An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Stop pretending this is normal! Do something!!

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Stop pretending this is normal. You passed a law requiring the full release of the Epstein files. The law was not vague. The deadline was not flexible. And yet the Administration has openly refused to comply — daring Congress to do nothing. So far, you are proving them right. When the Executive Branch ignores a duly enacted law, it is not a bureaucratic dispute. It is lawlessness. It is contempt for Congress. And it is a direct assault on the Constitution. The Constitution does not leave Congress helpless in moments like this. It gives you enforcement power. It gives you oversight power. It gives you the power of the purse. And it gives you the power of impeachment for officials who refuse to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. That power exists for this exact scenario. If Congress allows executive officials to simply ignore laws they don’t like, then Congress has rendered itself irrelevant. At that point, you are no longer a co-equal branch of government — you are a spectator. This is not about politics. This is not about party. This is about whether the United States is governed by laws or by the personal discretion of whoever happens to hold power. If a private citizen defied a lawful mandate, there would be consequences. When government officials do it, Congress offers excuses, delays, and silence. That is cowardice — not leadership. Enough with stern letters. Enough with performative outrage. Enough with pretending this will resolve itself. If officials are willfully refusing to follow the law, then Congress must act — immediately and decisively. Subpoena them. Hold them in contempt. Cut their funding. And if they continue to defy the law, initiate impeachment proceedings. Failure to act is not neutrality. It is complicity. The American people are watching Congress surrender its constitutional authority in real time. Every day you allow this defiance to stand, you weaken the rule of law and signal that accountability in this country is optional for those at the top. Do your job. Enforce the law you passed. Defend the Constitution you swore to uphold. Or admit — openly — that laws passed by Congress no longer matter.

▶ Created on December 20 by Rachel

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