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Bill will force release of documents related to late pedophile after Trump and allies backed down from opposition

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill with nearly unanimous support that will force the release of investigative files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, after Donald Trump and his Republican allies backed down from their opposition amid a scandal that has dogged the president since his return to the White House.

The Epstein case returned dramatically to the public eye in July, when the justice department and FBI released a memo saying they had nothing further to disclose about the investigation. That flew in the face of statements made by Trump and his top officials that indicated they would release more information about Epstein’s offenses and ties to global elites once they took office.

Shortly after, four dissident Republicans in the House and all Democrats banded together to force a vote on a bill to release the investigative files, over Johnson’s objections.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The final vote was 427:1. Almost all Republicans voted for the discharge petition.

[–] RudeOnTuesdays@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh okay. I got confused reading the article then.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago

Yeah, 4 republicans crossed the aisle to sign the discharge petition with every democrat and force the vote. Once they did that, nearly every republican voted with the democrats in favor of the bill. Because a vote against it would be a vote to protect pedophiles and even MAGA voters can't twist themselves into enough of a pretzel to vote for a representative who does that.