Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., signed a petition Wednesday to force a House vote on releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.

Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father.

          • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
            26·
            4 months ago

            Thank you for making this explicit and clear. Anyone realistically hoping for any other outcomes is just blind to what has happened to the US government.

            I want these released, but when I see people thinking this is somehow the answer to all of the injustice instigated by the executive branch, I’m dumbfounded.

            • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
              8·
              4 months ago

              They could find pics and/or video of Pedonald ballz deep in someone underage, and most of his cult will just declare that it is “AI” or “fake news” and continue to support him like the nutless cult members they are.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
              91·
              4 months ago

              is just blind to what has happened to the US government.

              At the risk of being that guy, it’s not what has happened to the US government, but what the US government has always been. Like, rich men getting off scot-free for diddling kids (and other crimes against ordinary people) didn’t start with Trump; the Epstein files didn’t become a thing under Trump. America has always been a country by and for rich men.

              • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
                4·
                4 months ago

                That’s pretty much the world mate. Rich men used to do a bit of a better job in the US of keeping each other in check though. Epstein was a rich man. You can argue he should have / would have been brought to justice sooner, but at least he was. The opposite of being blind to what’s going on is being so aware of it that you become nihilistic about it.

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
            7·
            4 months ago

            Probably 3, since Epstein said trump was already with a victim for hours at his pedo house. I’m 99% sure he meant rape because they were underage.

            To GMax, from Epstein:

            i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump…(VICTIM) spent hours at my house with him, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75% there

            Link to files: https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/3-emails_redacted.pdf

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        Why do you guys think this will make any difference? not even 34 felony convictions made a difference.