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    1. It’s only the „11th hour“ because the GOP is literally running away. But it’s not like they come back in September and it’s too late to demand release anymore.

    2. „Democrats are launching a last-minute effort to subpoena the Department of Justice for its files on [Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.axios.com/2025/07/22/ghislaine-maxwell-subpoena-trump-congress) before the House leaves for its five-week summer recess.

      „It is not clear how Republicans will respond after spending the last two weeks [blocking similar Democratic efforts](https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/epstein-house-democrats-republicans-trump-doj) at President Trump’s urging“.

      „Trump and his GOP allies in Congress have faced an uproar from their MAGA base after the DOJ said earlier this month that Epstein had no „client list“ and died by suicide.“

      „Democrats have spent the ensuing weeks gleefully forcing Republicans to go on the record opposing rogue measures to force the release of the documents.“

      **“** Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), the ranking member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, introduced a motion to subpoena the documents during an unrelated hearing on immigration.“

      „She and other Democrats noted that a majority of Republicans on the panel are members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus who have made the Epstein matter a cause célèbre for years.“

      „*The Republican members of the committee, including the chair, have all called to release the Epstein files, so now they have an opportunity to make true on their words,“ said Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the full Oversight Committee*.

      „Republicans on the subcommittee were seemingly blindsided by the move.“

      „Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), the chair of the subcommittee, suspended the motion until the end of the hearing.“

      „Most Republicans weren’t present when Lee made the motion, and some conceded they were caught off guard. „First time I’ve heard of it,“ Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) told reporters while entering the hearing room.“

    3. JohnnieCochring on

      The only reason anyone would oppose this is if they have something to hide.

    4. It blows my mind that it took this whole Epstein scandal to wake up some people in the government to what’s been going on. You would think snatching people off the road and throwing them into detention centers with no justification and no due process would matter, but it doesn’t. It turns out it’s the Epstein files. Don’t give me wrong if there is stuff in there, we do need to know, but I’m just surprised that it took this far of everything that he’s done for people to even start turning against him and we’re only just now six months in.

    5. splycedaddy on

      “It is not clear how Republicans will respond after spending the last two weeks blocking similar Democratic efforts”

      Journalism at its finest. When things literally couldnt be clearer.

    6. Nigeltown55 on

      They need to find some better fucking angles here. They are so incredibly inept and timid.

    7. Can they not just keep calling for quorum and try to require them to meet?

    8. MakeAmerica1999Again on

      https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

      https://5calls.org/issue/release-epstein-files/

      Ask your nearest republican representative why they are running interference for a child rapist and sex criminal. Tell their staffer who answers the phone they will have a hard time getting work after supporting a pedophile enabler. Flood their zone. No intern wants to take calls saying their boss is a freak. If we can’t take them out at the top, we can at least demoralize and disincentivize anyone from helping them. These people need to know how radioactive they are. Donald Trump raped children.

    9. Wonderful_Hope4364 on

      Bro so what? I’m not speculating: literally nothing ever happens to this guy. So freaking what?

    10. No-Cup-8096 on

      The Group of Pedophiles will cover for themselves and donors. This is a sick group of people.

    11. Fit-Implement-8151 on

      Take the kid gloves off. Straight up call him a pedophile. Oh he wants to claim libel? Welcome to discovery.

    12. SquarebobSpongepants on

      Only thing Republicans love more than pedophiles is protecting them. I’m sure they’ll block this and call it “performative politics”

    13. butwhyisitso on

      Dont hold your breath, Democrats aren’t the heroes we wish they were or desperately need. There are more names on that list than Trump and i bet some of them are very wealthy and influential. Clinton, duh, but probably others that are less obvious. Damn them all. We are better off without ANY of them.

    14. Dems should be treating this like Republicans did with Benghazi. It always appears that they are allergic to doing politics.

    15. How are republicans doing the mental gymnastics that it’s totally okay that the republicans in our government are supporting pedophiles?

    16. Enough_Translator267 on

      Idk.. for me it feels like if party members are absent for a vote, it’s on them. Plenty of things have been voted for without a full head count. It’s literally their fucking job to vote on shit on behalf of we the people.

    17. Nice

      Good to see a “little bit” of fight.

      Be good to see a whole lot more. 

    18. Cocoononthemoon on

      This needs to be made the reason they lose the midterms. It’s just blatant proof of how they operate and we can’t let that be missed

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