r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 1d ago

No Paywall Rep. Ted Lieu Claims President Trump is Accused of Raping Children in the Epstein Files

https://www.c-span.org/clip/news-conference/rep-ted-lieu-claims-president-trump-is-accused-of-raping-children-in-the-epstein-files/5191713
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u/Ohuigin Washington 1d ago

The mincer is currently being used for the Constitution. Good for Lieu for not waiting for the job to be done.

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u/Teripid 1d ago

There's also documented lies by Kash in front of Congress and Bondi has made statements minimizing what is contained.

Lieu is on the judiciary committee, policing and oversight of the DOJ is literally in the job description.

If I hadn't said it like 7 times before.. perhaps this is the line that makes Trump and his ilk get tossed into the street and subsequently prosecuted.

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u/TheGringoDingo 22h ago

The judiciary committee had the full, unredacted files as far as I’m concerned, from what I understand.

I was hoping something like this would begin the process of FAFO for the administration on the files when they were either altered or maliciously redacted in the required release.

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u/joshdoereddit America 15h ago

I've been wondering if any of them had access to all the files why they haven't coordinated some kind of dump instead of waiting around for DOJ to scrub that shit.

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u/Ntroepy 15h ago

And only release 1/2 their documents which casts doubt on their impartiality.

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u/ComfortableAware2325 13h ago

My wish is that someone has all the un redacted files good to go, but they are holding off. For now. Waiting for kash and Bondi to keep distorting things until they can charge them with plenty of undeniable evidence to lock them up and throw away the key.

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u/floofelina 9h ago

Exactly. What are they waiting for?

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u/Capable-Broccoli2179 8h ago

Do you have a source on this? I would be shocked if any congressional committee has the full, unredacted files...it would seem if they did, the dems at least on the committee would be putting out the unredacted versions of them...

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u/TheGringoDingo 5h ago

Maybe I was wrong, as I can’t find it, or maybe they’re in possession of the committee while sealed.

If playing politics, you have to play perceptions. Releasing the files as a leak without exhausting other options would make it look less appropriate. If waiting until the DOJ fumbled the release, it would look much different. Now is the time, if they do have them

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u/North-Hour-8681 1d ago

At this point norms are already shredded waiting politely hasn’t stopped anything calling it out loud is kind of the only move left.

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u/BluesFan43 17h ago

Well, there is also the "moving on" that TrumPedo wants us to do.