House Speaker Mike Johnson is about to have an Epstein vote crammed down his throat.
Can’t Hide Forever
To avoid a binding vote that would force release of the Epstein files, Speaker Johnson sent the House home early for summer recess.
That’s a move that can work precisely one time. Once the House is back in session, Johnson will face the issue again.
12 Republicans Want the Epstein Files Released
The Wall Street Journal reports Why These 12 Republicans Want the Epstein Files Released
A dozen House Republicans from different corners of the party are defying President Trump and party leadership to back a bipartisan effort seeking more information relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The bill led by Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) would demand that the attorney general disclose all materials from the federal investigation into Epstein, with some exceptions to protect victims’ identities and redact explicit material. Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.), the lead Democrat on the measure, said he expects all Democrats and some Republicans will sign on to their discharge petition to force a vote over the objections of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.).
Johnson has criticized the Massie measure as poorly crafted and favors allowing a vote on an alternative, nonbinding measure. Johnson said on CNN he wants “everything to come out about the Epstein evils that is possible to be released.” Trump has called the Epstein files a “hoax.”
A possible vote would come in September, once lawmakers are back from August recess.
The List of 12
- Rep. Tom Barrett (R., Mich.), 44: “There are too many questions and not enough answers about the Epstein files. I agree that it’s time to release them, which is why I put my name on a resolution to force their release and give the American people the transparency they deserve.”
- Rep. Lauren Boebert (R., Colo.), 38: “We want to see the list. Period. I don’t care what names are on it. I want to see what names are on it and why.”
- Rep. Tim Burchett (R., Tenn.), 60: “Ultimately, I don’t answer to the president or the voters. I’m going to answer to my maker as a Christian.”
- Rep. Eric Burlison (R., Mo.), 48: “This is not about politics. It’s about principle. When government hides abuse, it’s our job to uncover it.”
- Rep. Eli Crane (R., Ariz.), 45: “I believe transparency should be the hallmark of every administration whether they’re Democrat or Republican.”
- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.), 51: “I will never protect pedophiles or the elites and their circles.”
- Rep. Nancy Mace (R., S.C.), 47: “I’ve always been an advocate for women and children. The Jeffrey Epstein case is no different. I want to see arrests.”
- Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.), 54: “This transcends all other issues. This is about whether there’s an elite and powerful group of people who are above the law or whether they answer to the law. And that’s what this is about. And right now, anybody who wants to subvert or keep the Epstein files secret, they are on the wrong side.”
- Rep. Max Miller (R., Ohio), 36: “I believe in transparency and delivering the truth to the American people.”
- Rep. Cory Mills (R., Fla.), 45: “This is a bipartisan issue, where no one wants to see women and children being sexually exploited, trafficked or in some way having this predatory manner. And so I think that it’s a universal thing, that we want those who have actually committed these types of crimes to be held accountable.”
- Rep. Keith Self (R., Texas), 72: “We want transparency and accountability and justice. We want to expose the criminals and we want to protect the victims, because let’s just be honest. Some people may have flown on the plane, but they’re not charged and did nothing wrong. But we want accountability.”
- Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R., N.J.), 72: “The American people deserve full transparency.”
I like Jeff Van Drew’s reason the best. It’s simple and to the point. “The American people deserve full transparency.”
Transparent Lie of the Day Award
- Speaker Johnson: wants “everything to come out about the Epstein evils that is possible to be released.”
- Trump says “It’s a hoax”.
If it’s all a hoax, that’s easy to prove. Release the files so everyone can see what’s inside.
Johnson is a pathetic liar. He recessed the House early to avoid a vote. And now Johnson supports a “nonbinding effort”.
It’s clear that Trump and Johnson are protecting someone or ones.
Let the chips fall where they may.
The Vote
To force a vote in the House of Representatives by bypassing the Speaker, a majority of members must sign a discharge petition. This requires 218 signatures from the 435 voting members.
As of August 4, 2025, the House has 219 Republicans and 212 Democrats. There are also four vacant seats, according to Congress.gov.
Therefore, to reach the 218 signatures necessary to force a vote, Democrats would need all 212 of their members to sign the petition, and then at least 6 Republicans would need to join them (212 + 6 = 218).
At least six of the above 12 seems likely.
Importantly, if the House of Representatives votes to release the Epstein files, the Senate does not have to approve.
From AI:
Releasing Congressional Records: The process of releasing congressional records, such as those that might be considered “Epstein files” if they are under congressional control, would be governed by the rules and procedures of the chamber holding those records, says Congress.gov.
If the House were to vote to release files held by the executive branch (like the Justice Department or FBI), the House might utilize its oversight powers, such as issuing subpoenas to compel the release of those records. The executive branch may then choose to comply or challenge the subpoena in court.
Bring it on.
Trump is protecting himself and/or other high-ranking Republicans. We deserve to know who.
“The American people deserve full transparency,” nothing less.
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What does the release mean when everyone in power has had the opportunity to tamper with evidence?
… and has no motivation to comply with any law.
Congress votes on a lot of things, but congress has no police force or army.
We’re all so screwed.
Whenever American politics takes irrational zig zags that must at all cost stay out of the public domain, the reason is Israel.
Speaker Johnson is celebrating American homage to Israel right now at the wailing wall, in support of the Murder Entity™.
“Mrs Horseface (MTG), what if Trump is implicated in the Epstein Files, would you still want them released?”
Since Trump has targeted MTG in the primaries, all the more reason fir her to support releasing the files, moron.
There sure is a lot of various activity on all sides of this. Biggest blackmail caper ever, and still paying off huge.
Just maybe, Trump is baiting and setting a trap with himself as the bait.
When the SHTF it will be glorious.
Maybe Trump pimped teenaged Mar a Lago employees to Epstein.
Bingo!
Trump even complained that Epstein “Stole” his little girls…
President Pederast
Note to Donald Trump.
If it is a hoax, release all of the files ~ without any redactions.
Not one, protect no-one…
Anyone that votes to keep this information away from the public ~ is directly complicit in the crimes and should be held accountable in a criminal court.
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Mossad is who he is covering for.
Time to root the evil out and expose it to the blazing sunshine…
You don’t want the “alleged victims’” names redacted?
At this point, I want no excuses for anyone to redact anything.
Wouldn’t it be fun to see the Republicans finally get Clinton but see Trump fall in flames from the same sky!
The yellow wood chippers at the local public works yards can easily be painted red and blue. it’s just a matter of run time between oil changes.
The politician are oily enough to make the process self-lubricating.
Does it have to go through the senate/ can trump veto/ who will the doj redact: stall etc.
trump learned all his moves from roger stone. Accuse your accusers of what your guilty off.
Or something like that. The have been acusing dems for being pedos for years.
The start of Rr’s comment gets to the issue I was thinking about – is this something US congress controls? Can they make a law tomorrow, like New York Times must release all letters to the editor from 1972? How whould it be enforced? US Senate tomorrow could vote that everyone brings a tuna sandwich to work on Friday, what happens if I show up with PBJ?
I think they are avoiding their actual job, a more difficult one, managing the public budget for the worlds largest economy. Do a little more of that please.
The budget/deficit are hopeless. Any attempt to fix it will just blow things up even sooner.
Mish assumes that all or most Democrats will vote to release the Epstein files. I hope he’s right. However, in a close vote, it’s not unlikely that just enough Democratic sell-outs will doom Massie’s bill. If the Democrats do stick together and pass Massie’s bill, that would be sign that Democrats just might rise from the ashes after all….
Correct. I doubt there will be unilateral support from the Democrats, especially since a lot of their friends — *ahem* donors — are probably on this “list”.
Some Democrat rep who’s not seeking reelection or is firmly ensconced in a deep blue state will vote against it due to it being “a national security risk”.
I agree. On matters regarding Israel, they always make sure enough Jews vote against Israel to avoid it being a strictly Jewish issue. Gives the Jewish members cover with their base.
Ultimately, the attempt to cover up Epstein blackmail is to protect the gangster operation of the state of Israel.
That’s more intriguing than all the noise about protecting the vulnerable. I’m not too upset over 17-year-old prosties making a few bucks off a billionaire but nefarious connections are another thing.
I’m no expert on the subject, but I imagine that bribery, blackmail, threats, intimidation, and violence have been the means of control for millennia. It’s a gangster world.
I spell nefarious connections differently, like this “The USA making itself Israel’s bitch”
How appropriate that Mike Johnson called the recess to keep a lid on the truth that Epstein was arranging for statutory rapes of 15 year olds on behalf of a Mossad blackmail scheme…and then went to the district he represents–Israel–rather than home to Louisiana, from when he was elected.
Hidden in plain sight.
Well he is speaker of the Knesset, I mean House.
President said NO.
These people are idiots. They don’t understand what president said NO.
HUNDREDS of underaged girls
OVER 20 years.
On the remote PRIVATE ISLAND and MANSIONS around the country.
Transported by PRIVATE JETS and RECORDED on PAPER and TAPES.
Supported and protected by world class INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
Involving PRESIDENTS and PRINCES and HIGH PROFILES
Don’t you understand? Idiots.
But Trump said it is a hoax so all of his voters are required to stick their heads in the sand and obey their Dear Leader
Watch it be pretty much every single Republican who didn’t vote for it and every Democrat from the Clinton admin.
Don’t forget prince Andrew and Benny Net and yahoo! Right as he tries to take over Gaza…
If you had a map that pointed to where you are now it would likely point to the era of Caligula, marked by extreme accusations of sexual perversion, political cruelty, and bizarre public behavior such as incest, public humiliation of nobles, and alleged plans to elevate his horse to high office just wait for Trump to do something similar but already checks all the boxes.
A key feature of Caligula was extravagance and eccentricity. He was notorious for transforming his palace into a brothel and causing mass starvation through reckless spending.
And the MAGA cult eats it up demonstrating their pure evil. Just read the comments below and the indifference to raping kids, that’s MAGA for you, pure evil.
The story ends with Caligula getting assassinated and Rome burning.
But hey, Kamala would have been worse right?
People bring this about Kamala and I’d like to counter with this:
Yes and no. The honest reality is that Kamala would simply have kept the ship steadier as it sank. None of this was working before, elections and politicians are LEGALLY bought and sold in the open, the police have been militarized for decades now, and human rights have been steadily eroded from all sides.
Trump won his second term not because he was liked but because people are scratching at the walls trying to get out of this burning barn of a system. It’s quickly turning into techno feudalism and nobody but the Epsteins and 0.0001%ers want that. People need to get the hell over trans people and start asking why we’re getting hurricanes out of season or why the constitution is somehow negotiable now.
Divide and concur identity politics is ruining the US while the people everyone can agree are the worst offenders are allowed to strip the copper wire out of our walls.
Bob Guccione did his homework.
Kamala would have been better in the sense that the Left would take the blame when the inevitable collapse occurs. The trajectory of the collapse would not be altered significantly.
About time!!
We’re almost there. As of COB 8/7/2025:
$36,996,205,967,149.22
So, we’ll have added $785B to the national debt in less than six weeks, since July 4th when the BBB increased the debt ceiling limit. I guess those $7T+ maturing short-term treasuries this year are really starting to hit our ballooning bottom line.
Thanks, TACO & the UniParty!
Uhhhhh, ok.
US is a leader in the world. Unmatchable!
Be proud.
According to Trump – my country is rich, so much rich.
$36,996,205,967,149.22 richer than USA.
https://youtube.com/shorts/R_VsQdf4dgc?si=D_Juzw-24rMPaxzk
… now that the 1000 FBI agents finally finished crossing out trump’s name.
It really doesn’t matter what is in the “files” because no one will believe anything but what they have already decided. The witch hunt doesn’t care about “files”; all it wants is public burnings and it will not rest until some folks are smoking in the street.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken
The Epstein Files, cloaked in secrecy for years now, have in all probability nothing particularly new or devastating to show. If these files were a matter of real concern to the president, for example, Trump would be acting more aggressively to rein in the Rebel 12 Republicans who are contemplating voting with the hate Dems.
For that to occur — Trump coming down hard — you would have to have incontrovertible, damning evidence that Trump partied with preteens. Although it would amuse me greatly if Trump in fact got back rubs and more from nubile girls, I somehow doubt he would be stupid enough to fall for that. I mean, how could you trust Jeffrey Epstein? The man could easily be holding you for blackmail, with photos and video testimony of the girls, if you let him “lend you” a younger girl.
In the end, I’m inclined to agree with Donald Trump. It is a big hoax.
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Trump is so unconcerned that he is taking ads out against Massie, blowing up at reporters, and telling obvious lies.
And stop promoting your blog in every post.
I was just gonna tell him he’s lucky you’ve been this kind.
Bullshit!
President Pedophile ~ AKA Trump is freaking out and attacking everyone including suing the Wall Street Journal for even getting close to the truth.
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Wow, cultural conservative populists standing on principle in the Trump era. And sticking it to the uni-party elites!
The only “principle” Trump observes (that is not reversible on random occasions and for random reasons) is his own personal advantage.
The reasons from some of these people just crack me up:
“Rep. Lauren Boebert (R., Colo.), 38: We want to see the list. Period. I don’t care what names are on it. I want to see what names are on it and why.”
You don’t care what names are on it. But in the next breath you want to see the names that are on it and why (as if you are going to get the why part without a long separate investigation). Make up your damn mind!
Rep. Tim Burchett (R., Tenn.), 60: “Ultimately, I don’t answer to the president or the voters. I’m going to answer to my maker as a Christian.”
If you don’t answer to the voters or president then what the hell are you doing in power. Sounds like you consider yourself above everyone and thus need to be ousted from power in the next election. Also what does answering to your maker as a Christian have to do with seeing the list since presumably your maker knows who is on the list already and if the maker wanted it released he also presumably has the power to do so without your help.
As Mish noted, Jeff Van Drew and Eli Crane have it correct.
In the past week I’ve heard Catherine Austin Fitts, Paul Craig Roberts, Judge Nap, Phil Giraldi, Col. Douglas, MacGregor, Nick Fuentes and others say that Trump’s moves related to Israel appear to indicate that he is being blackmailed … in some way. I’d say the biggest fish, in general, are the donor class degenerate oligarchs.
I only know one thing about these files….the government is lying. Release them all, no redaction’s.
Good point — to keep a sharp eye on redactions!
I was wondering when we’d get back to this. “It’s a hoax created by the democrats.” Well, there’s one sure way to catch the democrats in a fantastic lie and chop them down to size, forever being branding them the liars they are! This is not a who cares moment. This is the pinnacle of hypocrisy and lies and absolutely a test of trust of the powers that be. You notice before the election DT was never really that overly enthusiastic about releasing the documents. Sure, the courts have to OK the release of records but let’s at least see some movement Taco. And if he lets Maxwell go that could bring down his power and dog him till the end of his term. My guess, he doesn’t pardon her until the end. Maybe it could finally trigger a law/amendment that Congress will also have to give consent. C’mon Taco Donny, prove it’s a hoax!
Massie is a national hero.
Massie has been my write in vote for President the last 2 elections!
I sent him $20 last month. Will contribute much more if Paulsen, Singer and Adelson can somehow find a credible candidate to run against him in the primary. However, by definition, any Republican who runs against Massie is not credible. Massie has nothing to worry about– except for massive voter fraud or assassination.
This will go down just like all of the other coverups over the past 50 years
Unfortunately, I believe you are correct
Or it could be Trump’s Watergate.
There is no risk of a Watergate as long as Trump follows orders from his handlers/owners on issues like war with Iran, Russia, etc. That’s why they brought him back in 2024.
Pedogate
Nixon wasn’t taken down because of Watergate. Watergate was to take Nixon down. Bob Woodward was a CIA plant, for starters.
Yes. Nixon knew the CIA killed JFK and threatened to out them. Most of the “burglars” were former CIA. Back then it was James W McCord. During Russiagate it was Mary McCord.
I doubt the CIA killed JFK. But they, along with the Kennedy family certainly covered up the assassination.
Castro was being targeted for assassination. JFK was trying to stop Israel’s nuclear weapons program. Both Cuba and Israel had existential and urgent reasons to kill JFK. Both nations had good relations at the time. Cuba’s ambassador to Israel was a Jew who later retired to Israel, died there and is buried there.
Cuba probably did the wet work in Dallas. (They could also have been ready for attempts in Florida in the previous weeks) Perhaps co-opting existing anti-Castro groups. Israel supplied the inside knowledge of Oswald who was being monitored by James Angleton’s counterintelligence branch and who was also the CIA liaison with Mossad. Israel used its influence in the US to manage the investigation and media coverage. Starting with Jack Ruby who claimed he was in the Dallas police station that weekend serving as a translator for Israeli journalists. But no effort was made to investigate this lead.
Both countries have outstanding intelligence capabilities. We are still finding Cuban spies in the US government that have been embedded for decades. Israel’s skills at planning/executing assassinations is documented in Ronen Bergman’s “Rise and Kill First”.
The Kennedys wanted Cuba off the table before the 1964 election and before the missile trade with the Soviets that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis was revealed to the public. JFK was threatening to end all aid to Israel over the dispute over the reactor at Dimona. Much of the correspondence is still classified.
Makes a lot more sense than the assassination was to preempt a withdrawal from Vietnam made popular by Oliver Stone’s “JFK” which was produced by Israeli spy Arnon Milchan.
I find the theory that Nixon was paranoid about what records were around regarding efforts by his 1968 campaign to scuttle the Paris Peace talks to be very persuasive. This set up the environment for Watergate.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/new-book-examines-nixon-s-illegal-actions-watergate
[SHRUG] Who cares? Move on.
JoJo is likely correct
Only the genuine independents matter, and there are realistically not that many.
Tariffs and Recession matter more.
I don’t care if he had sex with teens. My concern is the blackmail.His actions are borderline treasonous. There’s a reason.
Even the ones he raped?
https://19thnews.org/2023/10/donald-trump-associates-sexual-misconduct-allegations/
I think this is all a staged drama with actors playing their roles and reading their scripts. A comedy to divert the attention and distract Americans from the real issues and truths that our glorious elites want to keep hidden from all of us.
Of course I am for full transparency and the release of the Epstein files. But I am not so naive as to believe that what will eventually be released to Americans will actually contain the Truth as to what really happened. If this is a Mossad (or MI6 or CIA) honeytrap operation, as I believe it is, does anyone really think that the true damning evidence will be contained in these “Epstein files” or “Epstein List” that we are all clamoring about are contained in files on Pam Bondi’s desk? You are very naive and gullible if you believe that to be the case.
Do you really believe that Epstein himself kept these files in his safe, or lying around at Epstein Island or any one of his many mansions where these sexual predators were having sex with young girls? You are very naive and gullible if you believe that to be the case.
This was not an Epstein operation. He was a useful idiot, a patsy, a fake billionaire. The sophisticated camera system set up to capture these sexual trysts were very unlikely to be captured on VHS tapes lying around on his properties to be confiscated by FBI or other law enforcement raids-especially after his 2007 fake, rigged conviction. They are safely in the hands of what Trump DOL secretary Acosta said was “Intelligence” who viewed and recorded them from afar, whether it be in Tel Aviv, Langley or London.
After this charade of a Comedy has concluded, the “Epstein Files” will be released by Trump and Bondi- and they will be spinned as a “nothingburger” . Americans are so gullible. Most have no idea of how the World really works.
Yeah, I don’t get the “files / list” thing. Did Epstein use The Dewey Decimal System”? IBM keypunch cards? He had cameras, video tape, and computer surveillance with servers recording the acts themselves. Contact Bebe for a subscription, since his crew had first dibs on Epstein’s trove. Note to Bimbo Bondi, nobody wants to see the kids. It’s who is partaking.
I’d buy it… but I also think trump is genuinely a pedo:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivanka-donald-trump-pic/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawMEqIBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF1T2lBdUo3eG9EZFhsZ1YzAR6zeSP5yFOywxH3ovRT6NSVbUsmOK_z4ehezUdrJ0D-_ppI3m0xZSWV-WlC7Q_aem_3o5BLrJvX39OAZZHhaF53Q#Echobox=1743171505
This is what they’re trying to distract from:
https://www.project2025.observer/en
For anyone new to this:
https://unlimitedhangout.com/epstein/
For people who don’t like to read that much, this is good too: https://corbettreport.com/webb-onenation/
Whitney Webb nails it in so many ways. 99.99% of people in Chicago never heard of the fifth generation Crown Family and its role in elevating Obama once he materialized in town, floating up the Chicago River in a basket.