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Saturday update for #KatiePhang v. #ToddBlanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia over non-production of documents covered by the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct — the judge says to the #DOJ: I don't trust your representations, bring all the receipts. (Doc 23.) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/
> ORDERED that Defendant shall submit to the Court on [2026/07/30] by no later than 3:00 pm the following documents: [8 unredacted emails] and documentation supporting Defendant’s representation that the names that have been redacted in the published version of the documents are the names of victims; [an unredacted document] and documentation supporting the Defendant’s representation that the names in the “to” and “from” lines that have been redacted in the published version of the documents are the names of law enforcement personnel; and [another unredacted document] and documentation supporting the Defendant’s representation that the names that have been redacted in the published version of the documents are the names of victims.
This last document is EFTA00194840 which Todd Blanche says is substantially similar to the EFTA01703108 which exists only in redacted copy. (Doc 19, p. 13)
While the order of the items varies, these look like the 10 items identified in Katie Phang's Preliminary Injunction motion (Doc 9) and the first 10 items in the Order to Show Cause (Doc 16).
EFTA00749245 — Someone emailed Epstein “where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video” but Todd Blanche wrote that it was OK to redact the email sender since members of Congress leaked who it was. Oh, R'ly?
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Saturday update for #KatiePhang v. #ToddBlanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia over non-production of documents covered by the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct — the judge says to the #DOJ: I don't trust your representations, bring all the receipts. (Doc 23.) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/
> ORDERED that Defendant shall submit to the Court on [2026/07/30] by no later than 3:00 pm the following documents: [8 unredacted emails] and documentation supporting Defendant’s representation that the names that have been redacted in the published version of the documents are the names of victims; [an unredacted document] and documentation supporting the Defendant’s representation that the names in the “to” and “from” lines that have been redacted in the published version of the documents are the names of law enforcement personnel; and [another unredacted document] and documentation supporting the Defendant’s representation that the names that have been redacted in the published version of the documents are the names of victims.
This last document is EFTA00194840 which Todd Blanche says is substantially similar to the EFTA01703108 which exists only in redacted copy. (Doc 19, p. 13)
While the order of the items varies, these look like the 10 items identified in Katie Phang's Preliminary Injunction motion (Doc 9) and the first 10 items in the Order to Show Cause (Doc 16).
EFTA00749245 — Someone emailed Epstein “where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video” but Todd Blanche wrote that it was OK to redact the email sender since members of Congress leaked who it was. Oh, R'ly?
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Michael Popok interview with #KatiePhang about this failure of #ToddBlanche to even defend the failure to comply with the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct .
She also sees misogyny and the curious substitution of the DOJ or Government for Todd Blanche who is personally responsible and named in the lawsuit.
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Michael Popok interview with #KatiePhang about this failure of #ToddBlanche to even defend the failure to comply with the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct .
She also sees misogyny and the curious substitution of the DOJ or Government for Todd Blanche who is personally responsible and named in the lawsuit.
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@KimPerales This is very similar to the argument in #KatiePhang v. #ToddBlanche that the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct, being specific and detailed and passed much more recently, nullifies regulations and prohibitions predicated on the Privacy Act when the DOJ does the job Congress wants them to do.
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@KimPerales This is very similar to the argument in #KatiePhang v. #ToddBlanche that the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct, being specific and detailed and passed much more recently, nullifies regulations and prohibitions predicated on the Privacy Act when the DOJ does the job Congress wants them to do.
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Update in #KatiePhang v. #ToddBlanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia over non-production of documents covered by the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/
In response to Phang's argument that Blanche hasn't been following the law, which is his job, and the proposed $1000/day fines for continued delay, Blanche offers the following (Doc 22):
Phang is getting hysterical, unlike me, a logical man, "the Court *has not ordered* “the immediate production of documents,” but rather has ordered the Department to “show cause if [it] declines to do so.”".
(Quotes = a verbatim quote.)
Phang is stupid, too, because she says the #DOJ “makes clear that whatever the federal statute requires [it] to do, [it] will not comply” but the DOJ "has attempted to highlight for the Court the differing demands of several applicable statutes" while Phang's claim "the Epstein Act clearly trumps, as it was the more recently enacted law” doesn't even amount to an argument.
(Doesn't it though?)
Why Phang doesn't rebut my points on a per document basis almost like she hasn't read them yet!
(Yeah, that's the point, dumbass.)
It is simply *too early* in the expensive and slow process of civil litigation to compel the production of the #EpsteinFiles since we need an expensive litigation on full discovery for every page and whatever you rule produced we will appeal.
There! Now how can Phang possibly say "Notably, in his response, the Attorney General makes clear that whatever the federal statute requires him to do, he will not comply."? (this is the actual quote from Phang's Doc 2, which puts the blame on Blanche and not the DOJ as an organization).
This has been my paraphrase of Doc 22.
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Update in #KatiePhang v. #ToddBlanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia over non-production of documents covered by the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/
In response to Phang's argument that Blanche hasn't been following the law, which is his job, and the proposed $1000/day fines for continued delay, Blanche offers the following (Doc 22):
Phang is getting hysterical, unlike me, a logical man, "the Court *has not ordered* “the immediate production of documents,” but rather has ordered the Department to “show cause if [it] declines to do so.”".
(Quotes = a verbatim quote.)
Phang is stupid, too, because she says the #DOJ “makes clear that whatever the federal statute requires [it] to do, [it] will not comply” but the DOJ "has attempted to highlight for the Court the differing demands of several applicable statutes" while Phang's claim "the Epstein Act clearly trumps, as it was the more recently enacted law” doesn't even amount to an argument.
(Doesn't it though?)
Why Phang doesn't rebut my points on a per document basis almost like she hasn't read them yet!
(Yeah, that's the point, dumbass.)
It is simply *too early* in the expensive and slow process of civil litigation to compel the production of the #EpsteinFiles since we need an expensive litigation on full discovery for every page and whatever you rule produced we will appeal.
There! Now how can Phang possibly say "Notably, in his response, the Attorney General makes clear that whatever the federal statute requires him to do, he will not comply."? (this is the actual quote from Phang's Doc 2, which puts the blame on Blanche and not the DOJ as an organization).
This has been my paraphrase of Doc 22.
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#ToddBlanche explains to #KatiePhang and the District Court why so many incomplete and inappropriately redacted #Epstein files. Doc 19, 2026/07/02 in Phang v. Blanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/ (continued)
6 emails had a victim as sender and/or recipient and so those should stay redacted of PII, even it it looks like they were collaborators. (pp. 10–11)
7th email: "I don't understand SMTP headers." Blanche leans on the Privacy Act and not the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct to redact those names, as per unsigned DOJ memo. 'Sides, Thomas Massie was able to figure it out, so you don't need one more email address. (pp. 11–12)
8th email: Private email address of non-victim also redacted because *memo*. (p. 12)
9th email EFTA00038227: Law Enforcement names/emails redacted because *memo*. One of the four "conspirators" newly unredacted on website now because not a victim. Hey, you can't mean we have to update all the redactions on all the documents when we learn X is not a victim, right?? (p. 12–13)
EFTA01703108 is a photocopy of a redacted draft indictment. We can't find the original but we think all of the redactions which were made *sometime* by *someone* are names of victims by comparing with a different draft. (p. 13)
The court-ordered release of handwritten law enforcement notes seems just too *hard*. (p. 14)
The court-ordered release of foreign-language material seems just too *hard*. Why are you so mean when Trump-adjacent Congress isn't? (p. 14)
Congress didn't give us a deadline to publish the final list of redactions, so just trust we will, eventually. (pp 14–15)
We will fight if you ask for more. (p. 15)
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#ToddBlanche explains to #KatiePhang and the District Court why so many incomplete and inappropriately redacted #Epstein files. Doc 19, 2026/07/02 in Phang v. Blanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/ (continued)
6 emails had a victim as sender and/or recipient and so those should stay redacted of PII, even it it looks like they were collaborators. (pp. 10–11)
7th email: "I don't understand SMTP headers." Blanche leans on the Privacy Act and not the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct to redact those names, as per unsigned DOJ memo. 'Sides, Thomas Massie was able to figure it out, so you don't need one more email address. (pp. 11–12)
8th email: Private email address of non-victim also redacted because *memo*. (p. 12)
9th email EFTA00038227: Law Enforcement names/emails redacted because *memo*. One of the four "conspirators" newly unredacted on website now because not a victim. Hey, you can't mean we have to update all the redactions on all the documents when we learn X is not a victim, right?? (p. 12–13)
EFTA01703108 is a photocopy of a redacted draft indictment. We can't find the original but we think all of the redactions which were made *sometime* by *someone* are names of victims by comparing with a different draft. (p. 13)
The court-ordered release of handwritten law enforcement notes seems just too *hard*. (p. 14)
The court-ordered release of foreign-language material seems just too *hard*. Why are you so mean when Trump-adjacent Congress isn't? (p. 14)
Congress didn't give us a deadline to publish the final list of redactions, so just trust we will, eventually. (pp 14–15)
We will fight if you ask for more. (p. 15)
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#ToddBlanche explains to #KatiePhang and the District Court why so many incomplete and inappropriately redacted #Epstein files. Doc 19, 2026/07/02 in Phang v. Blanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/
He could have avoided this by producing the documents the law requires, but no-o-o.... (p. 2)
Congress required this of them and spent time and Congress-appropirated resources on the task. (p. 2)
Strong "you're not the boss of me" energy. Also, "I didn't do, you can't prove it." (pp. 2–3)
How *dare* the judge claim the DOJ conceded that it broke the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct when we just didn't contradict the many ways we obviously did when given a chance during the *preliminary* proceedings. The best innocent lawyers always save the best evidence and arguments for the end. (p. 3) [But, how is ¶ 1 above not a concession of the same shape?]
This is part of the statute. (pp. 4–5)
Congress, who gave us 100% of our budget, did not give us *more* money to expose these #EFTA files. (p. 6)
From day 1, Blanche was the PR flack who was tasked with telling Congress "everything is fine." (p. 6)
He's also #Trump's flunky, so he did PR flack for him too. Over 1k victims and relatives. (p. 6)
Some work completed by 2026/02/14. (pp. 6–7)
We also created a murder hole to spy on members of Congress who wanted to peep at the unredacted files: (p. 7) [budget for PR?]
More "you're not the boss of me" energy. (pp. 7–8)
Stupid, stupid court came to the opposite conclusion. (p. 8)
This is how stupid the court is. (pp. 8–10)
But assuming for a second that you are the boss of me, and because I am not in a posture to start an appeal, allow me to start to begin. (p. 10)
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#ToddBlanche explains to #KatiePhang and the District Court why so many incomplete and inappropriately redacted #Epstein files. Doc 19, 2026/07/02 in Phang v. Blanche (26-cv-01417) District Court, District of Columbia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246595/phang-v-blanche/
He could have avoided this by producing the documents the law requires, but no-o-o.... (p. 2)
Congress required this of them and spent time and Congress-appropirated resources on the task. (p. 2)
Strong "you're not the boss of me" energy. Also, "I didn't do, you can't prove it." (pp. 2–3)
How *dare* the judge claim the DOJ conceded that it broke the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct when we just didn't contradict the many ways we obviously did when given a chance during the *preliminary* proceedings. The best innocent lawyers always save the best evidence and arguments for the end. (p. 3) [But, how is ¶ 1 above not a concession of the same shape?]
This is part of the statute. (pp. 4–5)
Congress, who gave us 100% of our budget, did not give us *more* money to expose these #EFTA files. (p. 6)
From day 1, Blanche was the PR flack who was tasked with telling Congress "everything is fine." (p. 6)
He's also #Trump's flunky, so he did PR flack for him too. Over 1k victims and relatives. (p. 6)
Some work completed by 2026/02/14. (pp. 6–7)
We also created a murder hole to spy on members of Congress who wanted to peep at the unredacted files: (p. 7) [budget for PR?]
More "you're not the boss of me" energy. (pp. 7–8)
Stupid, stupid court came to the opposite conclusion. (p. 8)
This is how stupid the court is. (pp. 8–10)
But assuming for a second that you are the boss of me, and because I am not in a posture to start an appeal, allow me to start to begin. (p. 10)
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As if we all didn't know that #PresidentCoverup happily participates in cover-ups when it suits him
#uspol #politics #TrumpAdministration2026 #SecondTrumpAdminstration #AlienFiles #GOP_Propaganda #AlienEnemiesAct #EpsteinFiles #TrumpAdministration #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinFilesCoverup #Trump #DonaldTrump
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As if we all didn't know that #PresidentCoverup happily participates in cover-ups when it suits him
#uspol #politics #TrumpAdministration2026 #SecondTrumpAdminstration #AlienFiles #GOP_Propaganda #AlienEnemiesAct #EpsteinFiles #TrumpAdministration #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinFilesCoverup #Trump #DonaldTrump
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"They investigated me for months – FOUND NOTHING!!! So 16 year old charge resulted! […] NO FUN, NOT WORHT IT!!"
#JeffreyEpstein's alleged suicide note reads suspiciously like something #DonaldTrump would say 🤔
#uspol #politics #Trump #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinSuicideNote #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinCoverup
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"They investigated me for months – FOUND NOTHING!!! So 16 year old charge resulted! […] NO FUN, NOT WORHT IT!!"
#JeffreyEpstein's alleged suicide note reads suspiciously like something #DonaldTrump would say 🤔
#uspol #politics #Trump #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinSuicideNote #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinCoverup
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When you are not as wealthy as #JeffreyEpstein was, you now get a chance to feel like you've got a #EpsteinBirthdayBook entry from #DonaldTrump by holding a dollar bill in your hands
#uspol #politics #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #ScottBessent
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When you are not as wealthy as #JeffreyEpstein was, you now get a chance to feel like you've got a #EpsteinBirthdayBook entry from #DonaldTrump by holding a dollar bill in your hands
#uspol #politics #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #ScottBessent
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Unfortunately, this won't be her Wikipedia infobox picture (which would then potentially appear in search engines' right-hand infoboxes).
But, maybe, this can:
#uspol #politics #PamBondi #PamBondiFiring #PamBondiFired #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinList #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinCoverup #ToddBlanche #EpsteinSurvivors
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Unfortunately, this won't be her Wikipedia infobox picture (which would then potentially appear in search engines' right-hand infoboxes).
But, maybe, this can:
#uspol #politics #PamBondi #PamBondiFiring #PamBondiFired #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinList #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinCoverup #ToddBlanche #EpsteinSurvivors
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Whenever we need a picture of just fired U.S. attorney general #PamBondi for illustration, we should use this one and this one only:
#uspol #politics #PamBondiFiring #PamBondiFired #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinList #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinCoverup #ToddBlanche
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Whenever we need a picture of just fired U.S. attorney general #PamBondi for illustration, we should use this one and this one only:
#uspol #politics #PamBondiFiring #PamBondiFired #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #EpsteinList #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinCoverup #ToddBlanche
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Epstein files reveal the power – and peril – of online sleuths doing the government’s work
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"NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional."
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #GhislaineMaxwell
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-b9890fa6fa230fa649c8a847c76d97da -
"NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional."
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #GhislaineMaxwell
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-b9890fa6fa230fa649c8a847c76d97da -
Furthermore, would breaking the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct be part of #impeachment proceedings against #PamBondi (and possibly #ToddBlanche)?
#uspol #politics #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinScandal #EpsteinFilesRelease
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Furthermore, would breaking the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct be part of #impeachment proceedings against #PamBondi (and possibly #ToddBlanche)?
#uspol #politics #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinScandal #EpsteinFilesRelease
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Also, who can sue? If possible, I would assume, for example, @marcelias from the Elias Law Group, #GlennKirschner or @harrylitman
#JusticeMattersWithGlennKirschner #DemocracyWatch #DemocracyDocket #BrianTylerCohen #BrianTylerCohenNews #MarcElias #uspol #politics #ToddBlanche #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #PamBondi #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinScandal #EpsteinFilesRelease #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #HarryLitman #TalkingFedsWithHarryLitman
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Also, who can sue? If possible, I would assume, for example, @marcelias from the Elias Law Group, #GlennKirschner or @harrylitman
#JusticeMattersWithGlennKirschner #DemocracyWatch #DemocracyDocket #BrianTylerCohen #BrianTylerCohenNews #MarcElias #uspol #politics #ToddBlanche #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #PamBondi #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinScandal #EpsteinFilesRelease #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #HarryLitman #TalkingFedsWithHarryLitman
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Are there currently any ongoing prosecutions for violations of the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct in terms of
– not releasing ALL the files on the deadline
– redacting names that were forbidding by that very law to be redacted (e.g. co-conspirators)
– not redacting names of victims/ #EpsteinSurvivors
?#uspol #politics #ToddBlanche #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #PamBondi #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinScandal #EpsteinFilesRelease
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Are there currently any ongoing prosecutions for violations of the #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct in terms of
– not releasing ALL the files on the deadline
– redacting names that were forbidding by that very law to be redacted (e.g. co-conspirators)
– not redacting names of victims/ #EpsteinSurvivors
?#uspol #politics #ToddBlanche #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #PamBondi #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinScandal #EpsteinFilesRelease
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DOJ Under Congressional Scrutiny After Improper Redactions in Epstein Files
“Concealing the reputations of these powerful men is a blatant violation” of federal law, Rep. Ro Khanna said. -
DOJ Under Congressional Scrutiny After Improper Redactions in Epstein Files
“Concealing the reputations of these powerful men is a blatant violation” of federal law, Rep. Ro Khanna said. -
"Members of Congress will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department’s files on Jeffrey Epstein on Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ’s plans."
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #JusticeForSurvivors
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/members-congress-view-unredacted-epstein-files-monday-rcna257836 -
"Members of Congress will be able to begin reviewing the unredacted version of the Justice Department’s files on Jeffrey Epstein on Monday morning, according to two sources familiar with the DOJ’s plans."
#EpsteinFiles #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #JusticeForSurvivors
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/members-congress-view-unredacted-epstein-files-monday-rcna257836 -
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Jan. 30, 2026 · by Amy West
Shutdown? Shutdown
By midday on Friday, January 30 the Senate had not passed the remaining appropriations bills and the current continuing resolution funding parts of the federal government ended Saturday night at midnight. The House is not in session this weekend, so there will definitely be a brief partial weekend shutdown, but the government is expected to be funded again, for a time, by later in the week.
As a recap, Congress is supposed to pass appropriations bills before the fiscal year begins on October 1, and last year’s failure to do so led to the long October-November shutdown. In November, Congress reached a deal to fund some federal entities through the rest of this fiscal year (Agriculture, VA, and Congress itself) and then in mid-January reached a deal to fund others (Commerce, DOJ, Interior, and more), but that still left out a lot. Now, Congress is working to fund Defense, Homeland Security (DHS), Labor, HHS, Education, Transportation, HUD, State, and more). It looked like a deal had been reached until CBP killed Minnesotan Alex Pretti.
Friday night, the Senate passed 71-29 a revised version of H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. While it has the same bill number as the one passed in the House last Friday, the content is different. The Senate changed DHS funding to a two-week continuing resolution, after which point DHS would face another potential shutdown, and attached that to the other five appropriations bills to fund those remaining parts of the government for the rest of the fiscal year.
So now, in order to keep this shutdown short, the House must vote again on H.R. 7148. Given that the White House has signaled support for this plan, the expectation was that things would go smoothly in the House on Monday. But as of February 1, House Democrats are blocking fast-track rules, which will add a few extra days to the process at most.
There was a hiccup on Thursday when Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), said he was objecting to this plan unless a repealed-in-the-House provision was reinstated. That provision would allow a small number of senators to sue the government for exorbitant monetary damages as the result of searches in Operation Arctic Frost. (This article is about the first unanimous House vote to repeal that provision, but they again voted unanimously last week and attached the repeal to the appropriations bills.) As of this morning, Sen. Graham also says he objects to the plan because he wants a vote on banning sanctuary cities.
Graham agreed to let the vote go forward once Majority Leader Thune agreed to separate votes later on reinstating the monetary damages provision as well as a vote on legislation against sanctuary cities.
What Effect Will the Two Week Continuing Resolution Have on ICE?
Very little. As Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) noted on X about just ICE, an agency within DHS:
In 2025, ICE received $10 billion in appropriations. The 2026 bill holds ICE at $10 billion — but last year Congress gave them $75 billion in advance funding. So even if ICE appropriations were eliminated, ICE would still have a 750% increase over last year.
Two articles this week have noted how ICE has been spending its vast sums of money: The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters from the Washington Post and ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US from Bloomberg. A shutdown or continuing resolution would have no effect on these expenditures. Heck, even if ICE received no new funding at all this year, it would have no effect because these are expenditures based on appropriations already made.
Other parts of DHS do need funding to continue full normal operations, such as TSA, FEMA, and CISA.
Epstein Files
According to Ryan Nobles, an NBC reporter:
JUST IN: Deputy AG Todd Blanche says the Department of Justice has now released every file connected to the Epstein investigation that they are legally allowed and/or forced to release.
The files are posted on the Department of Justice website.
Today marks six weeks since the files were supposed to be released, if the administration felt compelled to follow the law. Is it all of the files? Definitely not since many have been redacted to prevent identifying Epstein survivors and because an unknown amount of legal activity remains in place. Is it all of the files that are required by the law that Congress passed? Also unclear. It just happened Friday morning and there’s a lot of files, so more information will doubtless come out in the near future.
Updated on February 1 to add some context and update the status of the bill.
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Shutdown? Shutdown. Also More Epstein Files
Jan. 30, 2026 · by Amy West
Shutdown? Shutdown
By midday on Friday, January 30 the Senate had not passed the remaining appropriations bills and the current continuing resolution funding parts of the federal government ended Saturday night at midnight. The House is not in session this weekend, so there will definitely be a brief partial weekend shutdown, but the government is expected to be funded again, for a time, by later in the week.
As a recap, Congress is supposed to pass appropriations bills before the fiscal year begins on October 1, and last year’s failure to do so led to the long October-November shutdown. In November, Congress reached a deal to fund some federal entities through the rest of this fiscal year (Agriculture, VA, and Congress itself) and then in mid-January reached a deal to fund others (Commerce, DOJ, Interior, and more), but that still left out a lot. Now, Congress is working to fund Defense, Homeland Security (DHS), Labor, HHS, Education, Transportation, HUD, State, and more). It looked like a deal had been reached until CBP killed Minnesotan Alex Pretti.
Friday night, the Senate passed 71-29 a revised version of H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026. While it has the same bill number as the one passed in the House last Friday, the content is different. The Senate changed DHS funding to a two-week continuing resolution, after which point DHS would face another potential shutdown, and attached that to the other five appropriations bills to fund those remaining parts of the government for the rest of the fiscal year.
So now, in order to keep this shutdown short, the House must vote again on H.R. 7148. Given that the White House has signaled support for this plan, the expectation was that things would go smoothly in the House on Monday. But as of February 1, House Democrats are blocking fast-track rules, which will add a few extra days to the process at most.
There was a hiccup on Thursday when Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), said he was objecting to this plan unless a repealed-in-the-House provision was reinstated. That provision would allow a small number of senators to sue the government for exorbitant monetary damages as the result of searches in Operation Arctic Frost. (This article is about the first unanimous House vote to repeal that provision, but they again voted unanimously last week and attached the repeal to the appropriations bills.) As of this morning, Sen. Graham also says he objects to the plan because he wants a vote on banning sanctuary cities.
Graham agreed to let the vote go forward once Majority Leader Thune agreed to separate votes later on reinstating the monetary damages provision as well as a vote on legislation against sanctuary cities.
What Effect Will the Two Week Continuing Resolution Have on ICE?
Very little. As Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) noted on X about just ICE, an agency within DHS:
In 2025, ICE received $10 billion in appropriations. The 2026 bill holds ICE at $10 billion — but last year Congress gave them $75 billion in advance funding. So even if ICE appropriations were eliminated, ICE would still have a 750% increase over last year.
Two articles this week have noted how ICE has been spending its vast sums of money: The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters from the Washington Post and ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US from Bloomberg. A shutdown or continuing resolution would have no effect on these expenditures. Heck, even if ICE received no new funding at all this year, it would have no effect because these are expenditures based on appropriations already made.
Other parts of DHS do need funding to continue full normal operations, such as TSA, FEMA, and CISA.
Epstein Files
According to Ryan Nobles, an NBC reporter:
JUST IN: Deputy AG Todd Blanche says the Department of Justice has now released every file connected to the Epstein investigation that they are legally allowed and/or forced to release.
The files are posted on the Department of Justice website.
Today marks six weeks since the files were supposed to be released, if the administration felt compelled to follow the law. Is it all of the files? Definitely not since many have been redacted to prevent identifying Epstein survivors and because an unknown amount of legal activity remains in place. Is it all of the files that are required by the law that Congress passed? Also unclear. It just happened Friday morning and there’s a lot of files, so more information will doubtless come out in the near future.
Updated on February 1 to add some context and update the status of the bill.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Shutdown? Shutdown. Also More Epstein Files – GovTrack.us
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