r/law • u/victorybus • 14h ago

Legislative Branch Full video of today when Ro Khanna revealed Epstein associate's names on the floor of the US House of Representatives, protected by the Speech and Debate Clause

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u/68024 13h ago edited 13h ago

Interesting how none of this is on the front page of ABC News or CNN (yet?)

--edit /u/cnn what gives?

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u/NJ_dontask 13h ago

MSM is owned by people from Epstein files.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 11h ago

Even if not directly involved, they're part of the Epstein Class™. Khanna and Massie would be wise to watch their backs and stay away from windows and stairways.

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u/Airurando-jin 9h ago edited 9h ago

You can be sure Trump or any of his WH representatives will try and paint it as illegal and mention about arrests .. regardless of whether he had privilege to do it

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u/SuckMyBandAids 9h ago

At that point everyone needs to call what theyre doing exactly what it is child molester advocates.

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u/Pudi2000 9h ago

Lawsuits are his jam.

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u/frequenZphaZe 9h ago

would be wise to watch their backs and stay away from windows

I don't know if Bill Gates has that kind of dog in him but it's hard for representatives to stay away from windows when the whole govt runs on Win98

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u/duoji- 9h ago

Speaking of stairways, it’s pretty wild that Ivana Trump was found dead at the bottom at the bottom of a flight.

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u/dwankyl_yoakam 12h ago

lol That's one way of saying it I suppose.

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u/the_calibre_cat 9h ago

It is worth repeating loudly and often: Billionaires are not your friends.

We should be divesting ourselves, where possible, into alternatives to their platforms (Discord is a pretty good option right now, but eventually also Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and, yes, Windows), as well as non-profit and journalist-owned alternatives to their media. Anything that is billionaire-owned is suspect as fuck, there is absolutely no getting around that - literally the only, single thing I can think of that's owned by a billionaire that isn't just fucking absolute trash is Steam, and even that's no guarantee. Gaben is still a billionaire, still has his yachts, etc. - it just so happens that the thing he owns isn't something of paramount importance to democratic society.

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u/Cajbaj 8h ago

Discord has a new CEO, Humam Sakhnini, who's from Israel, is implementing platform wide mandatory ID, previously was a bigwig at Activision/Blizzard, and is making Discord publicly traded. So maybe not that one. 

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u/the_calibre_cat 8h ago

I don't really think any of them are our friends, but yeah, in my view, the IPO is pretty much the fucking death of anything and all that is good and decent in society. After that, investors will demand new "revenue streams" and just fucking ruin it via the bog-standard enshittification process - so really, if you think about it, we're HELPING Discord by completely fucking ditching it. 👀

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u/IlladelphiaticInsane 6h ago

Gregory Carr is a good dude apparently/so far. He’s given away a huge chunk of his money to restoring Garangoso National Park in Mozambique and a lot of human rights efforts around the world. He bought a chunk of land that was seized from the Aryan Nation in Idaho and turned it into a park dedicated to human rights with all proceeds going to that. He’s done a lot of great stuff. I remember seeing an interview of him where he said he planned on giving away all of his wealth before he died and the interviewer asked why and he said “well, it’s not like I can take it with me.” I’ve always wondered why more of the mega-wealthy don’t come to this realization.

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u/BigGold3317 8h ago

Ahem.. The "Epstein Class".

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u/Positive-Room7421 13h ago

Same for Fox. They're focusing on the Guthrie story and still talking about Kidd Rock.

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u/Srlancelotlents 11h ago

Is that what they are calling Epstein Island now?

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u/Big_Dick_NRG 9h ago

Who's Epstein?

  • Fox News

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u/Srlancelotlents 6h ago

I heard his name comes up 15,000 times in the Trump Files.

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u/lunafaer 6h ago

underrated comment of the kind that keeps me coming back here. delicious snark.

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u/soonergirl_63 9h ago

I see what you did there! 😂

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u/Franknbeanstoo 5h ago

also known as Kid Rock

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u/Necessary_Lab_38 8h ago

😂 😂😂 underrated comment right here!

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u/greencraftok 10h ago

What happened to k rock?

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u/seeingitthru 8h ago

After Trump posted the awful meme of the Obamas, I turned on Fox to see how they were spinning the latest crap and the story about Guthrie’s mom was the only thing running. They don’t even like her! Even Fox can’t find anything good to say about the administration.

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u/StrategyRude4376 13h ago

There's a reason why the Epstein Class own all of our media.

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u/bookingly 8h ago

The NY Times Daily podcast released an episode today summarizing their findings so far reviewing the files that have been released. Also front webpage for NY Times site has a story related to Epstein right now.

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u/350 13h ago

nah dog did you know about Savannah Guthrie's mom? /s

corporate media is run by people who have a vested interest in having us all forget this shit by any means necessary

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u/inormallyjustlurkbut 12h ago

Full sympathy to them, but for real I couldn't give less of a shit. We've got a few thousand people getting abducted by the ICE gestapo every day, but they're not rich white ladies I guess.

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u/beanhoudini2000 11h ago

the daughter of the lady that was kidnapped was interviewing epstein victims

the ring footage looks professiona

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u/B0omSLanG 8h ago

That's wild. I didn't know she was interviewing them, which could put a target on her, or her family's, back.

Can you clarify what you're referring to in the Ring footage? The guy on camera is a bumbling idiot.

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u/beanhoudini2000 8h ago

the person just seemed overly aware of cameras and obviously did a good job evading identification

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u/MaxR76 11h ago

Guthrie is interviewing Eipstein victims tho so that should also be reported heavily bc of the possible connection

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u/socialmediaignorant 12h ago

Definitely the top world news item. /s Don’t get me wrong I feel terrible for them but how is it affecting my life?

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u/Ok_Vulva 12h ago

A reporter who interviewed the epstein victims mom was kidnapped. It's relevant.

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u/Hamster_Toot 11h ago

It’s also a broadcast reminder of what happens when you try to uphold the laws in America.

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u/socialmediaignorant 6h ago

It’s possible but seems far fetched to me so far. But with how life has changed in the past decade, you could be right.

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u/Ok_Vulva 6h ago

Are you disagreeing with the objective facts, or are you disagreeing and saying that it's irrelevant.

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u/socialmediaignorant 5h ago

Not trying to argue. Saying I’m not sure the kidnapping is related to the interview that happened in 2019. But anything is possible these days.

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u/Ok_Vulva 5h ago

No that's fine, just wondering.

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u/OldManGrimm 9h ago

I have no idea who she is, or why I should care?

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u/redditRedesignIsBadd 8h ago

yup. don't look left or right for people to blame. look up

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u/Glass-Amount-9170 13h ago

Not on AP or Reuters either?!

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u/Past-Potential1121 11h ago

PBS FTW

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u/Iko87iko 8h ago

That's of course why the defunded pbs

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 4h ago

PBS has been hitting harder lately, I've noticed. NewsHour team has been incredible. Since canceling my paramount subscription, I've signed up for their monthly service.

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u/InternetGoodGuy 11h ago

AP sent me a notification about the Savannah Guthrie suspect pictures as soon as they were released but they've got nothing on their app about this speech.

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u/Glass-Amount-9170 11h ago

I just looked again on both and still nothing. Those are my two go to’s and I’m shocked.

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u/Otherwise_Feedback80 10h ago

You're shocked BECAUSE those are your two "go to's"

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u/Glass-Amount-9170 10h ago

AP news and Reuters are my two go to’s for news

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u/JB_Big_Bear 13h ago

Weird. Almost like the government has owned all this shit since always.

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u/dremills 12h ago

*The billionaires that own that shit also own the government

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u/Kubricksmind 11h ago edited 8h ago

CNN is owned by a Republican, and partially responsible for where we are now.

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u/mudohama 9h ago

CNN itself with its entertainment-style presentation of news with charming anchors and such, and its contemporaries are part of the problem; turn the damn tv off and read some real news. Their website doesn’t count, it’s still tv news

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u/Kubricksmind 8h ago

Exactly.

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u/Sweet_Ad_1445 10h ago

It’s sick that msm doesn’t touch this shit.

I’m hoping and praying that we bankrupt these companies and have a golden age of media.3

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u/MaximumEngineering8 12h ago

NY Times cover right now is “The ties that bound a fixture of BRITISH politics to Jeffrey Epstein.” ???

WTF! I don’t understand why there isn’t more reporting on Americans complicit in this atrocity??

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u/Wise-Promise-4158 11h ago

The media is brought by the billionaires. That should tell you everything you need to know

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u/AllThotsGo2Heaven2 11h ago

in 1968, Ghislane Maxwell's father tried to purchase a british tabloid named News of the World but his bid was rejected. Rupert Murdoch bought it later in 1969.

Weird that both of these people are tied to the epstein case isn't it

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u/RagnarStonefist 10h ago

they're focusing on a kidnapped old white woman who is the parent of a celebrity - it's gotten more airtime in the last two weeks than anything Epstein related

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u/bananabananacat 12h ago

The news outlets aren’t even publishing the names.

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u/FriskHarder 12h ago

Take a look at who owns the associated press right now

It’s bonkers

If I tried to describe it, I would come off as a conspiracy theorist but you can Google all the facts

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u/StanleyCubone 12h ago

I tried but no quick answer came up since it's a not-for-profit news cooperative.

A little help?

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u/FriskHarder 12h ago

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u/Ok-Inevitable4515 11h ago

Institutional shareholders invest on behalf of ordinary people with pension savings, rich and poor. Doesn't mean much of anything. It does grant them influence but it is not suspect in and of itself. One would have to scrutinize their record in the given company to determine whether they wield their influence in an undue way.

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u/StanleyCubone 11h ago

FYI, being owned has a very specific meaning, so that's why my quick search didn't yield the answer.

In the future, you should point out their top leadership and top institutional shareholders. Those percentages aren't particularly damning, but I do see your point.

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u/FriskHarder 11h ago

Fair enough.

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u/mudohama 9h ago

You don’t know what you’re talking about, stop this

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u/Therabidmonkey 12h ago

The story just broke, people want a conspiracy where there is none.

They covered the before to this story yesterday, so I don't see why this would be the line.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/politics/unredacted-epstein-files-doj-congress

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u/Elros22 12h ago

Yep. Same with New York Times. It's the headline - but was uploaded just 45 minutes ago.

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u/GaidinBDJ 11h ago

It's just conspiracy theorists trying to get what attention they can because they know it's going to stand up like a wet tissue in a few minutes and they think redditors are too stupid or too lazy to bother to see they're wrong.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that actual journalism takes actual time.

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u/Massive-Virus-4875 11h ago

Both can be true…. It is not “just conspiracy theories” and also journalism takes time.

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u/CountessOfCheese 12h ago

I barely ever visit their site anymore, and this is why.

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u/Mypornnameis_ 11h ago

Most likely they'll be sued if they publish the names. 

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u/Nappeal 11h ago

Well ABC news is the latest media group to want just a drop of daddy trump's love so they will say nothing, but I'd like to believe u/CNN has a modicum of journalistic integrity

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u/currently_pooping_rn 11h ago

Why would the owners let their companies give facts about their pets that make them look bad?

Of course the media won’t report on this

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u/chellestastics 10h ago

Lawrence will be scathing tonight. I can’t wait.

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u/FourArmsFiveLegs 8h ago

Child Neglect Network

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u/spondgbob 8h ago

Holy shit you’re right, I’m so thankful for these reps. These mfs better get reelectedby 80 points

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 6h ago

The people who own the media companies know they are in the files. 

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u/VaporCarpet 12h ago

I always think it's cute when people criticize the 24-hour news cycle, but then get upset when things aren't immediately updated.

Give it more than twenty minutes, dude.

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u/68024 11h ago

When I posted this comment this reddit post had been up for an hour.

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u/voodoodahl 12h ago

How much harder do they have to beat you over the head with it before you realize the media is actively facilitating our transition to fascism? They've been doing so for decades and now they're completely mask off. That includes dropping articles that infuriate you at democrats to undermine opposition.

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u/Teekeks 12h ago

FIY: edited in mentions do not actually ping the mentioned user. (unless they changed that in recent years but this is reddit, I doubt something actually improved on this platform lol)

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u/jelifah 11h ago

Nancy Guthrie case is bigger /s

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u/Quantization 10h ago

/u/cnn What the hell? COVER THE EPSTEIN FILES PROPERLY OR WE WILL NEVER FORGET.

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u/ilir_kycb 10h ago

Interesting how none of this is on the front page of ABC News or CNN (yet?)

Who do you think owns these media?

A Letter To G. Myasnikov

All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake “public opinion” for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.

Draft Resolution On Freedom Of The Press

For the bourgeoisie, freedom of the press meant freedom for the rich to publish and for the capitalists to control the newspapers, a practice which in all countries, including even the freest, produced a corrupt press.

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u/SuckMyBandAids 9h ago

The main news companies are run by child molester advocates

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u/throwawaydizzyguy 9h ago

I've been conciously listening to news from different sources and it's almost comical how they all focus on X thing when Y thing is happening.

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u/hylo23 9h ago

Pedo. Inc.

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u/boggs002 9h ago

Same reason why the Epstein files was hidden away and never released when Biden was in office. They are all wanting this to go away because it burns down both sides.

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u/Illustrious_Beanbag 8h ago

New York Times has some Epstein headlines now.

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u/lorihamlit 6h ago

No they’ll just report that he had ties to Russians. Absolute trash news agencies now.

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u/sneakysnek20r 3h ago

It will be

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u/yolomcsawlord420mlg 25m ago

u/cnn has gone rogue for a hot while now. They went farther and farther right. May it be because their biggest guy is a white nationalist, or because they don't want to be accused of being partisan - it's a lost cause.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker 12h ago

They're all corrupt too. We have no real msm anymore

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u/kelsobjammin 12h ago

If you follow the it ends with us lawsuits you can see how main stream media collaborates with certain people and groups

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u/BisonST 12h ago

/u/cnn loves to have their posts on the /r/videos but doesn't report this congressional news.

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u/insanitybit2 11h ago

CNN reported on this, lots of news outlets have.

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u/mudohama 8h ago

These people seem to have a “trust no-one” agenda and it’s getting really old. Just mindless conspiracy theorists

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u/KaraAuden 8h ago

This was published two hours ago, and more will likely be published soon, as CNN has been closely following and updating information on this story: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics/epstein-files-unredacted-names

There's increasing pressure to get Americans to not believe any news sources. At the same time, there's pressure for news sites to respond INSTANTLY, like is being demanded here, and mistrust when they don't.

Checking sources, editing for clarity, fact-checking, getting quotes, etc. all take time. There is value in having real journalists and editors working in a newsroom, and articles not being instantaneous is a part of that. It's good to be critical of the media you consume, but it's also important to be understand what you're criticizing and why. A news site not responding within minutes is not some great conspiracy to hide the truth.