Senate GOP narrowly defeats amendment directing Justice Department to release Epstein files

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly voted to table an amendment directing the Department of Justice to release all the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) ambushed them with a procedural maneuver that left Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) fuming.

But the 51-49 vote revealed the deep divisions that persist within the party over how to handle the Epstein files amid loud calls from MAGA voters for more transparency.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R), a rising conservative star from Missouri, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a prominent libertarian-leaning conservative, broke with GOP leaders and voted against tabling the Epstein amendment.

“This has been my consistent position,” Hawley told reporters after voting. “My position has long been I think we ought to release those files and trust the American people, just like we did with the MLK files and the JFK files. I think this is a similar deal.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-gop-narrowly-defeats-amendment-221407451.html

[democratsruletheday]

1. sorry to be so cynical BUT....

does anyone think there's anything in there about Trump? We know it was already removed. There's nothing left to see...it's all been scrubbed and that's as close to a fact as possible.

[MaineBlueBear]

2. Epstein ordered tRump scrubbed from the books

In 2006

[rzemanfl]

3. They should put Kirk's name on a bill and have the

Repukes vote against that.

[Dock_Yard]

5. Disgusting, useless cowards

GOP = Guardians Of Pedophiles

Congrats to Hawley and Rand, two feckless bozos for whom I ordinarily have complete angst, for standing up on this.

Yet, Collins, Murkowski, Tillis, etc ... They're not "concerned"??

[ffr]

6. Those two breaking are not really, because the GOP gives them leeway when it doesn't matter

In this case, the GOP had the votes to prevent the American people from knowing more about their pedophile president. So, two voting with Americans, doesn't matter.