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By Alexander Willis
Published December 21, 2025 12:34 PM ET
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) announced Sunday that he and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) will be moving to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in inherent contempt of Congress over the Justice Departments failure to release all files on Jeffrey Epstein by Dec. 19 with limited redactions, as was required by law.
Among the oldest powers of Congress, holding an official in inherent contempt allows for Congress to force compliance either with fines or detention, and in a manner that entirely bypasses the DOJ.
We only need the House for inherent contempt and we're building a bipartisan coalition, Khanna revealed Sunday during an appearance on CBS News Face The Nation.
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2674818165/
yourout
(8,795 posts)turbinetree
(27,444 posts)mahina
(20,608 posts)Thanks for clarifying
What a hideous sequence of events all of this
paleotn
(22,136 posts)And aftermath of the yell was perhaps the stupidest incident in US political history. It showed just how shallow and gobberish Repukes really were.
TheRickles
(3,335 posts)Ilsa
(64,295 posts)Maybe implement beginning on a Friday night when the Heavies are out of town, or even the country. Keep press in the dark, too, as long as possible so she isn't "sprung" too quickly.
TexLaProgressive
(12,721 posts)Easterncedar
(6,153 posts)Go Ro!!
gfarber
(268 posts)Said Khanna, This shits gone too far,
The DOJs playing dumb like a czar.
You missed the damn date,
Now were sick of the wait
So Congressll show who you are.
With Massie, a libertarian pain,
They teamed up and rattled the chain:
Release every file,
Not some bullshit pile,
Or contempts gonna rain down like hellfire and shame.
Inherent contempts old as dirt,
But it still knows exactly how to hurt:
No DOJ shield,
Just raw House power to wield,
Pay the fine or get locked up, you jerk.
Pam Bondi got put on blast,
For slow-walking the truth from the past.
You had one damn job,
Now youre trying to dodge and rob
Us of justice, and patience, and trust unsurpassed.
On Face the Nation he said,
Yeah, this shits bipartisan-fed.
Just the House, thats the key,
No excuses from me
Comply, or enjoy being legally fucked instead.
moonshinegnomie
(4,008 posts)and star fining her big money. start at 1M a day until she complies. and lock he up in one f teh ICE detention centers in the most deplorable conditions available
TexLaProgressive
(12,721 posts)Seinan Sensei
(1,522 posts)Think Mayor Rod Blagojevich
Or US Senator Robert Menendez
I have to believe theres always a LEO out there somewhere who would LOVE to cuff their boss
TexLaProgressive
(12,721 posts)basically in charge of all federal law enforcement agencies
moonshinegnomie
(4,008 posts)Its the Sargent at arms that will lock her up
orangecrush
(30,074 posts)DO IT
paleotn
(22,136 posts)It's time to declare war on TACO. And watch him back down and shrink. That's "Back Down a Bully 101." The orange moron and his regime of incompetents know that anything overt will crater his approval to levels never seen in modern American history. To a point where no amount of tech bro money can save him in Nov. 2026.
ChicagoTeamster
(843 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,784 posts)Takket
(23,675 posts)With a vaguely worded "shadow docket" release about how the executive branch can't be "constrained" from exercising their powers how the president sees fit (you know. the same rationale they have used for EVERYTHING since drumpf was sworn it.