Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein files vote - as GOP leaders brace for mass defections
(CNN) House Speaker Mike Johnson decided to quickly schedule a House vote on an effort to force the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files once the calculation was made that it couldnt be stopped.
The decision marked a shift in strategy for Johnson and the White House, who had long sought to delay the process, three sources told CNN.
House GOP leaders are bracing for a significant number of Republicans to break from President Donald Trump and support the bipartisan bill led by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna calling for the Justice Department to release the Epstein files as supporters push for a veto-proof majority.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/johnson-shifts-strategy-epstein-files-223104680.html
surfered
(10,347 posts)SheltieLover
(75,105 posts)cstanleytech
(28,052 posts)Sneederbunk
(16,980 posts)Bluetus
(1,933 posts)so that Republicans would not have to be on record.
Fortunately the House is not run by Schumer. If Schumer were running that, he would have agreed to a voice vote under the theory that we have to protect Bill Clinton or something.
IronLionZion
(50,362 posts)Megyn Kelly is on the record on her show trying to minimize the crimes like a true deplorable.
Lovie777
(21,151 posts)3825-87867
(1,719 posts)something smells rotten in D.C!
Heard a rumor the Powers That Be ordered a million bucks worth of paper shredders, 200,000 gallons of gas , a new larger, "more comfortable" coffin for the Latest Ex Ms. Trump and a total renovation for part of the First Tee of his NJ golf course. He's also de-turfing some old land and putting up The Ivana Parking Lot! (Giant Stadium was full!)
YodaMom2
(138 posts)with the 1,000+ FBI agents that *sshole had combing through the records, Id be willing to bet that whatever is released will be so heavily redacted that it will be unreadable.
Justice matters.
(9,119 posts)Ethical FBI agents who really don't like the criminal bondi-patel-bongino cover up just waiting for the right moment to be 'anonymous' leakers... (to help save democracy and be Heroes).
Bluetus
(1,933 posts)The redactions will mostly be obvious that they involved Trump. And the redactions may look worse than the truth for Trump. The committee will be able to subpoena testimony from the lawyers who scrubbed this stuff.
The bigger issue is that Trump's Doj has probably already destroyed the most incriminating evidence. These people are completely lawless.
Baitball Blogger
(51,477 posts)NH Ethylene
(31,259 posts)diane in sf
(4,201 posts)KS Toronado
(22,126 posts)Skittles
(168,672 posts)they have been covering for Trump instead of serving WE THE PEOPLE
Fil1957
(407 posts)several months...
sdfernando
(5,974 posts)is protecting pedophiles....FULL STOP!
The campaign ads will write themselves and should be plastered everywhere in every one of their districts. Online ads, social media campaigns, TV/cable, EVERYWHERE! Make them OWN this vote and see how many get reelected....that along with the dummymandering in Texas could swing the house way over to the Democratic side
young_at_heart
(3,984 posts)Just listening to him speak makes my blood pressure rise.....something I can't afford to have happen!
Zorro
(18,181 posts)OLDMDDEM
(2,940 posts)Bluetus
(1,933 posts)This vote puts the pedo enablers on record. And most MAGA people seem to still be strongly in the camp to release the files. Some of them evidently believe it will nail Hunter Biden or Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter or something, but not Trump. But many other MAGA people have had enough of Trump. That seems to be where MTG is, and there are many MAGA people in her camp.
The key will be how many Republicans in the House vote for release. If it is only the 4 who signed the petition, then nothing will come as a result. It will never get a vote in the Senate.
But let's say 50 Republicans in the House vote against Trump . In that case, this could spook the Senate Republicans. I mean, we just had a very lopsided election that would have been an historic disaster for Republicans if it were the mid-terms. If this is closely followed by the House throwing Trump under the bus, that could set many things in motion, including some Cabinet members and Vance distancing themselves from Poison Don.
And remember that the FBI has been showing Republicans evidence (pictures) that everyone describes as much worse than anything that has been reported publicly. If Senators see that evidence and also see the House running away from Trump, even thing could change quickly. We could very plausibly see that Watergate-style call on the President, "Sir, I'm afraid there are not the votes to save you. You have to resign."
Everybody hates Trump, with the possible exception of Miller. If they see him wobbly, they will want to finish him off.
BlueWavePsych
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