Dems’ Epstein obsession is a scandalmongering – Latest News
We’re glad to see House Republicans set to vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein information — clearing the chamber’s agenda of a ridiculous distraction pushed by Democrats’ long, cynical obsession with this pink herring.
Even if it turns into law — which requires the Senate to burn time and vitality on it — the invoice gained’t really pressure out a lot new data.
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have relentlessly pushed a measure that also permits for Attorney General Pam Bondi to “withhold or redact” materials for a vary of causes, together with if she determines that it accommodates “personally identifiable information of victims” that “would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) speaks alongside Reps. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) at a press convention on the Epstein Files Transparency Act exterior the Capitol building on Nov. 18, 2025. Photo by DANIEL HEUER/AFP by way of Getty Images
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And as impartial journo Michael Tracey identified, that leaves a lot of wiggle room: In June, a Department of Justice memo cited “over one thousand victims” to guard in any release.
The nation gained’t see a full release of Epstein docs whereas these victims nonetheless reside.
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At most, we’ll get a bit more of what was revealed within the 20,000-plus pages launched final week: more deets on muckety-muck slimeballs who have been chummy with Epstein, like fabulist creator Michael Wolff, who was emailing with the persistent intercourse pest like an previous pal whereas goading him to blackmail Donald Trump in 2015.
You gained’t see something just like the groundbreaking deluge of scandalous revelations that Democrats (and Epstein-obsessed GOPers like Massie) have advised will come out if the invoice will get handed.
No, this is merely a bid to disrupt the Republican majority.
In July, when the DOJ introduced Epstein didn’t keep a consumer checklist and there was no proof that he “blackmailed prominent individuals,” some factions of MAGA screamed foul.
With no actual insurance policies to pitch to voters, Democrats rushed to capitalize, exploiting the media circus to fuel breathless claims about Epstein-Trump grime.
Epstein, vile as he was, was primarily on the hunt for victims for his own sick pleasure, not procuring teenagers for the wealthy and highly effective; some fellow pervs (like a sure ex-prince) joined in, however nothing’s come to gentle to recommend he was operating a huge sex-trafficking operation.
Hence the absence of a “client list” or some other smoking-gun doc that will expose a world pedophile ring.
Those who imagine Team Trump is suppressing the docs to guard the prez neglect that the feds have had all of it for years.
No means the Biden administration would’ve have sat on actual grime even because it pulled out each different stop to attempt to destroy Trump earlier than the 2024 election.
There’s no there there. Get this vote completed and let the House get back to the people’s business.
