Wow. Chuck Schumer sounds confident.

[senseandsensibility]

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Direct quote from today: "Pam Bondi should listen carefully. The truth will come out. The whole ugly truth about what she is doing to protect people in the files will come out. The whole world is gonna know exactly what she knew, when she knew it, and what she did to cover it up."

[Roc2020]

1. Totally. That ship has sailed.

Once it became known there are more files that are not released, those files must eventually be released.

[Orrex]

2. Sounds like he's saying that he knows something specific.

If so, he should reveal it now.

[senseandsensibility]

3. I got that feeling too

He's sending her a message it seems.

[oldmanlynn]

31. Agreed if he knows something get it out there stop playing nice and following all the rules of we can't talk about it.

Find a way to get it out there. You should stop following the rules if Republicans don’t follow the rules.

[FakeNoose]

4. Sounds like Chuck is hearing a lot of rumors ... maybe leaks are coming!

I can't wait until Blondie is history

[senseandsensibility]

5. His tone was very out of character

You might be right!

[Bluestocking]

6. This administration is breaking a lot of laws

While trump won’t be prosecuted his underlings will.

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. What does it matter when she has a pardon in her back pocket?

[Cheezoholic]

9. Yep. They all do. It's the main reason they are in full on let them eat cake mode n/t

[HeartsCanHope]

10. Well, we'll have to get her in the state courts.

She can't use her pardon for that!

[calimary]

11. Even so, the bad publicity can follow her around

like what happens when you accidentally step in casually-discarded chewing gum.

[Marthe48]

14. It'll be worse than chewing gum

N/t

[JI7]

32. Right, they aren't going to be treated like Trump

With the cult support and excuses made for him.

[markodochartaigh]

15. There may be (Democratic) state laws or

International laws that she and others have broken. They may be called to account in California, Illinois, New York or overseas.

[Captain Zero]

45. Sascha Riley says sex parties in Alabama & Tennesee

May be prosecutions to be had there. Probably more places.

[reACTIONary]

27. I didn't read that as a threat ....

.... to prosecute her. I seemed more of a threat of reputational harm.

[Joinfortmill]

8. Good!

[Quiet Em]

12. Here is a link to the full transcript

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/transcript-leader-schumer-and-senate-democrats-launch-oversight-effort-on-the-trump-administrations-mishandling-of-the-epstein-files

It's been 99 days since Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The American people sent Donald Trump a clear and simple demand, release the Epstein files. Donald Trump said he wants to turn the page on the Epstein files. Democrats are not going to let Donald Trump turn the page. It was not a suggestion, not a request. The law requires the DOJ to release all the files, not just some of the files, not just the ones they pick and choose and want to do. Since then, we've seen the Justice Department break the law and continue to hide the truth from the American people.

Let me be blunt. There is a massive coverup going on in the Justice Department to protect Donald Trump and people associated with Jeffrey Epstein. As we expected, Trump, Bondi, and their minions have played games with the release of these files. They released some documents that they want to release and continue to hide others. The American people see right through it, and they're all asking the obvious question, “What is Bondi trying to hide?” President Trump, what are you trying to hide? That's the question the American people are asking. Senate Democrats’ Epstein Working Group, including my colleagues here with me, have been preparing for this very scenario. We saw what they were doing. And so, we're working with victims' attorneys, we're working with legal experts, we're working with people very familiar with this case to ensure full compliance of the law.

We know the administration is withholding some documents unlawfully. Yesterday, news outlets reported that several memos detailing a woman's accusation against the President from when she was a minor have been withheld from the public. We know they are abusing redactions to hide the truth. Hundreds of pages are completely blacked out. Identities remain hidden while survivors have been exposed. We're here today to put a shot across the bow of the Department of Justice and the Trump administration that we are going to reveal this massive coverup. We will not rest. It's an all-out oversight effort. We're going to pull on every thread. We're going to chase every lead. We'll talk with whistleblowers. We will get to the truth.

Our working group Senate Democrats will go review the unredacted files in the coming days. Let me repeat that. Our working group Senate Democrats will go review the unredacted files in the coming days. Pam Bondi should listen carefully. The truth will come out. The whole ugly truth about what she's doing to protect people in the files will come out. The whole world is going to know exactly what she knew, when she knew it, and what she did to cover it up. Democrats are going to hold Pam Bondi and everyone involved at the DOJ accountable for this coverup.

Today, we are demanding that the Department of Justice and the FBI preserve records on what transpired behind the scenes. We want to know who was involved in the decision to hide the truth. And a warning to the Trump cronies working on this, we will know if you are destroying documents and evidence. You will not outrun the law. You will not outrun the truth. This isn't political. The survivors deserve the truth, and the American people are demanding it. Democrats and Republicans agree the American people deserve the truth. So, Donald Trump, stop hiding, stop delaying, come clean with the American people. And if you don't, Democrats will make sure the truth comes out.

[Exp]

22. Thanks. nt

[Lonestarblue]

16. Does anyone think Bondi truly cates shat comes out?

So long as she does Trump's bidding, she will not be fired. And if by some miracle she were prosecuted and convicted for crimes, Trump would pardon her. Who is going to hold her accountable for anything? Republicans in Congress won't because it would anger King Donald.

[BWdem4life]

34. Oh I'm sure she cates shat comes out

That is my new favorite typo

[Lonestarblue]

39. That will remind me to proodread! 😀

[MLWR]

17. I think TACO is savvy enough not to have handed out pardons yet.

He needs a "carrot" to keep dangling in front of them. Of course, if he croaks first, they are, as they say, up shit creek without a paddle.

[EdmondDantes_]

23. I assume Vance would pardon them

That said, obviously if there's something that can be proven as there seems to be, go after her regardless.

[BaronChocula]

18. Ex parte Garland

Of all things, that's the name of the precedent that allows presidential pardons before any charges are brought (as in Ford's pardon for Nixon). Just came across it.

[Exp]

19. It's easy to sound strong when one is talking about the obvious. nt

[marble falls]

20. And PDQ, there are plenty of un redacted copies, including some already in Congressional hands.

[LilElf70]

21. You go Chuck

Take her down. Millions want to see and hear the truth.

[mr715]

24. Having Hillary Clinton in the Capitol empowers him.

His former junior Senator colleague no doubt invigorated him.

[SocialDemocrat61]

26. Clinton didn't go to the Capitol

The committee went to her in Chappaqua.

[mr715]

29. Really now? Even more props to HRC

They had to go all the way to Chappaqua to get embarrassed? Somehow that is even better.

Obviously I do not think Sec. Clinton is an empowering spirit breathing fire into Sen. Schumer, but I liked mental image. Frankly, it still works if Rep. Comer is excoriated in the Chappaqua snow by my former and favorite candidate.

Either way, Sen. Schumer did have a lot to say in a pointed way. Perhaps he is sitting on something big.

[vapor2]

25. I think it will come out sooner or later but hopefully sooner

[bucolic_frolic]

28. So many of member of the political class are lawyers or former prosecutors

So when they really hone in on some specific item and you hear the clarity and truth in their voice, yes it makes you sit up straight right away.

He's onto something solid there.

[msfiddlestix]

30. When schumer sounds confident about anything i brace for "getting played".

Just saying lower expectations whatever he's selling us actually materialize

[chicoescuela]

33. I agree. I've been getting played for the last ten years.

I’ll believe it when I see it.
No real rush. The closer to November the better

[msfiddlestix]

48. 👍

[Xipe Totec]

35. Pam Blondie, Trump's Prosticutie reminds me of this scene from Breaking Bad

[Bluetus]

36. Statute of limitations is 5 years

for obstruction of justice, and that is from the date of obstructive acts, which in Bondi's case is every single day. If she stopped obstructing today, she could still be prosecuted on February 26. 2031. That can be a prison term up to 30 years in cases where evidence was destroyed.

Is it really worth it, Pamela? You could be in prison until you are 95.

And she is not doing the obstruction alone. Patel could be in prison until he is 81.

Same goes for any underlings who are participating in this cover-up. Dems need to be 100% committed to prosecuting this cover-up.

[Snoopy 7]

37. you know why, right

It's because if she doesn't fess up he will send her a "stern letter" and you know how scared she will be.

[Karyn the Great]

38. Trust Gone

No longer have trust in any current democratic leadership. Chuck will write a strongly worded letter and go back to working harder and getting as much money for Israel as possible. These are not the leaders to meet the moment, and that is tragic.

[Icanthinkformyself]

40. A strongly

wagging of his finger. Tired of all words no action, Chuck. Push the envelope. You are supposed to be the leader of the Democratic Party. Act like it and demand that your state (NY) or any Democratically run state arrest alleged federal government agents committing crimes in their state. Stop worrying about what Wall Street thinks. Oh. right. The money pipeline will shut off. Gee, I guess we lose.

[Blue_playwright]

41. but he won't do a damn thing about it

[Clouds Passing]

42. Whoa, spine meet Chuck

[the_liberal_grandpa]

43. Get to steppin Chuck

If you know something, say something

[malthaussen]

44. Yeah, yeah. Talk is cheap. Whisky costs money. n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

46. I gotta believe there are foreign intelligence agencies that have all kinds of intel on Epstein and Trump.

I expect they will be getting their intel into Democratic hands. This scandal isn't going away.

[Xavier Breath]

47. Where were his glasses positioned when he said it?

That's the true barometer.

[kimbutgar]

49. She also covered for Epstein when she was AG in Florida!

I hope karma catches up to her sooner rather than later !

[Buttoneer]

50. Does he have a Daniel Ellsburg? #pentagonpapers n/t