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Go Rep. Melanie Stansbury! (Original Post) Tanuki 17 hrs ago OP
Wow! Lefta Dissenter 17 hrs ago #1
It's the truth............... Lovie777 16 hrs ago #2
Deafie here. No closed captions could you summarize, please? tblue37 16 hrs ago #3
There is a transcript here: Bristlecone 16 hrs ago #6
Thanks! calimary 9 hrs ago #19
Thanks! tblue37 8 hrs ago #21
Rep. Stansbury's message requires no guesswork. democrank 16 hrs ago #4
Here, in part: Tanuki 16 hrs ago #5
Thanks! tblue37 8 hrs ago #22
She is great Tadams01KC 16 hrs ago #7
This fine post reminds me to give a DU heart to my good friend. NNadir 15 hrs ago #8
🌸🥰😺 Tanuki 15 hrs ago #12
How long have Dems been saying this? mwmisses4289 15 hrs ago #9
Thank you Rep Stansbury! Proud to have you as my Rep! Clouds Passing 15 hrs ago #10
I second that--Love having Rep Stansbury as our rep lindalou65 13 hrs ago #17
Absolutely a Great Rep--Glad to get to vote for her. n/t marked50 8 hrs ago #20
More! VGuerra276 15 hrs ago #11
She is a Dem LearnedHand 14 hrs ago #13
...... wolfie001 3 hrs ago #24
Glad they are finally starting to wake the fuck up relayerbob 14 hrs ago #14
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe 14 hrs ago #15
He's guilty as fuck MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #16
A powerful statement in the face of a massive cover up dlk 13 hrs ago #18
Kudos! She's really been speaking out! Rhiannon12866 4 hrs ago #23
This lady is tough as nails! wolfie001 3 hrs ago #25
You go girl WmChris 2 hrs ago #26

democrank

(12,417 posts)
4. Rep. Stansbury's message requires no guesswork.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:26 AM
16 hrs ago

We’re on the right track. Display courage, sharpen those messages. Don’t create an opportunity for wiggle room.

Tanuki

(16,364 posts)
5. Here, in part:
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:30 AM
16 hrs ago
https://www.tricityrecordnm.com/articles/rep-stansbury-releases-statement-following-ghislaine-maxwells-deposition/
..."During the deposition, Maxwell invoked blanket Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions from the Committee. After the deposition, her lawyer made public the statement he gave in the deposition, stating that she will only provide an unfiltered account if she receives clemency.

“As was evidenced this morning, Ghislaine Maxwell did not provide information to the committee and instead invoked her blanket Fifth Amendment rights,” Rep. Stansbury said. “While we are not able to speak to the specifics of what was said within the deposition until the deposition record is made public, it is very clear that she used this opportunity to not only campaign for clemency as she has been doing, but also to send a direct message that she is hoping that people who were sitting in the deposition will transmit to the president of the United States: which is that her silence can be bought through clemency.”

Stansbury said she remains committed to seeking justice for the survivors, holding those who committed those heinous crimes accountable, and those who have been actively engaged in a cover-up of this case and lied to the American people.

“Let us be clear that Donald Trump is not only named thousands of times in the latest release from the Department of Justice, but he is named over 38,000 times in the files that were released two weeks ago alone,” Stansbury said. “And we know that that only represents half of the files that the Department of Justice has in its possession, including files that were used for direct investigations of perpetrators, people who committed crimes, people who were co-conspirators in those crimes, and individuals who knew of those crimes. … We know that there are more than three dozen associates, family members, and individuals directly associated with Donald Trump named in those files.”

relayerbob

(7,398 posts)
14. Glad they are finally starting to wake the fuck up
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:10 AM
14 hrs ago

Long way to go, but if this brings down the perps, where ever they are, then it's about time.

dlk

(13,195 posts)
18. A powerful statement in the face of a massive cover up
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:30 AM
13 hrs ago

America doesn’t have a stong track record of holding highly placed criminals accountable. One hand generally washes the other.

My hope is that with strong, determined and outspoken women, such as Stansbury, and others, justice might finally be served.

wolfie001

(7,387 posts)
25. This lady is tough as nails!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:57 PM
3 hrs ago

That stupid rePUKE congresscritter that snatched her sign on the House floor I love how she gets under their fascist pig skin.

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