WASHNGTON — The U.S. Senate agreed unanimously and swiftly to endorse a House bill to release U.S. Justice Department and FBI files regarding the disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate vote was within three hours of the House action. The Sente vote was by “unanimous consent,” a parliamentary device that conceals who would have voted how and who didn’t vote and who wasn’t present. Last week Trump ended months of adamantly opposing release of the government’s Epstein files, which are known to name him as close to Epstein, although here has been no direct evidence that he was among hundreds of Epstein friends and clients for pedophiliac engagement. Public demand for the files had grown to a point that Trump had no choice but to relent. What next? The House-Sente bill still needs Trump’s signature to release the files. Political analysts say, however, that Trump may have a Plan B to suppress the files. He could arrange for the Justice Department and FBI to investigate claims, not proven, that Epstein clients included former Obama Administration officials and JP Morgan and Deutsch Bank bankers. That would shift all the Epstein files under a legal category as “under investigation” and keep them concealed further from the public. In Congress these are the Minnesota and Wisconsin senators:
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In Congress these are the Minnesota and Wisconsin senators:
> Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin.
> Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin*
> Amy Klobchar, D-Minesota.
> Tina Smith, D-Minnesota.
* Earlier aligned with Trump against release