Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency
Official document warns of "National Security Concerns"
Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act today by a margin so wide that President Trump will not be able to veto it. But opponents of the law have another plan to stop it, described in a little-noticed document circulated by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
“It jeopardizes future federal investigations, and we have national security concerns regarding classified information,” Johnson said of the bill.
He wasn’t speaking off the cuff. He was quoting from a document produced by his office detailing five “flaws” with the bill. The fifth and final flaw, titled “national security concerns,” says that it’s “incredibly unwise to demand that DOJ declassify materials originated by other agencies”; that “declassification should … protect sources and methods” and directs Congress to “work with the Attorney General [Pam Bondi] to declassify in a reasonable time frame.”
In other words, the Trump administration should have final say because, well, national security.
This is exactly the kind of national security argument that I warned yesterday would be invoked to block disclosure the Justice Department and FBI’s massive holdings (300 Gigabytes according to them) regarding Jeffrey Epstein.
Below is a link to my article from yesterday explaining the plan to stonewall any release.
“National Security” Blocks Epstein Files Release
When Congress votes tomorrow on a bill many think will pry loose the Jeffrey Epstein files, one glaring loophole will prevent full transparency. It’s called national security.
— Edited by William M. Arkin
Besides trump and any dems that may be on the list I’m sure many other world power brokers are too. Both dems and the gop would see rather see the current world structure remain.
I can’t believe the number of saps that are declaring victory. I mean… journalists who should absolutely know better that to call this as anything other than a setup and distraction to assuage both the MAGA base and allow the GOP house to pretend they suddenly had a moral epiphany.
And fucking Raskin… those clowns will invariably find a way to diminish any slight victory they might accidentally stumble over.
“Opposition Party” my ass…