{"id":41027,"date":"2025-11-19T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=41027"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:00:15","slug":"this-is-why-flipper-in-chief-trump-flipped-so-quickly-and-agreed-to-epstein-file-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=41027","title":{"rendered":"

This is why Trump flipped so quickly and agreed to Epstein file release<\/span><\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency<\/h1>\n

Official document warns of “National Security Concerns”<\/h3>\n

Ken Klippenstein<\/p>\n

Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act today by veto-proof margins. But opponents of the law have another plan to stop it, described in a little-noticed document circulated by House Speaker Mike Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt jeopardizes future federal investigations, and we have national security concerns regarding classified information,\u201d Johnson said of the bill.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t speaking off the cuff. He was quoting from a document produced by his office detailing five \u201cflaws\u201d with the bill. The fifth and final flaw, titled \u201cnational security concerns,\u201d says that it\u2019s \u201cincredibly unwise to demand that DOJ declassify materials originated by other agencies\u201d; that \u201cdeclassification should \u2026 protect sources and methods\u201d and directs Congress to \u201cwork with the Attorney General [Pam Bondi] to declassify in a reasonable time frame.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, the Trump administration should have final say because, well,\u00a0national security.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This is exactly the kind of national security argument that I warned yesterday would be invoked to block disclosure the Justice Department and FBI\u2019s massive holdings (300 Gigabytes\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0them) regarding Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

Below is a link to my article from yesterday explaining the plan to stonewall any release.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNational Security\u201d Blocks Epstein Files Release<\/h2>\n

Ken Klippenstein<\/p>\n

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When Congress votes tomorrow on a bill many think will pry loose the Jeffrey Epstein files, one glaring loophole will prevent full transparency. It\u2019s called national security.<\/p>\n

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\nhttps:\/\/www.kenklippenstein.com\/p\/epstein-bill-passes-as-top-official<\/a><\/p>\n

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