"

[u/cathbadh → u/-Istvan-5-]

More like "I am the swamp now."

Covering this up, hiding this information, and then attacking anyone who complains is swamp behavior, and our party, including our president, is doing it. I'll only give the Dems partial credit here. I don't think they'd push for it to be released at all if Trump and his allies weren't fighting against it. Otherwise, they would have done it under Biden. So what they're doing right now is just for show.

[u/ConfusionFlat691 → u/-Istvan-5-]

And let me know when either party implements meaningful lobbyist reform. MFers write the legislation and decide what stays and what goes. They ARE the swamp and nobody talks about em.

[u/-Istvan-5- → u/ConfusionFlat691]

True. Although I like a lot of what Trump's done, at the end of the day it's nailed one thing for sure that our government will never change. The fix is in, the corruption is deep seated. Its rotten from the core and you can't get it out.

[u/Simmumah]

All to protect Trump simply because he's the President. Not a good look, not at all. Every fucker on that list needs to rot in a cell.

[u/retnemmoc]

Seems like a lot of right wing influencers like Charlie Kirk have gotten a "special call" from the whitehouse and are now no longer talking about the Epstein files.

It feels like the Trump Administration doesn't have full control over all of the evidence. Pam Bondi releases binders full of already released information. I'm guessing it just so happens that whatever they have is either incomplete, inconclusive, or has a surprising amount of detail when it comes to Trump, but magically missing when it comes to everyone else Epstein had contact with.

It would be hilarious if every page was redacted except for the word Trump. Would you release that? You'd either have to get ready for everyone to question your every interaction with Epstein or admit you have ZERO control over your own intelligence apparatus.

[u/andromeda880 → u/retnemmoc]

The logical response.

[u/IAmAnEediot]

[u/AFishNamedFreddie]

Its all so tiresome

[u/sowellpatrol → u/AFishNamedFreddie]

[u/DrCentrist]

Fucking stupid.

[u/Shiny_Mew76]

What exactly have they said in terms of their reason as to why they shouldn’t be released? It seems like such an obvious thing to do and refusing to release them only makes it even more suspicious.

[u/AlicesFlamingo]

Color me absolutely shocked.

[u/FkDemocRats2024]

Why is the release of the Epstein files something that Congress has the authority to allow or deny? Isn't that all under the Executive branch / DOJ?

[u/ikzz1 → u/FkDemocRats2024]

The Congress has the authority to pass laws, which the DOJ has to follow. That's how the government works. Are you an American?

[u/sanesociopath → u/FkDemocRats2024]

This would force the DOJ's hand to release it.

The wording was a bit lax and made for easy excuses to vote no though

[u/yeetmysheets]

Ugh

[u/Leemo19]

Looks like mid terms might swing back to the left. Good job Conservative/Rebs you had one job to vote to release the doc. Now the left will most likely use this vote against you. This really makes the right are afraid of something definitely not a good look for them.

[u/Elegant_Meaning4570]

And this is why you can't trust any politician. They'll gleefully make promises, denounce the other side, claim morality, anything to get your vote. And then the moment they know they're safe, they'll turn around and do the opposite because it makes them more money or is more convenient.

I'd hoped that Trump was a big enough (money, personality, power, etc) to resist that pull, but seems instead of draining the swamp he and the Republicans are just as content as all the past administrations and let it be. I hate that I'm still surprised, but that's on me I guess for being hopeful for once

[u/Tasty_Explanation_20]

Not really surprising. I’m sure many of them are on that list, as are many of their financial donors no doubt. There is a reason this list hasn’t been released yet.

[u/Big_Meal_1038]

That sucks

[u/Royal_IDunno]

Well that’s not a good look for congress. If I was in charge I’d release the Epstein files immediately.

[u/ikzz1 → u/Royal_IDunno]

All but one Republican voted against releasing the Epstein files, so it's not a good look for Republicans only.

[u/Canard-Rouge]

Why are there so many vanishing comments on this thread?

[u/rick6668 → u/Canard-Rouge]

We know...

[u/Dionysus24779]

At this point they are all accomplices at best.

Absolutely disgusting.

[u/Cylerhusk]

Republicans... this is not a partisan issue. Good lord. This should have been a bipartisan Yes vote, regardless of who introduced the bill. What the fuck is wrong with them unless they're on the damn list.

[u/Tikiku]

I’d also like to see the list of those that were swept under the rug of those in Congress some time back who were offenders leading to multiple payoffs for sexual harassment claims. Paid for, of course, by taxpayer money.

[u/shadowgar]

The uniparty is showing their true self now. I’m done voting for any of them. It’s all a sham. Everyone needs thrown out.

[u/tuvda → u/shadowgar]

Discusting isn't it? The republicans have no idea what they just did to their party. No idea.

[u/populares420]

the files that dont exist?

[u/Benjanon_Franklin]

Politicians of both parties are shitbags. They are worse than professional wrestlers at this point. That vote was the biggest kayfabe bullshit ever. Orchestrated nonsense.

Both parties need to be ended at this point. Nobody in our government cares about the Constitution or the American people.

[u/Schwanntacular]

Government is cancer no matter who runs it

[u/MacSteele13]

This is how the Reps will loose big in the midterms...

[u/Frosty88d]

I just watched the movie Memory with Liam Neeson recently, amd it felt like a dicumemtary, since all about the FBI investigating a child sex trafficking ring with the help of one of the traffickers assassin's who turns on them. I wish that would happen to the people who are hiding the epstein list

[u/H3nchman_24]

The Right wing and Left wing are part of the same bird.

[u/tuvda]

If anyone even for a second thinks the US is not at all corrupt this is all the proof you need that is it. Protecting the rich and powerful all the while supporting the abuse of pedofiles and the abuse of women and children. All the while claiming to be about family. What a total joke.

SHAME ON ALL OF THEM.

[u/StealUr_Face]

This is political theatre

[u/ZR-71]

why would they release the files? everyone with real money, power, and influence is on it. This isn't rocket surgery, people

[u/LyrMeThatBifrost]

Why is is packaged with crypto bills and defense spending?

[u/ikzz1 → u/LyrMeThatBifrost]

The Democrats can't start their own bill since they are not the house majority currently, so adding amendments to an existing bill (that Republicans started and supported) is their only way to bring this to the Congress.

[u/OTribal_chief]

absolutely insane decision by congress

[u/Magehunter_Skassi]

Any reason why Democrats didn't push for this when they controlled the House in 2022?

EDIT: To clarify for the DMs-- yes, Bondi and Trump misstepped by turning this case into a media circus. The DOJ should rectify this mistake by releasing what they can, but don't be surprised if it's not "satisfactory" in the sense of being more boring than one might hope for.

If the files contained damning evidence about Donald Trump, it raises the very obvious questions of:

-Why Trump teased the release of them and why he appointed Bondi/Patel/Bongino. If I was in such a file, I wouldn't be talking about it at all.

-Why they weren't released as a campaign killshot in 2024. It would have been a free victory for Kamala, even if it implicated some Democratic politicians. The biggest speculated name is Bill Clinton, and he's been on the Democratic Party's periphery for years. It wouldn't be a catastrophe.

[u/Stalinsovietunion → u/Magehunter_Skassi]

because all of our politicians are on it no matter the party. It would be mutually assured destruction

[u/Creepy-Nectarine-225 → u/Stalinsovietunion]

[u/VIII_Terror → u/Creepy-Nectarine-225]

It would be mutually assured destruction

Bingo. There are likely some very powerful people on that list, it would benefit neither side release it so now they are moving to bury it forever.

[u/md11086 → u/Stalinsovietunion]

It is nice that people are starting to wake up a bit but the Epstein story goes even deeper than just the US government.

[u/Rocket_Surgery83 → u/Stalinsovietunion]

Honestly, I think the Dems would have thrown their own under the bus if they felt it was a concrete way of preventing Trump from getting a second term.

[u/dcee101 → u/Stalinsovietunion]

To assume that all politicians are involved in child sex trafficking is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

At a certain point, there has to be a logical conclusion to this. There are no satanic child abuse sex cults running around in Congress. It's asinine and absurd. Do you also think that they'd never be busted for other crimes outside of using Epstein Island? Do you think that child sex predators do it once or twice and then never do it again? Or is it built into their DNA?

[u/free-minded → u/Magehunter_Skassi]

The same reason republicans are quashing it now. Because they’re involved. Or people who donate to them are involved. Or they’re being threatened by people who are involved.

I’m willing to bet all three. Who would have thought, the only true bipartisan stance is a desire to protect people who hurt children.

[u/CodeWizardCS → u/Magehunter_Skassi]

Because it didn't matter back then because talking about it didn't make Trump look bad or force him into a suboptimal decision.

[u/EngineSlug420 → u/[deleted]]

This is as you said "Political Theater". This sub is eating it up though, so it's working. These dipshits had four years to do this, not they act like they care.

[u/Arkham2015 → u/EngineSlug420]

It's not as if Trump and Bondi and Patel are helping out here on this.

[u/andromeda880 → u/EngineSlug420]

Yup. All the articles and comments here - everyone is falling for the theatrics. I feel like something more is going on behind the scenes.

[u/ObadiahtheSlim]

This was all theater. It was a vote against adding it to completely unrelated legislation. It exists solely for low information people who read headlines and nothing else.

[u/Trondkjo → u/ObadiahtheSlim]

Sadly, it fooled a bunch of people on this sub.

[u/Dezno_ssbm]

Please don't get tricked by this. The reason this is posted as a Twitter post is because it doesn't give any other info. The democrats added an amendment to a bill Republicans were already going to deny. This is merely democratic theater the moment you read into it a bit.

[u/LyrMeThatBifrost → u/Dezno_ssbm]

Yep, the conservatives were already opposing because they wanted the crypto bills merged into one legislative package. The dems knew this and scored easy political points by tacking on the Epstein stuff.

[u/Skylantech → u/Dezno_ssbm]

Thanks, I genuinely lost a good bit of faith in the party until you pointed this out.

[u/Trondkjo → u/Dezno_ssbm]

Too bad this isn't the top comment. Doesn't stop "fellow conservatives" from pearl clutching.

[u/Skylantech]

This isn't what I voted for.

[u/Polerize2]

Left or right nobody wants to release it. When the left wins the mid terms and the next presidency because of this it STILL wont be released despite Trump supposedly being on it. Because guess who else is on it. Yup him and her and him and on and on it goes.

[u/Jurclassic5]

Politics is a clown show. Where's our Javier Milei to fix the system.

[u/UpvoteMagnet99]

Massey voted against this bill. So there must’ve been a pretty big catch on this thing.

[u/Shooter_McGavin27]

This makes no sense. H Res 580 that was voted on today is in regards to DOD Appropriations, Anti-surveillance act, and the Genius Act.

Republicans voted aye - 196 to Democrats nay - 210. It failed as a result. This bill had nothing to do with Epstein.

This video is either from a prior years H res 580 bill or it’s been doctored.

[u/NiceChemical]

What a joke of a subreddit. 

House Republicans on Monday night voted against attaching a Democratic amendment to landmark cryptocurrency legislation that would force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Why attach this to the GENIUS Act, which would create the first regulatory framework for stablecoins, or the defense funding bill? What does that have to do with crypto? Why not introduce by itself. 

[u/AilsaN]

There was more to the bill that deserved to be blocked:

"There was a piece of legislation that would’ve been voted on today that would have allowed a backdoor to create a central back digital currency. I support crypto but I do not support CBDC’s. I was part of a group that was able to block it. Again, I am pro-crypto but cannot allow for any backdoor or loose language that would allow for a CBDC."
-Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on X
https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1945224957065056618

[u/grecks530]

It was attached to a crypto bill... why?

[u/ytilonhdbfgvds]

Link to the bill itself?  It probably had some horseshit attached, making it split along party lines 

[u/Haust → u/ytilonhdbfgvds]

https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-3633

From what I can tell, they wanted to attach an amendment to this (Amendment #50 by Khanna, #149 and #150 vote). It was voted down 7-5 and 8-4. Effectively, if I'm reading it right, the attached is grossly unrelated to the bill itself, which involves digital currency.

That's if I'm reading it right. I'm concerned I'm missing something because I'm not sure what the X video has to do with it.

[u/bozoconnors → u/ytilonhdbfgvds]

1000% - without even looking. Also what we won't hear about (probably), an alternate GOP sponsored bill that will have nothing attached, & won't make it out of committee.

[u/rick6668]

4.3K Upvotes to a thread in this forum. LOL. Yeah OK.

[u/Quirky-Marsupial-420]

I’m absolutely not carrying water from Trump or Epstein but when I saw this posted on the politics sub it was some bill about cryptocurrency.

What is the bill they declined so we can read it

[u/Comfortable-Tap-9991]

Once again, the sub is taken over by the usual suspects. This was a procedural vote that would have turned over the house to the Democrat party. They attached the Epstein-files release as a poison pill so they can then make these exact posts when it fails on social media and you are all falling for it.

[u/DJSpawn1]

To all the "nay sayers", it is a good look for republicans......did you see all the pork in the bill that had nothing to do with the Epstein files????

Or did none of you read it?

[u/Black_XistenZ → u/DJSpawn1]

In this day and age, 90% of people never read beyond the headline...

[u/scudsboy36]

So fucking disappointed. Maybe Elon is right about a third party

Edit: Ive read that this was an amendment attached to a bill that Democrats knew would not pass, so they could all vote yes, knowing the main legislation of the bill would not pass. Makes sense knowing the democrats are cowards.

[u/Vag-etarian]

There’s just as many democrats on that list as there are republicans. The vote was a show. They knew the republicans wouldn’t let it move forward. It’s all manufactured outrage.

[u/multiple4]

Lmfaoooo

And then I'm supposed to feel bad that these disgusting corrupt human beings felt slightly uncomfortable on January 6th?

If they actually respected or feared the people they're supposed to represent, they might not so blatantly do this shit

[u/cchris_39]

Not that anybody takes civics or government anymore, but releasing the files is not something the legislative branch has authority over to begin with.

More gratuitous grandstanding. Go you Dems - you forced a meaningless vote on something to make the other side look bad. Yawn.