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22. "unclassified" is from the language of the transparency act.

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:59 PM

Dec 5

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/text

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Epstein Files Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, subject to subsection (b), make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys' Offices, that relate to....

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JUST IN: Judge Unseals Epstein Grand Jury Documents [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 5 OP

Do you think the government expected this decision? SSJVegeta Dec 5 #1

I hope not. greatauntoftriplets Dec 5 #2

I feel like they were doing it specifixally because they didnt think it would happen. SSJVegeta Dec 5 #7

Tariffman was looking at this with his horse blinders on KS Toronado Dec 5 #12

Can "The Supremes" check in and overturn it? SergeStorms Dec 6 #43

I'm sure they did. They asked for it. It's a Rick Scott/Trump judge onenote Dec 5 #17

They believed it would be treated like a subpoena. pat_k Dec 5 #21

The loophole is the word "unclassified". nt moniss Dec 5 #3

There you go... Bayard Dec 5 #13

He can declassify it with his brain PuraVidaDreamin Dec 5 #14

"unclassified" is from the language of the transparency act. pat_k Dec 5 #22

Yes and my point is that word can be used as some things moniss Dec 5 #33

Yes, I have no doubt they'll try it. Fortunately, classification of documents is subject to judicial review. pat_k Dec 5 #34

In the case of the moniss Dec 5 #37

Yep. pat_k Dec 5 #38

I think the GQP members who moniss Dec 5 #39

Classification of documents is subject to judicial review. pat_k Dec 5 #23

I expect this crowd to use moniss Dec 5 #35

Oh yeah. I expect the cornered beasts to keep violating law at every turn on this. pat_k Dec 5 #40

Yes I wouldn't be surprised moniss Dec 6 #42

K & R...... Lovie777 Dec 5 #4

Oh lordy Ouroborosnek Dec 5 #5

Didn't the WH say they were fine with this, already? It's not likely there's a lot of detail, not likely others are wiggs Dec 5 #6

I remember TrumpCo. offered to release some shit like this a while back, but there is really nothing in it hadEnuf Dec 5 #8

Nothing new here duckworth969 Dec 5 #9

Exactly. liberalla Dec 6 #44

The Grand Jury documents are a subset of all that the Justice Department has on the case. patphil Dec 5 #10

It is going to have a lot about Maxwell as well. sheshe2 Dec 5 #11

Excellent point! SSJVegeta Dec 5 #15

Thanks! sheshe2 Dec 5 #18

And don't they specifically exclude information about trump? Scrivener7 Dec 5 #20

The Guardians Of Pedofelon (GOP) in the WH & DoJ will make sure... Justice matters. Dec 5 #24

see above post NJCher Dec 5 #28

Pedonold will classify all that his name is in, then... Justice matters. Dec 5 #32

Months? NJCher Dec 5 #41

I want to see the financial records. travelingthrulife Dec 5 #16

CLASSIFIED (top secret) nt Justice matters. Dec 5 #25

Don't be surprised if you are disappointed. May be a distraction from real information Raven123 Dec 5 #19

Nothing will come of this. J_William_Ryan Dec 5 #26

Those are not the files that are supposed to be released, by law Iwasthere Dec 5 #27

I can imagine that anything/everything popsdenver Dec 5 #29

What they have released so far LilElf70 Dec 5 #30

probably will be heavily redacted. AllaN01Bear Dec 5 #31

The grand jury documents will likely have very little if any information about Wiz Imp Dec 5 #36