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The Latest: Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted Epstein files
(www.independent.co.uk)
Read them out on the House floor.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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That's swell that someone outside the DOJ/FBI can see the names and all, but functionally that sounds about as useful as nobody having seen the names at all. What's a lawmaker going to do? Those aren't rhetorical questions, I really wanna know what can be achieved outta it, because I don't see any gain.
They can't make copies or show their own staff, yet they'd be functionally expected to comb through everything on their own. All multimillion files, and through layers of added burecracy that make it difficult for anyone to view. We know lawmakers aren't exactly known for being the most thought-out, so I don't forecast they'll do much more than Ctrl + F.
On a side note, the ABC News article on this subject says Epstein killed himself. Completely irrelevant to what the post is about, but dang nabbit ABC, y'all are better than this.