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.

        • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
          46·
          3 days ago

          It will happen, but it will go one of three ways:

          1. The “files” released are another butchered, redacted version of shit we already know, not directly naming Trump or anyone of note from any reputable, ironclad source, and when Dems pathetically go “Hey man, not fair!” it will get snarled in gridlock for another three years of “will they or won’t they” or until Trump keels over dead.

          2. The files have been disappeared during the 70 days the government was shut down. Sorry, we can’t find them, we looked everywhere. Welp, whattaya gonna do? lawl lets go back to sending brown people into the ocean and stuff.

          3. The files are released, have damning evidence, written testimony from credible eyewitnesses and a mountain of evidence linking Trump directly to Epstein… and wait, I’m being told we already have all that. So we get more and still nothing happens? Yah, that also sounds about right.

          • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
            17·
            3 days 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
              7·
              3 days 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.

            • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              3 days ago

              I hope a lot of people wake up after this is all over and realize that their ideas that there is such thing as “law” have been woefully misguided and naive.

              There is no such thing as law, at least not “blind” law, it’s just a way they make poor people feel okay because law applies to other poor people as well. But it’s always been like this, people in positions of power are almost always immune to the laws that they write and control. We are not a better species, we are not evolved.

              I think if more people understood this, we might choose our leadership with more care.

          • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            3 days 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
        3·
        3 days ago

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

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      They needed time to destroy not just the evidence in storage, but records in the storage and secure hush payments for anyone who has ever read or seen the most damning evidence.

  • Scolding7300@lemmy.world
    22·
    3 days ago

    I thought all this time the vote was to release, now I understand it’s there just to force the house to vote. Probably won’t pass given how it went so far :(

    But we’ll find out

  • santa@sh.itjust.works
    25·
    3 days ago

    I hope she creates a bill that newly elected seats have a clock that once certified no more than 48h shall elapse before being sworn in or it is automatic and swearing in ceremony becomes only ceremonial. Arizona should’ve sued sooner.