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2. Epstein files

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 04:06 PM

Oct 2025

Congress cannot force the release of the files even if both chambers vote for it. The point of the discharge petition is to force House Republicans to decide if they are more loyal to Trump or to the overwhelming majority of their constituents who want the files released. Needless to say, House republicans desperately want to avoid that decision

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