• i_drink_bleach [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      My take? I think his brain has completely turned into pudding. He’s been saying that line for so long that he actually believes it now. Yes there was a huge contingent at the FBI tasked with redacting the files, but the un-edited ones exist. Once Congress votes to publicize them, it becomes a lot less risky for a whistleblower to send the un-redacted copy to a sympathetic congress-weasel. Just my POV as an idiot.

        • i_drink_bleach [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Damn… I can’t find a link, but I read somewhere that there was an internal bumbling at the FBI (shocker, I know) and they sent the link to their repository to everyone at the bureau instead of just the redaction team loyalists. If true, then there is certainly someone at the FBI with an unredacted set of files. If someone has a link that can confirm, I would love to bookmark it.

        • i_drink_bleach [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          1 month ago

          It does not require the Senate. Congress can vote to force the DOJ to release all the files on its own. It’s speculated that the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, was using the government shutdown to stall the congressional vote, as well as using the shutdown as an excuse to not swear in the newly elected representative from Arizona.