Legal & Political Analysis - A judge ruled the National Guard deployment in California a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act [1][2] - The Trump administration argued the deployment was to protect ICE agents, but the judge dismissed this argument [2][3] - Concerns raised that deploying federal resources to Chicago could be a pretext to control the 2026 elections [7] - Preemptive legal action is suggested to prevent National Guard troops from deploying to Chicago [5] Epstein Investigation - The House Oversight Committee held a closed-door meeting with Epstein survivors [4][10][11] - The committee requested the Epstein files on a bipartisan basis [11] - A bipartisan resolution will be brought to the floor to require the disclosure of the remaining Epstein files [12] - A resolution was introduced stating that the president should not offer clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell [14] - The Epstein estate will reportedly turn over a book containing a 2003 birthday message from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein [15] - The goal is to understand the extent of involvement in the Epstein situation and identify other potential abusers of over 1,000 victims [17]
'We're going to learn a lot more': Oversight Cmte. meeting with Epstein survivors today
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