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.
“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.
Make no mistake…95% of the time this clown voted with orange pedo.
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.
That is the easiest prediction ever to be fair. I don’t think anyone on lemmy would think otherwise.
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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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.
It does kind of feel like they’re talking about releasing the files so they don’t have to release the files. It’s a weird way to distract, but I think it’s working.
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.
NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL NOT A DISTRACTION FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES
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.
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.
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.
Massie would make a fun president.
Not a good one.
But a fun one.
Not that I’m advocating, but the bar is very, very low now.
In my new reality where everyone will be compared to Trump until the day I die, Massie will look like a championing hero. He’ll return Republican racial politics back to the “wink and nudge” era.
I’d gladly take that as a W and keep working to surpass it :)
Here’s some information to not forget:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49344563
27 different women raped by our president.
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.
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.
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).
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 the 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.
He could have publically pledged to impeach and convict Trump. He didn’t.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Fuck this dude.
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?
Impeach Todd Blanche, refuse to carry nomination of next one until they come up with one that says they’re going to release everything. If they don’t follow the law, impeach them. Rinse repeat.
I hope the dems use the power they’ve been given for this. I do think this wave has created a new fear in politics. They need to give the people what they want or lose their seat
Not sure if you heard, but there was an election.
This is NOT a Priority!
-LITERALLY Hakeem Jeffries!
Hakeem Jefferies for DC Dog Catcher!
Because a professional lapdog knows how to bring home the bacon.
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.
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.
Will? The word you’re looking for is Would. They would do that, given back that power for some impossible reason.
Jeffries aka The Black Fettermen.
Dayum! I hate to do this to you, but I’m gonna be stealing that!
