The new Epstein bill being passed has given people hope that we may, at long last, see the notorious sex offender’s accomplices named and brought to justice. However, there’s still a long way to go yet and already, House Speaker Mike Johnson has stipulated that the files would have to be heavily redacted otherwise it could raise “national security concerns.”
Despite voting in favour of the Epstein bill himself on Tuesday, Johnson blasted the Senate for approving it without any amendments. He ran through a list of a number of reasons as to why declassifying the files was a bad move including victim privacy, unsubstantiated claims against potentially innocent people, protections against the release of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM), and the damage it could do to future investigations by outing whistleblowers.
