They even fucking lied?

Then the GOP chair, Rep. Higgins, lied, claiming the motion FAILED

the single person who voted no: "In the opinion of the chair the nos have it"

the multiple people who voted "yes" laugh at the absurdity and call him out on it

how fucking brazen a liar

"The no has it" are you fucking kidding me.

Too soon to say but spine growth in the dems?

Just browsed r/conservative for a bit to see the response there. Pleasantly surprised to see multiple posts where the top comment was something along the lines of "release everything, don't care who is affected on either side"

sooooo GOP chair who blatantly tried to defraud the American people in a cushy government position by abusing his position, he's tossed outta the swamp now, right?

or rather, into the new swamp down in Florida

So this subpoena means they get to review the documents, and presumably in their original state as well?

So if they get redacted ones, that would be obstruction of justice, but the question becomes did the obstruction of justice happen as a result of his duties of office, or one of personal reasons.

This still could get worse, even if the information that needs to come out does.

Can someone explain to this non-american why the Democrats are treating this as a successful upset when they could have released the Epstein files during Biden?

Trust me bro one more rape charge on the rapist king and we beat fscist trust me bro. It will be a bombshell when everyone finds out what they already know and they SLAM him. One more scandal and we defeat facism trust me bro.

I suspect a lot of the GOP also want rid of Trump now he's won for the second time.

They've put in their time. They're political lifers. They know they don't really need him any more, and frankly his health will take care of that sooner rather than later.

If he follows the rules, he can't run again anyway. If he doesn't then they don't need him to win elections for them, because there won't be any more. They're just stuffing their pockets while waiting for any opportunity to try and get in a bigger chair. Their only worry is that someday, lobbyists might not want to bribe them any more to do their jobs.

I suspect the list is being withheld for reasons other than Donald, who we all know is on it anyway. Plenty of more important shadowy figures who still have something to lose.

Hey, where's all those losers that kept saying the Dems didn't actually want it released? Come on out of the woodwork, ya fucking losers.

Hey, that's my representative's motion!

A House Oversight subcommittee voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The motion passed by a vote of 8-2. Notably, three GOP lawmakers -- Reps. Nancy Mace, Scott Perry and Brian Jack -- joined with Democrats on the subcommittee to approve the subpoena, defying Republican leadership.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer must sign the subpoena before it can be officially issued, per committee rules. Comer plans to sign off on the subpoena, a Republican committee source told ABC News.

The top Democrat on the subcommittee, Rep. Summer Lee, initially offered the motion.

Good. Finally. Balls and spines and strategies were grown and used.

some people here dont know not to punch a gift horse in the mouth

When he was the only person to say no, and then claimed "the noes have it," that was the funniest gd thing I've seen all day. Hahahahahaha!

The dude literally said "in my opinion the no has it" slight emphasis on singular no. Everyone laughed. Then the vote was counted correctly without incident. It was a joke, people, and this fucking X (formerly twitter) post is capitalizing on the surface-level intentional malinterpretation for rage bait engagement and at least 276 of you fell for it. Do your research. Investigate Tower Seven.

edit: Noticing a difference in voting patterns between when i posted this last night when they were all positive and when I woke up all negative. I suspect the timezone difference means americans were voting during the day for negatives and europeans voting last night were positives. I have an opinion, but if any of the approximately 2 per hour or so people downvoting would explain why they disagree with the europeans I would be interested to read it.