In a new interview, the Republican congressman opens up about Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and his strategy to dig even deeper into the Epstein files

The libertarian Republican from rural Kentucky has long been a headache for party leaders, but he’s taken it to another level by co-authoring bipartisan legislation that compelled the Justice Department to release vast troves of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In an interview with POLITICO Magazine in his Capitol Hill office, Massie boasted that some 3 million files have already been released, even as he said he’d continue to bring pressure on the DOJ to reverse redactions in the documents.

Massie was the sole Republican to spar with Attorney General Pam Bondi at a combative congressional hearing last week, but he said for now, he won’t pursue efforts to hold her in contempt for not fully releasing the files.

  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I don’t think we would’ve gotten this document release without his efforts, so I will give him credit for that

    • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksOP
      121·
      2 days ago

      Massie: “The Speaker, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, the President, and the Vice President could’ve spared our party months of humiliation if they’d done the right thing four months ago.”

      The human trafficking, pedophilia, child rape and murder aren’t an issue, Massie’s just worried about the damage being done to the Grand Old Pedophiles.

      • hector@lemmy.today
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        1 day ago

        Look at you reject defectors from the gop, great job, no wonder we are losing, why don’t you look past your hand for a change there machavelli.