The bill is not long and everyone who is tracking this should take the time to read it.
Your concern is valid, but Bondi isn’t given completely free reign.
SEC. 3. Report to Congress.
Within 15 days of completion of the release required under Section 2, the Attorney General shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary a report listing:
(1) All categories of records released and withheld.
(2) A summary of redactions made, including legal basis.
(3) A list of all government officials and politically exposed persons named or referenced in the released materials, with no redactions permitted under subsection (b)(1).
So if Bondi were to follow the law, the AG’s office will have to provide congress a summary and justification for everything that is redacted.
Which isn’t to say that I have any faith in the AG’s office following these requirements, but it should give us reason to pressure congress into holding Bondi et al. to these requirements and would give them cause for impeachement of Bondi if she does not comply.
It certainly seems to me like there’s a ton of wiggle room in there to interpret things however you want.
First of all it requires the release of:
Internal DOJ communications, including emails, memos, meeting notes, concerning decisions to charge, not charge, investigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates.
Which, holy hell, is that NEVER actually going to happen lol.
As for redactions it just requires the DOJ to submit a list of:
All categories of records released and withheld and a summary of redactions made, including legal basis.
What does that mean exactly? Idk but it sure seems like that could be as simple as
“we redacted information from these emails/memos/voicemails or whatever because it was sensitive information to the victims or pertinent to an ongoing investigation.”
That’s a summary and the legal basis fully abiding by the bill.
I’m very very far from a government bill expert so I’d love to be wrong here but by the letter of that bill, it seems insanely easy to still redact pretty much whatever you want.
There’s your problem. This regime has proven time and time again that laws are rules for thee, not me. If the laws help them, their hands are tied. If it hinders them, they just close their eyes and whistle until it goes away.
Yeah but the fix was in long ago when the 1,000 FBI agents or whatever we’re removing Trump’s name from the files. If his details were already redacted then they can’t tie that back to Bondi, right?
This seems so obvious that I must be missing something
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4405/text
The bill is not long and everyone who is tracking this should take the time to read it.
Your concern is valid, but Bondi isn’t given completely free reign.
So if Bondi were to follow the law, the AG’s office will have to provide congress a summary and justification for everything that is redacted.
Which isn’t to say that I have any faith in the AG’s office following these requirements, but it should give us reason to pressure congress into holding Bondi et al. to these requirements and would give them cause for impeachement of Bondi if she does not comply.
It certainly seems to me like there’s a ton of wiggle room in there to interpret things however you want.
First of all it requires the release of:
Which, holy hell, is that NEVER actually going to happen lol.
As for redactions it just requires the DOJ to submit a list of:
What does that mean exactly? Idk but it sure seems like that could be as simple as “we redacted information from these emails/memos/voicemails or whatever because it was sensitive information to the victims or pertinent to an ongoing investigation.” That’s a summary and the legal basis fully abiding by the bill.
I’m very very far from a government bill expert so I’d love to be wrong here but by the letter of that bill, it seems insanely easy to still redact pretty much whatever you want.
There’s your problem. This regime has proven time and time again that laws are rules for thee, not me. If the laws help them, their hands are tied. If it hinders them, they just close their eyes and whistle until it goes away.
Yeah but the fix was in long ago when the 1,000 FBI agents or whatever we’re removing Trump’s name from the files. If his details were already redacted then they can’t tie that back to Bondi, right?
This seems so obvious that I must be missing something