The cracks in Trump’s cover-up of Epstein have been forming and growing for months. Next week will finally be the time when all this comes to light.
None of this would have happened without four House Republicans defying Trump and signing the discharge petition to force a vote on legislation requiring the DOJ to release the records.
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Democrats would not have obtained the necessary number of signatures without Reps. Massie, Greene, Boebert and Mace sticking to their decision and not giving in to pressure from Trump to remove their names from the discharge petition.
The House vote will take place this week, and although passage by the House will not allow the records to be released, an important vote will put pressure on the Senate to vote on the measure as well. If the bill were to pass the Senate, Trump would be forced to veto it, which would expose his Epstein cover-up.
Rep. Thomas Massie was on ABC’s This Week where he was asked, “President Trump fought long and hard to prevent your impeachment petition from passing. You won that battle. Now what happens? How many Republicans in the House are following your lead and challenging the president on this?”
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