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On the recordJuly 17, 2025
There is nothing in there except for a series of qualifying weasel words which are added to give complete, unilateral, and subjective discretion to the Attorney General to decide what should be in and what should be out. It starts off by saying whereas--our resolution says: "All documents, records, and communications." Theirs says: "All credible documents, records, and communications." Well, who is going to decide that? It will be Attorney General Bondi in conjunction with Donald Trump who today said that a letter that he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein on his birthday which was published and which has all the indicia of credibility is not credible. That would not be included. Let's release the real Epstein file.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns over the discretion given to the Attorney General in a resolution regarding document release.

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