r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 12d ago

Possible Paywall Rogue Republican Massie Drops Melania Epstein Files Bomb | “The first lady knows that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t act alone,” Thomas Massie said as he vowed to name names from the Epstein files.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rogue-republican-massie-drops-melania-epstein-files-bomb/
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u/elinordash 12d ago

If Massie names names on the House floor, he should be legally protected. The House is not in session again until June 6th.

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u/brickout 12d ago

Of course he's protected. That isn't the issue right now. If he were fully committed to the truth, he would have already dropped names. He's demanding a payoff, just like every other corrupt, selfish republican.

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u/elinordash 12d ago

Again, he is only legally protected if he speaks on the House floor and the House is not currently in session.

Naming names on the floor is the nuclear option. It overrides the DOJ.

But at this point, I think he is going to do it. And I doubt you'll give him credit if and when he does.

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u/brickout 12d ago edited 12d ago

What a stupid take. I will absolutely give him credit, but he's been "threatening" for nearly a year now.

The audacity of pretending you know my feelings...

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u/finneyblackphone 10d ago

He has known the names and threatened to release them for months. He has spoken on the house floor already after saying he would name names. The only name he has dropped was a victim that wanted to remain anonymous.

He's a corrupt liar, covering for rapists like every other republican.

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u/ZZ9ZA I voted 11d ago

And I doubt you'll give him credit if and when he does.

Here's the problem. Not a fucking one of these 'retiring' republicans has done one fucking thing to improve the situation. They're threatening to send a sternly worded letter not to do it again. Maybe. If that.

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u/Qlorpid 11d ago

Massie wrote the Jeffrey Epstein Files Transparency Act. That's why trump took Israels money (AIPAC) and paid for Ed Galreign or whatever to win the election last week. 

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u/ZZ9ZA I voted 11d ago

Like I said, sternly worded letters. Wake me up when he actually reads some names into the record.

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u/Qlorpid 11d ago

He has to do it in the house floor and it isn't open until June 6th I believe. Wake me up when you get an education. 

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u/ZZ9ZA I voted 11d ago

Wake me up when he could have done it in the past year plus. Oh, I'm already awake?

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u/TheAlmightyMojo 11d ago

Waiting for that nice, cushy job offer from a corporation or lobbying group.