adminWashington has once again proven why so many Americans distrust the place: the House voted 427–1 to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the Senate followed with unanimous consent, rushing the measure toward the president’s desk. What looked like a moment of righteous transparency on its face is actually the latest example of Congress grandstanding and making law by headline instead of sober deliberation.
The bill — sold as a victory for victims — actually compels the Justice Department to dump investigative materials into the public square while allowing only limited redactions for victims and ongoing probes, and it even requires DOJ to produce a list of public figures named in the documents. That’s the kind of sweeping, messy directive that invites political theater, witch-hunts, and irreparable reputational damage, even if parts of the text supposedly protect sensitive information.
Not surprisingly, there was at least one voice of caution in the stampede: Rep. Clay Higgins stood alone in the House as the lone “no” vote, arguing that the bill as drafted risks exposing innocent witnesses and family members and violates core principles of justice. Whether you like Higgins or not, his principled warning about collateral damage should remind conservatives that transparency is not an excuse for thoughtless public shaming.
Meanwhile, the bipartisan pile-on shows just how out of touch the political class can be when headlines matter more than consequences. Democrats and a sizable number of Republicans alike voted for camera-ready transparency, while some GOP leaders who once warned against recklessness quietly swallowed the legislation when the political winds shifted. That kind of inconsistency fuels the base’s contempt for Washington — talk about doing something, do nothing to fix the rot.
Conservative commentators and patriots across talk radio and cable are right to be furious: we want justice for victims, but we also want process, protection of the innocent, and real investigations that lead to prosecutions — not a public dumping ground that becomes a feeding frenzy for the left-wing mob. The American people deserve better than spectacle; they deserve institutions that preserve fairness while exposing corruption where it exists.
Now the ball is in the president’s court, and every patriot should watch closely to ensure this doesn’t become another political weapon that hurts victims and tramples due process. If the administration signs and the DOJ complies, conservatives must insist on careful, targeted oversight, not celebration of sloppy “transparency” that hands our enemies ammunition.
