If you read the full bill. It says that Pam Bondi must also declassify information in the documents and that any information that can’t be declassified must be submitted to the congress for approval.
(1) The Attorney general may withhold or redact the segregable portions of records that—
(A) contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
(B) depict or contain child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) as defined under 18 U.S.C. 2256 and prohibited under 18 U.S.C. 2252–2252A;
(D) depict or contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury of any person; or
(E) contain information specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.
(2) All redactions must be accompanied by a written justification published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress.
(3) To the extent that any covered information would otherwise be redacted or withheld as classified information under this section, the Attorney General shall declassify that classified information to the maximum extent possible.
(A) If the Attorney General makes a determination that covered information may not be declassified and made available in a manner that protects the national security of the United States, including methods or sources related to national security, the Attorney General shall release an unclassified summary for each of the redacted or withheld classified information.
(4) All decisions to classify any covered information after July 1, 2025 shall be published in the Federal Register and submitted to Congress, including the date of classification, the identity of the classifying authority, and an unclassified summary of the justification.
Also. The bill only tells the US DOJ to publish the Epstein documents. The US DOJ is not the only source of Epstein documents. The recent emails published were released by the US Congress, not the US DOJ.
Also. The Epstein Estate has also published some documents. They might be publish documents because they think Trump killed Jeffrey Epstein.
That to me still seems like a limited hangout. Last week Trump completely reversed course and asked for an investigation. I’m all but certain anything that incriminates him or others in his orbit will fall under that investigation, which is then buried.
depict or contain images of death, physical abuse, or injury of any person; or
(E) contain information specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order.
The inclusion of these specific exemptions begs the question of WTF are they doing in the Epstien files goven they can directly prove and incriminate the bastards who did this - if deaths why isn’t anyone charged with murder and why are they granting Trump a conflict of interest VETO on any of them via “Executive Order”? Where are the checks and balances congress?
If you read the full bill. It says that Pam Bondi must also declassify information in the documents and that any information that can’t be declassified must be submitted to the congress for approval.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/text
Also. The bill only tells the US DOJ to publish the Epstein documents. The US DOJ is not the only source of Epstein documents. The recent emails published were released by the US Congress, not the US DOJ.
Also. The Epstein Estate has also published some documents. They might be publish documents because they think Trump killed Jeffrey Epstein.
That to me still seems like a limited hangout. Last week Trump completely reversed course and asked for an investigation. I’m all but certain anything that incriminates him or others in his orbit will fall under that investigation, which is then buried.
The inclusion of these specific exemptions begs the question of WTF are they doing in the Epstien files goven they can directly prove and incriminate the bastards who did this - if deaths why isn’t anyone charged with murder and why are they granting Trump a conflict of interest VETO on any of them via “Executive Order”? Where are the checks and balances congress?