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The GOP of the Senate blocks Schumer’s surprise to force the release of Epstein files

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All the Republicans of the Senate except two have gathered to kill a surprise push of the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., to force the release of “Epstein files”.

Sense. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., And Rand Paul, R-ky., Joined the Democrats of the Senate to vote against the transition from the leader of the majority of the Senate John Thune, Rs.d., at the table of Schumer’s modification to the annual bill on the authorization to defense of the Congress.

Schumer announced on Wednesday in the Senate that he planned to deposit an amendment to the National Defense Autorization Act (NDAA) which would oblige the Attorney General Pam Bondi to publish all the files and documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Later, he told journalists that his amendment was indeed the same as the discharge petition in the house pushed by the representatives. Thomas Massie, r-ky., And Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

“There was so much lie, obscure, concealation,” said Schumer. “The American people need to see everything in Epstein files. And my amendment would do this.”

The Epstein drama which has grasped the room has so far been deaf to the Senate, with only a pair of dust between meaning. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., And Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., At the end of July, as well as a push of the Senate Democrats to lose time on the ground last month.

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But Schumer’s surprise move to file an amendment and force a vote on computer science intervening while the Republicans and Democrats negotiate the annual defense bill, and in addition, trying to find common ground on an extension of government financing before the deadline of September 30.

A republican source of the Senate told Fox News Digital that Schumer’s decision was “an extremely hostile act”.

“We were actively involved in bipartite negotiations and this could compromise this,” said the source.

The Epstein Fervor, however, rekindled when a card from the “birthday book” of the deceased pedophile was revealed earlier this week which was sent by President Donald Trump.

The card, which was reported for the first time by the Wall Street Journal, Presented a message and a drawing and to what seems to be Trump’s signature at the bottom, and he was sent to the Chamber’s surveillance committee by the Epstein domain.

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A collection of notes and drawings of Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book

A collection of notes and drawings of Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book made public by the Chamber’s surveillance committee. (Home Supervision Committee / Images Getty)

The White House vehemently denied the veracity of the card and also disputed that it was Trump’s signature.

When asked why the Democrats had never published the files when former President Joe Biden was in power, Schumer took Trump.

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“Listen, the main thing is that the American people need to see this,” said Schumer. “Donald Trump lied about it. There was no image. There was no drawing. There were so many lies, so much prevail, so much concealment.”

“The American people, the Democrats, the self-employed, the Republicans demand that they be made public,” he continued. “And that should be. We hope that the Republicans will vote for it. They should.”

Fox News Digital contacted the White House to comment but did not immediately hear.

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