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Chasstev365

(6,706 posts) Wed Nov 12, 2025, 06:27 AM 18 hrs ago

The Epstein "Mueller Report" Files

Many are a buzz with Congress back in session and the looming release of the Epstein Files.

Does anyone really believe Trump's DOJ with release anything but a heavily redacted, "outline of the events", with glaring omissions? And Trump will drag out the release of the unredacted version in court like the Mother Fucker always does. Hell, we STILL haven't seen the unredacted Mueller Report or Jack Smith's report. (Fuck You Milquetoast Garland)

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The Epstein "Mueller Report" Files (Original Post) Chasstev365 18 hrs ago OP

There is no "looming release of the Epstein Files" Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #1

I don't think that's how a discharge petition works. It's not passing law, but I may be wrong. Chasstev365 16 hrs ago #2

You are wrong Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #3

No need to say "You're wrong"; I stated I may be wrong in my response, but thanks for the information. Chasstev365 13 hrs ago #4

????? You said you may be wrong. I was simply confirming that. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #5

If so, what are we fighting for? Why are politicians calling for a vote to release when they know it won't happen? Hotler 13 hrs ago #6

Wiz Imp

(8,081 posts)

1. There is no "looming release of the Epstein Files"

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:05 AM

17 hrs ago

The bill passing the House will not require the files to be released. It must also pass the Senate and be signed by Trump (which will never happen) to become law.

Chasstev365

(6,706 posts)

2. I don't think that's how a discharge petition works. It's not passing law, but I may be wrong.

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:46 AM

16 hrs ago

Wiz Imp

(8,081 posts)

3. You are wrong

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 11:06 AM

14 hrs ago

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/12/house-epstein-files-vote-00647392

Here’s how the House battle over the Epstein files will play out
The completion of the discharge petition, a rarely used mechanism to sidestep the majority party leadership, will trigger a countdown for the bill to hit the House floor. It will still take seven legislative days for the petition to ripen, after which Johnson will have two legislative days to schedule a vote. Senior Republican and Democratic aides estimate a floor vote will come the first week of December, after the Thanksgiving recess.

The discharge petition tees up a “rule,” a procedural measure setting the terms of debate for the Epstein bill’s consideration on the House floor. This gives the effort’s leaders greater control over the bill, which will still require Senate approval if it passes the House.

Senate Republican leaders haven’t publicly committed to bringing up the Epstein measure if the House passes it. Republicans expect it will die in the Senate, but not before a contentious House fight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_petition

In United States parliamentary procedure, a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution.

Between 1931 and 2003, 563 discharge petitions were filed, of which only 47 obtained the required majority of signatures. The House voted for discharge 26 times and passed 19 of the measures, but only two have become law. However, the threat of a discharge petition has caused the leadership to relent several times; such petitions are dropped only because the leadership allowed the bill to move forward, rendering the petition superfluous. Overall, either the petition was completed or else the measure made it to the floor by other means in 16 percent of cases.