Post by @MicroWave@lemmy.world

2026-11-06 01:21 UTC

Massie says he has enough signatures to force vote on Epstein files Representative Thomas Massie, who pushed for the original Epstein Files Transparency Act, has a new bill he’s going to force through the House. “When we return next week, we’ll get 218 signatures for Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which guarantees a vote,” Massie wrote Thursday on X. “Survivors will be able to get their own records, State Attorneys General can prosecute crimes, and we can take the DOJ to court for keeping critical files hidden.” Massie, who has made an enemy of Trump by opposing the Iran war and pushing for the full release of the Epstein files, first passed the Epstein Transparency Act in November 2025. And though President Trump signed it into law, Massie, Democrats, and a few Republicans argue that his administration didn’t fully abide with what the act required. “The Department of Justice has flagrantly and consistently ignored EFTA’s disclosure requirements,” Massie wrote earlier this summer in his announcement of the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, co-sponsored by Democratic Senators Ben Ray Luján and Jeff Merkley, and Democratic Representatives Ro Khanna and Teresa Leger Fernández.

Replies (8)

@hectocotylus@sh.itjust.works 2026-11-06 03:14

If you think the files should be released just fucking do it already. You have the files. If there is anything in them that can remove pedophiles from the world just release it, fuck needing a vote. This statement only proves you are part of the problem. If you really cared it would be done already.

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@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2026-11-06 01:31

I dont give a fuck if heʻs a republican. This guy did what you are supposed to do when you lose an election, and fucking push like youʻve got nothing left to lose. Heʻs probably a piece of shit in every other regard. But he has not wavered on this.

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@mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2026-11-06 03:11

Is the idea that it’s like pull starting a lawnmower? You have to do it a few times before it takes and the engine turns over?

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@BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 2026-11-06 04:59

This is NOT a Priority! -LITERALLY Hakeem Jeffries!

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@clanker_victim_555@lemmy.world 2026-11-06 05:25

What makes you think ole yam tits will obey this law more than the last one?

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@TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2026-11-06 06:26

Shredders are going to be working overtime in the DOJ and FBI

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@artyom@piefed.social 2026-11-06 06:39

So he’s going to make it double-illegal? What am I missing?

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@blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2026-11-07 03:13

“In February 2017, Massie introduced a one-page bill that would abolish the United States Department of Education, and cosponsored a bill that would abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.” Just remember, he’s still a massive twat. He occasionally does things that are less twat-like, but that isn’t anything to get excited about.

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