The Department of Justice will not be releasing all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by Friday’s deadline, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday morning.

In an interview with Fox News, Blanche said the department would “release several hundred thousand documents today.”

But he acknowledged Friday’s release would not encompass all of the DOJ’s documents for the investigation into the late financier.

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    They did impeach him last time and I believe all the senate dems voted to remove him from office. Still shy of the 2/3rds majority

    So if anything it’s the Republicans not doing anything.

    But you are right, the resistance to Trump has been ineffective and they keep rubber stamping his appointments. So my hopes are low, but we can only know if they get a majority.

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      I despise “both sides” bullshit, but they were definitely correct in this case.

      Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have completely abdicated their responsibility as the main check on the Executive branch. They need to go.

    • It was performative. The only reason they voted that way is because they knew they wouldn’t have the votes to make any change. If they did they would’ve stalled or pulled some bullshit about moral upstanding