The delay means the White House is in apparent conflict with a law
That's the thing. "Apparent" is actually too strong of a word here, because they aren't in conflict with the law at all. Unenforced laws are meaningless laws.
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The DOJ is now led by people who are 100% all-in on the orangeboi cult, so there’s going to be 0 consequences whatsoever
What the fuck is even the point of having a deadline when there are zero consequences when they blow past it?
While the republican controlled congress might not care if dems ever retake both chambers it will be added to the list of crimes for impeachment.
Lots of ifs, but in a sane world this would have been enough at one time
Not unless the Democrats flush half their own leadership because NONE of the DNC leaders have any interest in actually doing anything about Trump.
They did impeach him last time and I believe all the senate dems voted to remove him from office. Still shy of the 2/3rds majority
So if anything it's the Republicans not doing anything.
But you are right, the resistance to Trump has been ineffective and they keep rubber stamping his appointments. So my hopes are low, but we can only know if they get a majority.
I despise "both sides" bullshit, but they were definitely correct in this case.
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have completely abdicated their responsibility as the main check on the Executive branch. They need to go.
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I know it's a big word and people hesitate to use it, but it's not debatable anymore.
These are traitors.
Traitors are operating our federal government.
And they aren't just going to leave when asked politely.
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If they aren't made to follow the rules, then they don't need to follow the rules, and then the rules are optional, enforced only when it empowers them.
Surprise, surprise...
And nothing will happen.
That's not true. Schmuck Schumer might issue a stern letter.
Not too stern. Don’t wanna hurt anyone’s feelings.
It's important to remain polite at all times. We wouldn't want to offend traitors/ kleptocrats/ racists/ pedophiles/ psychopaths.
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Stop calling Epstein a "late financier". They were a "child sex trafficker".
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They need thousands of FBI agents more to obscure Orange's name?
How many FBI agents know how to use sed?
's/Donald Trump/Bill Clinton/g'
They even have the same number of characters
"Bill Clinton went down on Bill Clinton" doesn't have the same ring to it.
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I'm confused why would they miss a deadline. Is their hard drive copying slow? Or have they not finished altering the files to suit?
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They can do that? Why the fuck can they just ignore their own deadlines???
Because no one will hold them accountable.
we need a luigi training program.
Who's gonna hold them accountable? Democrats? SCROTUS?
Hopefully You, The People
Anyone who was thinking Trump wasn’t just going to shred or redact anything that implicated him was dreaming.
It’s a little weird that they’d delay…so much. I don’t understand and can’t sufficiently explain why they’re doing it. My best guess is they want to start a war before they release some of the stuff that makes him look bad by proxy. I guess maybe some of the people he’s throwing under the bus need a heads up?
potentially just wanted to be president so he could be in charge of these docs
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I am Jack's complete lack of surprise
If they were at all interested in transparency, they could/would/should have been releasing files as they were ready every one of the last 30 days. No reason to wait until the last minute to dump all of them at once other than slow walking the inevitable.
Why are we still calling Epstein a financier?
imagine being so slow and inefficient that you can't even redact names on time
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ok so go arrest Bondi like you said you were gonna but you actually won't.
Heaven forbid a Democrat actually does what they say they're going to do.
Which Democrats have the authority to arrest her?
Which one said they would?
Shh. You're stepping on the non-American throwing out ragebait in US news and politics with your pesky follow-up questions.
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So, who's going to prison for this? Party of law and order, right?
To the surprise of absolutely no one.
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