American people want the truth, but the continue investigation will keep it center.

Unfortunately the one sided investigations won't include the fact that shithole is a dirty man-child, but the American people know better.

Keep the focus on any famous democrats he can smear.

And it will work, to some extent, for a while. The media will insist they can't ignore those stories, even if, as is so often the case, they come without a shred of evidence.

Was thinking these things as well. If some version of the files are ever released it will be heavily redacted and edited.

Keep the heat turned up

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Look on the bright side, please.

All the noise may be meaningless but it keeps the issue in front.
Burying it was the entire point of every single insane action he's taken since January.
He can win a battle, but the war is lost to him and all the oligarchs who were part of the world's biggest scandal ever.

If he still won't sign it, that just increases pressure.

Lots of hype lots of expectations lots of talk of the down fall of trump. Lots that will just be redacted or completely lied about by a corrupt justice department

The value in this particular exercise will be that it shines a glaring beam onto those who are in the business of protecting the pedophile network of wealthy and powerful men and women who need to be held to account. EU countries don't fuck around and they have a far higher success rate in bringing the wealthy and powerful to account, including prison time and massive record-breaking fines than we have here for the past few decades.

I'm ready for it, shit, I'll even brush up on my reading comprehension skills in a couple languages just for the fun of it so I can read the news abroad better.

That after stalling and fighting the release for months Trump comes out and says vote for it and it basically passes unanimously a couple days later. Something seems off. Is it because the files have been redacted? I doubt it, too many people have seen them that would know. I think it’s because of the ongoing investigations Trump knows they aren’t going to be released in full.

"I'll release the tax returns as soon as the audits are concluded".

He decided to champion it. Reagan opposed the MLK Jr holiday but once it passed with veto proof majorities he made a pretty speech about how great it was to honor MLK Jr.

A two-thirds Congressional majority can override a "conventional" presidential veto.

To prevent shenanigans.

Both sides have done this

I think that’s the one they agreed to use

So if he blocks the files , people will come out with what's in them

If he does either of the things the original op suggests, people will believe that is a sign screaming "GUILTY!!"

That says all you need to know about the United States and its worthless Christian values. Trump can stick the files down there in his Florida hillbilly mansion's bathroom. He and the GOP can't hide what he is.

We also have eye witness accounts -

At some point -

The women can start naming names, dates, and descriptions of genitals.

All's fair and whatnot.

From the actual text of the bill:

The language in the bill was crafted very carefully on purpose. Note the law only allows withholding info as part of a federal investigation, if the withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary.

That means they can not just put out a blanket claim that all the files can't be released because they are part of a federal investigation. Only files relevant to a very narrowly focused investigation can be withheld and even then, only temporarily - not until the end of time.

Massie has made it clear that he intends to hold the administration accountable to follow the specifics in the law and will sue immediately if/when they don't. Yes, that may take some time to resolve (if it comes to that), but I'm confident it will ultimately result in the courts forcing the files to be released.

and my guess is it prevents him from wielding the same amount leverage he had only two months ago, and that handful will only get smaller.