Congress just Forced Trump to Release the Epstein Files

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The bill to release the Epstein files arrived on Trump’s desk today, and by the time you’re watching this, he may have already signed it.
It’s been a long road up to this point; we’ve gone through over five months of feet-dragging, deflection, diversion, distraction and denial from Trump and the Republicans.
But yesterday, every single lawmaker in the House save for one — Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins — voted in favor.
And almost immediately after that, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer fasttracked passage of the bill by a procedure known as unanimous consent.
Basically it meant that as soon as the House bill reached the Senate, it automatically passed without any debate, delay or revisions.
And for that to happen, everyone wasn’t required to vote yes; it just required nobody to object.
though that also meant Senators didn’t have to go on the record with a “yes” or “no” vote like House lawmakers did.
And when asked why he opted for that tradeoff, Schumer explained:
“Because we want to get this done, and if there would have been allowed amendments they could have delayed it, and if you have amendments guess where it goes? Not to the president’s desk. To the House. And the House, who knows what they’d do with it.”
And according to Reuters, ever since the discharge petition setting all this in motion passed, White House aides had been trying to get the Senate to amend the bill when it arrived.
With them reportedly encouraging senators to frame any slowdown as responsible oversight and circulating talking points to vulnerable Republicans.
But by Sunday, they realized that wasn’t working, so Trump endorsed the bill, and despite House Speaker Mike Johnson urging the Senate to amend it yesterday, majority leader John Thune didn’t put up a fight.
With Republican Thomas Massie giving his opinion on why his own party had such a change of heart.

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