Wait, I thought these were all sitting on Pam Blondie’s desk just ready to go? Like a year ago?
What happened?
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The courts can’t order us to follow the Epstein Files Transparency Act unless Congress passes a law saying the courts can order us to follow the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
If there were any justice in the world, the judge would slam Bondi’s head into his bench instead of using a gavel as he dismisses this motion.
To be fair, Congress could fix this easily as well:
AN ACT
To enforce the act of November 19, 2025 entitled “an act to require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title.
This act may be cited as the Epstein Files Transparency (Enforcement) Act of 2026.
Section 2. Court may order release of files
(a) Notwithstanding any other section of law, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) has jurisdiction over and may, upon the application of the Attorney-General, or any authorised legal representative of any State or the District of Columbia, issue a writ of mandamus to order any person who appear to have in his or her possession or control, files, documents, or any other information of any description or type whatsoever, subject to disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act of 2025, to disclose or cause to disclose such material.
(b) A writ issued under subsection (a) of this act may be directed to any officer, agent, secretary, or employee of the United States, or any person under or formerly under the employ thereof, or to the Department of Justice, the Attorney-General, or any person under the employ thereof, or any combination of the above-mentioned persons or organisations.
© The District Court has jurisdiction to rule on matters pertaining to whether material is subject to disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act of 2025.
(d) Nothing in this section authorises a court to order a person to testify if such testimony may be used as evidence against them in a criminal proceeding.
Section 3. Penalty for non-compliance
(a) A person who fails to comply with a writ issued under Section 1 of this act, may, at the discretion of the District Court, be held in contempt of court and punished with imprisonment until such time that such person complies with the order of the court, and be issued a formal caution that further non-compliance will result in criminal liability.
(b)(1) A person who fails to comply with a writ issued under Section 1 of this act and who refuses to comply despite a caution issued by the District Court under subsection (a) of this section commits an offence and may be punished with imprisonment for a period not less than four years and not greater than eight years and fined an amount equal to their total taxable income under the Internal Revenue Code from four years before the date of their conviction until the date of their conviction.
(b)(2) The District Court may compel the production of records from the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of the calculation of fine amounts under this section.
© In addition to criminal penalties imposed by this section, the salary of any employee of the United States or person who is entitled to draw a salary paid from funds belonging to the United States, who fails to comply with a writ issued under Section 1 of this act, is five cents per month until January 21, 2029, notwithstanding the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 or any other law to the contrary, and such person shall not be entitled to any payment of any kind or for any purpose whatsoever other than for salary purposes from the United States, or any officer, employee, department, or agency thereof.
(d) A person who fails to comply with a writ issued under Section 1 of this act is disqualified from practicing as an attorney in any court of the United States and/or of the District of Columbia until January 21, 2029.
The paedophiles are getting so desperate, they’re just openly declaring their guilt now. That’s neat.
They still haven’t released them despite a law being written just to make them release the files, so apparently it is working.
It’s not bonkers. Ro Khana and Massey rushed the bill. There’s literally ZERO consequences for breaking this law written into it. They should have spent an extra ten seconds thinking: “ Hmm what if the law breaking republicans decide to break this law?”
Massie was the only male Republican interested in this. Sometimes you strike while the iron is hot.
They did. They didn’t care. It was all theatrics. They all get paid by the same billionaires.
Exactly. There’s a reason the bill passed in the first place. There was never any intention to actually force them to release it.
Our government is so broken they could stop releasing stuff and get away with it. If/when democrats our back in charge maybe they’d get released.
Democrats would declare that it’s time to move on and let bygones be bygones.
“Look forward, not backward”
–Barack Obama
“We need to reach across the aisle and let all criminals go free. Uh, all criminals with enough net worth, that is.”
