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YOU KNEW Trump had an escape hatch in his "RELEASE the Epstein files, NOTHING to hide" order...right?
I've predicted this from the start, as have other DUers.On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump called on GOP lawmakers to “vote to release the Epstein files,” writing that the “House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to.” It’s this phrasing, however, that (journalist Adam) Cochran highlighted as a “red flag.”
“The Oversight Committee is allowed to get information from the [Justice Department] on ‘active’ cases that the rest of Congress cannot get. BUT, a number of different rules allow the DOJ to withhold information ‘at their discretion’ without even informing Oversight,” Cochran wrote Monday in a social media post on X.
“The Oversight Committee is allowed to get information from the [Justice Department] on ‘active’ cases that the rest of Congress cannot get. BUT, a number of different rules allow the DOJ to withhold information ‘at their discretion’ without even informing Oversight,” Cochran wrote Monday in a social media post on X.
“So by saying ‘Oversight’ can have ‘what they are legally entitled to,’ Trump is saying he intends to have DOJ provide Oversight selective files and withhold the rest under ‘active investigation’ terms – possibly without even revealing that to Oversight.”
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2674302241/
“The Oversight Committee is allowed to get information from the [Justice Department] on ‘active’ cases that the rest of Congress cannot get. BUT, a number of different rules allow the DOJ to withhold information ‘at their discretion’ without even informing Oversight,” Cochran wrote Monday in a social media post on X.
“The Oversight Committee is allowed to get information from the [Justice Department] on ‘active’ cases that the rest of Congress cannot get. BUT, a number of different rules allow the DOJ to withhold information ‘at their discretion’ without even informing Oversight,” Cochran wrote Monday in a social media post on X.
“So by saying ‘Oversight’ can have ‘what they are legally entitled to,’ Trump is saying he intends to have DOJ provide Oversight selective files and withhold the rest under ‘active investigation’ terms – possibly without even revealing that to Oversight.”
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2674302241/
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