Trump’s ‘leading a massive cover up’ of Epstein and GOP is ‘complicit’: Top Oversight Dem

Trump’s ‘leading a massive cover up’ of Epstein and GOP is ‘complicit’: Top Oversight Dem

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  2. No surprise. He’s a molester enabler. I think he’s more worried about finances being exposed.

  3. Yes we know, we have phones. Would you like to do something about it?

  6. Hard to ignore how messy this looks. If the files are clean, release everything with no delays. When leaders fight transparency, trust drops fast. The public deserves full records so people stop guessing.

  7. Americans would be much more likely to believe that Trump’s latest reversal is genuine if his administration, alongside the DOJ and Republicans in Congress weren’t making every kind of effort over the last several months to run interference for Trump, delay votes, withhold information and divert attention away from this scandal and the president’s deep ties to the world’s most notorious child sex trafficker.

    Republicans—predominantly Mike Johnson—even used the government shutdown as an excuse to suppress and delay the disclosure of Epstein related documents.

    Johnson deliberately delayed swearing in congresswoman Grijalva in order to prevent her from being the yes needed on a discharge petition that would force a vote on the further release of Epstein material.

    And in response to Democrats releasing emails obtained by the Epstein estate recently, Trump ordered Republicans to not authorize any additional disclosures. Mere days had passed when Trump completely changed his tune. How does this *not* arouse suspicions?

    And bear in mind that Trump always had the authority to order the release of these documents, but instead chose to pass that responsibility onto others. It speaks volumes that this is one of the few times that Trump didn’t exercise his unilateral powers.

    Now, before I continue, I want to address a common whataboutism from Trump supporters who demand to know why “Biden/Democrats didn’t release the files,” which is almost always asked in bad faith as part of a not-so-subtle attempt to try to exonerate Trump of wrongdoing.

    First, the current controversy doesn’t revolve around past inaction, but around Trump’s efforts to stall and block the release of Epstein materials. It’s also centered around his flagrantly corrupt behavior throughout this whole fiasco; his consolidation of legal and prosecutorial powers under a DOJ that is now beholden to him; his administration’s utter lack of transparency; and Trump’s inconsistencies in the face of political pressures. In other words, ***stop deflecting*** Trump supporters.

    That said, and contrary to what conservatives claim, Democrats did call for transparency and pushed for the release of Epstein related records as early as 2019, and even continued pressing for information through Biden’s term.

    Democrats even requested hearings and pressured the DOJ for accountability, despite facing legal and bureaucratic obstacles.

    Moreover, Democrats did not have unilateral authority over the release of the “Epstein files” during Biden’s presidency.

    Documents related to the investigation were held under the authority of the Department of Justice, and a DOJ that was not stripped of its independence and undemocratically faithful to the president like it is now.

    Ongoing investigations, privacy concerns and strict legal constraints prevented their release and/or slowed the process. At the time, president Biden couldn’t just publicly disclose sensitive materials and case files without obstructing investigations and violating statutes.

    It’s also important to note that Epstein was not at the center of the cultural and political conversation during Biden’s campaign. Not like it was for Trump in the run up to the 2024 election.

    Epstein’s arrest and death had just occurred while Trump was president in 2019, but in 2020, and in case you need a reminder, the country was undergoing an economic and global health crisis, which was only made worse by Trump’s mishandling of the pandemic and his kleptocratic policies that ballooned the debt and deficit. Not to mention January 6th and a national discussion about political violence and extremism that followed. Priorities were focused elsewhere to say the least.

    Moving on…

    After months of trying desperately to bury this scandal, Trump is now publicly reversing his stance because his DOJ has made sure to comb through and selectively omit every document, every word, every piece of evidence that could implicate him and anyone he’s trying to protect.

    if you think Trump and his DOJ will approve the release of anything remotely transparent, then I have some Trump meme coin to sell you.

    It’s already been reported that the FBI was tasked with digging through thousands of pages of Epstein related materials to search for any mention of Trump and take note. Suspicious indeed.

    It’s also telling that it took ten months for Republicans to unanimously vote in favor of releasing whatever information the DOJ finds adequate enough to placate the base. And only after their ringleader gave them the okay. Prior to that, the goal was to obstruct at all costs at the behest of Trump.

    This distraction effort included political stunts and diversions like when the DOJ tried to manufacture “treasonous” charges against Obama while justice department officials were privately courting Ghislaine Maxwell at the same time.

    Trump even sued the WSJ for releasing the infamous birthday letter:

    > The letter concludes: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

    How can any sensible person believe that Trump’s about-face reflects a desire for full disclosure or even sympathy for the victims?

    And the answer to this rhetorical question should be made more evident by the fact that the Trump administration has spent the better part of his term dismantling independent oversight, obfuscating facts and data and putting up barriers to transparency.

    Not accounting for Trump’s own desperate efforts to sweep this scandal under the rug since it was first revealed that his administration had no intention of releasing the “Epstein files.”

    Or his constant politicizing of the “files” and his insistence that the whole thing is just another “democratic hoax.”

    Trump has also contradicted himself on this matter repeatedly. First there were binders full of files, then there weren’t, but Republicans were also releasing carefully selected documents of their own, much of which was previously made public.

    Then his administration signaled that the investigation was basically over, but his deputy AG and personal lawyer went to Florida to interview Ghislaine Maxwell in private under the guise of learning more about Epstein’s crimes, but it was really just an effort to orchestrate a cover up with Maxwell in exchange for clemency and a transfer to a cushy, low security, white collar prison nicknamed “club fed.”

    Reports came out revealing that Trump’s name appeared in the documents, but Trump continued insisting that it was all a “hoax” while at the same time urging investigations into Democrats who are included in the documents that supposedly never existed in the first place.

    Fox News even deliberately edited Trump’s response during an interview when he was asked if he would release the “Epstein client list.”

    > “Yeah, I think we should release it. People deserve to know.”

    Fox left out his follow up:

    > “But you have to understand, there’s a lot of lies in that list. A lot of names that shouldn’t be there. You don’t want to ruin innocent lives.”

    And now you expect me to believe that Trump’s sudden reversal and the GOP’s conveniently timed change of heart are even remotely sincere? Give me a break.

  8. There are two facts and none are good for Trump and the MAGA party is too stupid to realize it.

    1 – Trump is a rapist and the GOP and DOJ are covering it.

    Or/And

    2 – Trump is covering for rapist Democrats.

    Either is fucking strange for a sitting President. Number 2 is super bad for a Republican who allegedly hates Democrats.

  9. He specifically said that he was going to investigate democrats in the epstein files meaning he is explicitly covering up the crimes of Republican pedophiles.

    Is anyone okay with that? 

  10. This was always the plan when he said he would release them. He just expected it to be much easier and that’s why they walked it back and tried the “hoax” approach instead.

  12. There’s a reason he made that scathing execution threat to democrats; it got everyone to stop talking about these files, *and it worked exceptionally well*. Now all anyone talks about is those execution comments; the files are essentially forgotten already in the national awareness.

    Not like there was much to hope for anyway. As soon as I saw the complete heel turn of republicans into a nearly unanimous Yes vote, and subsequent immediate passing through Senate, I already knew that whatever cover up they were working on was finally complete and they could release them without worry.

    I feel we will need to find a different avenue to deal with Trump, because the Epstein files are quickly looking to be fangless.

  17. Remember when congress pretended to demand release of the files and Trump pretended to instruct the DOJ to go along? And remember how nothing happened?

  18. Why is every headline involving Trump these days just “water is wet”?

  20. This is wild. If Trump really delayed releasing Epstein files and the GOP isn’t pushing for transparency, it looks like a cover-up. The public deserves to see everything, no excuses.

  21. Wasn’t it the effort to cover-up of the Watergate break-in that was ultimately more damaging to Nixon’s Presidency than the actual break-in of the Watergate building?

  22. Has he given up claiming he was a spy on Epstein’s trafficking ring? Or are they still trying to work that one up.

  23. It’s not like he had a history of hiding classified documents…

  24. They’re sitting back and waiting to see if he can pull it off. There’s not a shred of integrity with these people.

  26. I know everyone may be disheartened but remember. Trump has surrounded himself with incompetent yes men. They were trying so hard to prevent it from getting this far. You think they will be able to effectively cover this up. 

  27. Going through a lot of those emails and it’s all hot garbage. I’m not finding shit in there. Granted, there are craploads of them but it’s really obvious that tons of shit is missing.

    Of course it’s a coverup, anyone with even the mildest amount of brains can see it’s all being buried or hidden as much as possible to cover powerful people’s asses…

  28. wouldnt have expected any less from dude in question. wtf was the expected outcome giving evidence to a suspect to release at their discretion.

  29. He is going to do everything he thinks will save him and his money. This child rapist doesn’t have a low. The good thing is he will bring everyone down around him. And us non maga idiots want them all to burn

  31. The GOP has finally solved their Richard Nixon impeachment problem. In the worst way possible

  32. But Adam *Shifty* Schiff didn’t completely fill in the oval on his mortgage application and needs to be indicted.

  33. even just 20 years ago this would have been the greatest scandal to ever happen in world politics, now it’s a fucking childish game where one party refuses to even look at the rules.

  34. Yeah, no shit. We all know this. Fucking do something about it!!

  36. So. What’s actually new?

    Until the sheeple wake up and get into the streets to call for trump, his administration and his minions to be arrested and tried as traitors, nothing is going to change.

  37. It’s like being reminded that the house is on fire while trying to put it out.

  39. I find it amazing how MAGA think the guy who used to barge into teenage girls lockerrooms and bragged about it, saw a 10 year old girl and said he’ll be fucking her in a few years, has a list of sexual offences longer than my arm, invites sex offenders and rapists to the White House, got Romania to release a pair of sex traffickign rapists, invited the rapist Conor McGregor to the White House, sent a creepy birthday card to Epstein, was photographed multiple times with Epstein, is all over every Epstein leak so far, is trying to get Maxwell’s sentence reduced, had Kid Rock who once sang about how much he liked underaged girls perform at his events, is friend with the nonce Ted Nugent couldn’t POSSIBLY have diddled kids on Epstein Island.

  41. The Republican Party has been doing Epstein’s bidding since Trump’s first term. The 2017 Republican tax bill had a carve out that dramatically reduced taxes for hedge fund owners who lived in the Virgin Islands. The primary beneficiary? The President’s best friend Jeffrey Epstein.

  42. Yes… We know… Everyone on earth has known whether they want to or not for the past 6 months. Fucking do something about it.

  44. Leak. The. Fucking. Files.

    FFS.

    Stop playing nice with these fucking people.

  45. The guy who used every dirty trick his money and promises could buy to avoid jail via presidential immunity absolutely is doing everything he can to unfuck himself at our expense

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