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[–] islands@lemmy.cafe 81 points 5 days ago (2 children)

"For my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, If we are going to release ethics reports and rip apart our own that Trump has appointed, then put it ALL out there for the American people to see. Yes.. all the ethics reports and claims including the one I filed, all your sexual harassment and assault claims that were secretly settled paying off victims with tax payer money, the entire Jeffrey Epstein files, tapes, recordings, witness interviews. But not just those, there's more, Epstein wasn't/isn't the only asset. If we're going to dance, let's all dance in the sunlight. I'll make sure we do," the lawmaker said in a post on X.

Interesting, she's going the Madison Crawthorn route. Remember what happened to him? They dished up all the dirt they could find on him and hung him out to dry. This sounds noble of her, but she's using this as a threat to try to force them not to go after Gaetz, her pedophile buddy.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

She's actually threatening the Republicans explicitly, I assumed she was going with the 'both sides do it' argument.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She's definitely going after the Republicans because they're the ones who have the power to force this release. The Dems have no real impact as long as the Republicans vote as a bloc, which they are likely to do. This is basically a threat to people who might step out of line that their records might be next.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

From what I read, only one Republican on the ethics committee needs to defect to the Dems side to be able to release the report.

I don't know enough about any of the 5 members to guess if any of them are likely to want to break with Trump on this one.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That is what the FBI does.

That and get paid by Russians to ruin the body politic by telling the USA that there was no trouble between Trump and Russia right before election.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-official-who-helped-launch-trump-russia-probe-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-work-with-russian-oligarch/ar-AA1lyEmM