House votes to approve releasing the Epstein files by a near unanimous margin
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Vote was 427-1, with
@RepClayHiggins
, R-La., the sole NO vote
https://x.com/RepClayHiggins/status/1990868089056219267
Rep. Clay Higgins
@RepClayHiggins
I have been a principled “NO” on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the House.
Higgins is wonderful, and I believe his concerns are sincere considering his background in law enforcement. I respect, but disagree with his position.
The justice system has had decades to rectify the multitudes of miscarriages of justice surrounding the Epstein affair, and the system has repeatedly stalled, stonewalled, and ignored calls for justice. This pattern of failure will continue unless it is forcibly ended.
Now, actual perpetrators hide under the skirt of Lady Justice while calling for things like "due process," and "protection for victims," as a hypocritical ploy to perpetuate this decades long miscarriage of justice.
Protect the innocent- absolutely yes! But we as a society can no longer sit back and continue to allow the guilty to use those people as hostages, and human shields to hide from justice. No more. Rip the bandage off.
And, if that does indeed cause further injuries, then be certain to inflict extra harsh punishments on the guilty!
This is going to sound like I'm typing in circles but I agree with that also. The way I see it: The victims have came forward and said release it all, I don't think they really care at this point but I have no way of actually knowing that. If it were me voting, I would have voted "yay" for the same reasons you've listed.
I believe it will get amended in the Senate, pass as amended, then the House will once again pass it with the amendments.
I agree with you and I agree with him, too.