BREAKING: EXPLOSIVE Epstein update SURGES into news

So, if you're like me, there was. something a little off about Pam Bondi's. firing because this is somebody who did. all of Trump's bidding, especially as it. relates to Epstein, and yet somehow the. bad press that she got for protecting. Trump resulted in Trump firing her. And. then we got some news today that. suddenly put the whole thing into. perspective. Now, the Epstein files. Uh, you'd agree not handled well? No, and I don't First of all, I I have. never heard President Trump say that the. Attorney General was that anything that. happened to her had anything to do with. the Epstein files. And so, look, the.

Epstein files has been a a saga that's. lasted for the entire for the past year. And and what happened when the president. signed the Transparency Act is the. Department of Justice has now released. all the files with respect to the. Epstein saga. And the Attorney General. Bondi and I appeared in front of. Congress voluntarily a couple weeks ago. to answer any questions they had. We. have a made every single congressman, senator available to come and see any. document, redacted, unredacted that they. want. And so, I think that to the extent.

that the Epstein files was a part of the. of the past year of this Justice. Department, it will should not be a part. of anything going forward. That right. there is the entire ballgame. Todd. Blanched has announced that with his. ascent to acting attorney general, the. slate is officially clear and any. worries about the DOJ suppressing the. Epstein files miraculously vanishes. alongside Pam Bondi. In other words, pay. no attention to the man behind the. curtain. Nothing to see here anymore. I. mean, I'm sorry, but this is the most. transparent bait and switch I have ever.

seen. This administration really, truly. believed that all it had to do was fire. Pam Bondi and then the heat from the. Epstein saga would just disappear. alongside her. As if Pam Bondi was. acting all on her own, just a. independent attorney general, not at all. in the tank for her boss. That's right, the whole scandal disappears now that. Bondi is gone. I guess justice has been. done. In reality, despite Todd Blanched's. absurd claim, no, the DOJ has not.

released all the files with regard to. the Epstein saga. This whole thing is. not put to bed. There are still 3. million files out of 6 million files. that have not yet been released. I don't. know how you, as the now acting Attorney. General, can look at the plain text of. the Epstein files transparency act, which mandates the release of all files, and think that somehow you are in. compliance with that law. And so it. becomes painfully clear what the point. of this whole exercise was. It was to. saddle Bondi with all the Epstein. baggage and play make-believe that with.

her departure goes the rest of the. Epstein drama. They couldn't be more. wrong because now we've just gotten the. latest piece of evidence that this White. House continues to engage in a cover-up. And it doesn't just go up to Pam Bondi. or the Attorney General, it goes all the. way up to the president. So he can put. whatever stooge he wants in that. position, but that's not going to mask. the fact that he's the one calling the. shots, and everybody knows it. That is. the scandal here. That the president of. the United States is listed 38,000. times in the files, and that he. has used law enforcement agencies as his.

personal assistants to cover up his. involvement with a pedophile. And the sad part for Trump is that it's. clearly not working. If Trump thought. that he could just shield Bondi from. having to testify in a sworn deposition. about what she knows on April 14th just. by firing her, he is in for a rude. awakening. I asked ranking member of the. Oversight Committee Robert Garcia just. yesterday whether her subpoena was still. valid. Here's what he had to say. The. question remains though, that given the. fact that she's out of her position now, will the subpoena compelling her to come.

to testify for a closed door deposition. with the House Oversight Committee still. apply for April 14th? It does apply. First, the subpoena that. we put in place does not have any. mention of whether the fact, you know, she's AG or not. And the subpoena is for. Pam Bondi. And so whether she is in the. position or not, she legally is required. to appear before the Oversight Committee. on April the 14th, which is a date that. Comer set for her to come. We've checked. this all already out today with all the. all the lawyers and the attorneys. And.

so, she now has to come testify. She can. come and do the right thing and finally. be honest about actually what happened, why the cover-up, why 50% of the files. have not been released. And look, she no. longer has to work for Donald Trump. >> Oversight Republicans released a. statement saying, quote, "Since Pam. Bondi is no longer Attorney General, Chairman Comer will speak with the. Republican members at the Department of. Justice about the status of the. deposition subpoena and confer on next. steps." Does that sound to you like like. James Comer and Oversight Republicans. are looking for an out?

Well, what it what it didn't sound like. to me was uh saying that she didn't have. to come testify. I think that James. Comer knows that the only way to reverse. that subpoena is to come in front of the. committee again and force a vote for us. to actually remove the subpoena. And I. think there's enough Republicans there. that likely will keep their courage, like they did the last time, and. actually ensured the subpoena actually. moves forward. And so, Comer cannot somehow retract the. subpoena on his own or even with him and. Republicans because it was voted by the.

entire committee and done in a way that. was bipartisan. And so, she must come in. to testify unless he tries to pull some. type of major vote in the committee. And. I'm not sure that all Republicans would. go along with that. And when he said. that Republicans on the committee were. still demanding her appearance, he. wasn't lying. Here's Nancy Mace today. >> Our committee spoke first and. Congresswoman and told CNN just yes last. night that the chairman, the plan after. the news, was that the chairman was. going to speak with members about the. status of the deposition subpoena and.

confer on next steps. Have you talked to. the chairman yet about those next steps? I I have not yet, but I made my point. very clear yesterday when I issued the. subpoena that was voted on by the. Oversight Committee a number of weeks. ago. We did it by name and not by the. title of the Attorney General. So, she's. still compelled and required by law to. come before the Oversight Committee. And. at this juncture, I'm not backing away. from that or backing down from that. I. do believe the handling of the Epstein.

files. was done in a very poor manner. by her and her office. And there are. still questions that she has answers to. that are very serious and has. information I believe that'll be. important to the committee. So, I'm. moving forward. If I could still have. the majority of support from the. committee, it won't be just me. I have. to have the support of my colleagues on. both sides of the aisle to move forward. if the chairman wants to try to squash. it. In other words, despite Trump's. little slight of hand tricks, he's not. only out his Attorney General who was. perfectly content to discard every ounce.

of integrity and blind deference to him, but he's also not going to be able to. avoid her sworn deposition. And if she. does decide not to appear, well, that. could be pretty problematic. In terms of. accountability for Pam Bondi, if indeed. she does refuse to comply with this. lawful subpoena, can you talk about the. statute statute of limitations even. though, you know, in during this. administration, obviously, there's. nobody at the DOJ who would seek to hold. her accountable, but what could it look. like in subsequent administrations?

Right. Well, look, all subpoenas are. essentially active within that Congress. within that period of time. And so, you. know, right now, obviously, we're here. till through the end of the year. She. has to comply and we would move to hold. her in contempt immediately if she. didn't comply with the subpoena. And and. certainly as a private citizen, she. doesn't have the other Department of. Justice or the president able to play. games as it relates to her and her. scheduling. I think she's going to be. quite available here in the next couple. of weeks. Yeah. In addition,

we're going to we're our plan and. certainly mine, we're going to win the. Congress. And we're going to win back. the house. And if she thinks she's going. to try to evade or distract, it's just. not possible. It's better for her to get. out in front of this now, give us the. truth, and tell us why they docked. survivors' names. Why the cover-up? Why. has Donald Trump's name been removed, put back, and then removed from the. files? Why did Why did the president say. this was a hoax and try to shut down the. investigation? So, there's a lot of. questions to ask, and I think I think.

we're going to be hearing from her in. the weeks ahead. You had mentioned that. the subpoena is valid for for this. Congress, but would defying a. congressional subpoena would would that. crime only be valid during this. Congress, or could is that something. that could be prosecuted even after this. Congress is over? We we can we can we. can take back to the court and and. prosecute as long as necessary. I mean, I think I think at the end of the day, um. what's ironic here, and she know the. Attorney General knows this, I mean, she's going to be in front of us whether.

it's now or in the future because on day. one. of a Democratic-controlled Congress, I'll be sending out the subpoena to have. Pam Bondi. And so, there's not going to. be a need. to. for there to be any sort of limit, you. know, limitations. on that subpoena because she either. comes in now or she comes in when I when. I chair the committee. And so, I think. that's going to be the important thing. I think she knows that. She is the AG, so she she's going to understand that. In other words, if she wants to shoulder. some more legal liability beyond just. her refusal to comply with the Epstein.

files transparency act and her lying to. Congress about it and her running cover. for for one of the main accomplices of. this crime, that's up to her. But what's. clear is that Democrats have learned. their lesson from the Merrick Garland. era of thinking that goodwill will buy. you something from MAGA Republicans. As. I argue in my new book, one of the great. fallacies of the Biden, Obama, and. Clinton years is this notion that if. only Democrats would compromise with. their Republican counterparts, their. goodwill would be duly reciprocated. If. only they capitulate to the GOP this.

time, this time, the right will lay down. its arms and a golden era of. bipartisanship would emerge. I'll hold. the ball, Lucy explains to Charlie. Brown, and you come running up and kick. it. When Republicans are in control, they wield power in a take-no-hostages. manner. When Democrats are in control, they seek compromise, practice good. governance, defend the institutions of. government, and even make sacrifices to. the minority in their hopes that the. selflessness, their righteousness, and. their virtue will be rewarded. As was. the case with Clinton, Obama, and Biden, they never are. Lucy isn't known for.

letting Charlie kick the football. That. book, The Day After, is now available. for pre-sale. The single best way to. support my work is to pre-order that. book. So, I'm going to put the link on. this screen and also in the post. description of this video. If you can, please grab a copy after watching this. video. I really appreciate it. In fact, I spoke with Glenn Kirschner about that. point as well. Here's what he had to. say. How is the Merrick Garland DOJ. instructive in terms of what Democrats. should do next when they retake control. of power as it relates to the Pam Bondis. of the world?

Brian, I hope we've learned our lesson. on the accountability front. You know, we are wanting to put this long national. nightmare behind us. Me as much as. anybody else, because, you know, this is. pretty exhausting fighting for the rule. of law, the Constitution, and democracy. every damn day. But, I I hope the lesson that we learn. from Eric Garland's dithering for. literally years until he finally got. around to appointing Jack Smith, and. that was too little, too late. I I hope.

that the Dems will recognize they have. to go hard, aggressively, apolitically, but 100 miles an hour in the direction. of accountability from day one. Because, you know, you you can't just sleep on. democracy. We've seen what Trump and. company are doing. The challenge is. cataloging all their crimes, but, you. know, there are some working groups that. are being put together to make sure we. can address that on day one. So, I. understand that Trump thought that he. could use this clever little trick to.

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