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Kristen McDonald Rivet: “They're using phrases like we'll release what we're legally…”

Featuring: Kristen McDonald Rivet, Democratic | U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan, District 8

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Kristen McDonald Rivet on vote to release Epstein files

Published | Video Starts at 02:01

I am a little bit, I have a little bit of a raised eyebrow about the belief that we're going to see everything in those files. When you hear what statements that are coming from the administration and from the White House, They're using phrases like we'll release what we're legally able to. But legally able to tends to mean that there will be files that are withheld, and that has been the excuse all summer long. The reason we are staying so close to the victims on this is that they are the people who are going to be able to tell us whether or not everything is in those files or not. (02:01–02:16)

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Asserts that the administration's use of 'legally able to' suggests files will be withheld.

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