Markwayne Mullin Blocks Gallego's Resolution Demanding DOJ Release Epstein Files

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During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a resolution demanding the Department of Justice release its files on Jeffrey Epstein that was then blocked by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).

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00:00Thank you, Mr. President.

00:02Mr. President, I'm interested in this resolution to require the Department of Justice to release

00:05its files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

00:09For years, Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have railed on about the Epstein files.

00:14They've told the American people that they're going to release the files and expose the

00:18elites.

00:19Pam Bondi has said that she has the files on her desk and they're ready to go public.

00:23The names of these shady elites who had abused children were just sitting there and she was

00:29ready for it to be released.

00:32But now, a complete reversal.

00:35Trump is straight up gaslighting the American public.

00:38Does he think the American people are that dumb?

00:41Did he really think the American people would not forget what he had said for years on the

00:45campaign trail?

00:46Just yesterday, we went into the Trump administration, abruptly fired one of the lead prosecutors

00:51in the Epstein case.

00:52No explanation, no warning, just gone.

00:56So what happened?

00:57It's really easy to run a campaign and rile up people, but it's Trump's turn to actually

01:02expose the elites.

01:04Trump has chickened out, and it's because he is one of those elites, and he is taking

01:08care of his own.

01:11It's all connected.

01:12Just look at his legislative agenda.

01:14Tax breaks for his rich buddies, subsidizing private jet purchases.

01:18Again and again, he rigs the system against everyday Americans.

01:22And that's what this resolution is about, to show the American people that they deserve

01:27the truth.

01:28No more shady cover-ups.

01:30If there is any evidence of a cover-up in the Epstein case, the public has a right to

01:34know.

01:34If there is a list, the public deserves to see it.

01:37And Americans deserve to see the truth, even if it's not what Donald Trump and his elite

01:41friends want.

01:43The Department of Justice has these files, and there is nothing to hide, then release them

01:48and prove it.

01:50Trump's own people have told us a million times that they have it, and that they promised

01:54to make it to the public, so bring it out.

01:57It doesn't matter who is implicated in that.

01:59The American people are done with these games, these lies, and the two systems of justice,

02:04one for the elites and one for everyone else.

02:08Enough with the secrets.

02:09The American people deserve the truth.

02:11So I am calling on my fellow senators to join me in demanding the Department of Justice

02:17release the Epstein files to restore public trust, affirm institutional accountability,

02:23and to prevent the politicization of justice.

02:26With that, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding Rule 22, I ask unanimous consent

02:32the Senate proceed to the consideration of SR-325 submitted earlier today.

02:37Further, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the parable be agreed to, and

02:43the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening

02:47action or debate.

02:49Is there an objection?

02:51I reserve the right to object.

02:53The senator from Oklahoma.

02:56Mr. President, this is nothing but political theater.

03:00It's so obvious that the Democrats are just using this for political football.

03:04If they're really serious about it, what happened the last four years?

03:08Or were they silent?

03:10Doing nothing but covering up for an absent president, and now all of a sudden they want

03:15to talk about transparency?

03:17Wait a minute, you figured out who ran the White House the last four years, and now all of a sudden

03:20they want to make something of this?

03:23Are you kidding me?

03:25If they're serious about it, then why didn't they say something the last four years?

03:28This is nothing more than just political theater trying to go after a president that they

03:34truly despise.

03:36With that, I object.

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