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Ferrets are Cool

(22,638 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:01 PM 4 hrs ago

Ro Khanna said this morning that they are only allowed ONE hour to search the Epstien files.

Anyone know why they are restricted to this time limit?

Time Limitation: The lawmakers specifically highlighted that in just "two hours of a review of the files," they were able to identify six individuals whose names had been heavily redacted.
The Scope of the Search: They expressed frustration that they only had this short amount of time to examine millions of files to identify potentially "incriminated" individuals, questioning why so much was redacted in the first place.
Conditions of the Review: Reports indicate that lawmakers, including Khanna and Massie, had to set appointments at the DOJ, were limited to specific terminals, and were not permitted to bring in staff or electronic devices.

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Ro Khanna said this morning that they are only allowed ONE hour to search the Epstien files. (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool 4 hrs ago OP
"Allowed?" Cirsium 4 hrs ago #1
Yes, ALLOWED Ferrets are Cool 4 hrs ago #3
+1 leftstreet 4 hrs ago #6
Opinion! truddy777 4 hrs ago #2
Rep. Jayapal said the same. Plus they were logged in with secret code by staff. cbabe 4 hrs ago #4
So, time to consider impeachment, arrest and removal? mwmisses4289 4 hrs ago #5
And add the spying on their searches vapor2 3 hrs ago #7

Cirsium

(3,692 posts)
1. "Allowed?"
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:06 PM
4 hrs ago

Members of Congress, the representatives of the people, the people charged with oversight of the executive branch, the controllers of the purse had to set appointments at the DOJ, were limited to specific terminals, were not permitted to bring in staff or electronic devices, and were only allowed an hour of time to do their work?

truddy777

(95 posts)
2. Opinion!
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:07 PM
4 hrs ago

One hour for millions of pages is basically a joke. It’s pretty obvious they don't actually want anyone finding anything useful if they're also blocking staff and electronic devices.

cbabe

(6,444 posts)
4. Rep. Jayapal said the same. Plus they were logged in with secret code by staff.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:12 PM
4 hrs ago

And files were not searchable. They needed to know the file reference number to access.

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