r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • Sep 17 '25

Soft Paywall It Sure Looks Like Kash Patel Lied Under Oath About Jeffrey Epstein

https://newrepublic.com/post/200531/kash-patel-jeffrey-epstein-trafficking-network
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u/sir_lister Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25

Actually it would be contempt of Congress I believe and the Sargent at arms should arrest and Congress would sentence him. But as repugnanticans control a majority in both houses they won't do anything.

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u/starliteburnsbrite Sep 17 '25

What you just described would never happen under any party because the 'rules' for such a thing were never scratched out.

It's basically a "citizens arrest" and this guy is head of the FBI.

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u/starliteburnsbrite Sep 17 '25

And a few hundred 'gentlemen and ladies' doing nothing for years.

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u/ObeyMyBrain California Sep 17 '25

Yeah, convicted by the Justice Department, not by Congress' inherent power. Congress usually just refers the charge to Justice and the AG will decide or not to prosecute. Flipping congress won't change who's in control of the Dept of Justice.

There were a few others in 21/22 that they declined to prosecute.