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Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

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Iunno. 'Epstein' is only repeating what Trump himself bragged about in the Access Hollywood tape. His followers didn't care then, and this letter is not going to make them care now.
Yeah.... you're right.
 
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What would it take the GOP to realize who they support? Or do they already know and are just to far up the creek?
Well they’re just allegations!

It’s only an indictment!

Nothing’s been proven in court of LAW!

Kangaroo court!

They’ll fix it on appeal!

Off to SCOTUS!
 
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Many people are saying!

"A lot of people are very angry that pictures are being released of other people that really had nothing to do with Epstein. But they're in a picture with him because he was at a party, and you ruined a reputation of somebody," Trump said during an event in the library at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach club that he claims to have ejected Epstein from in the early 2000s.

Let's think of the real victims!

 
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We reached out to numerous trump advisers, senior administration officials, others close to trump and in the Republican elite to grade the trump doj’s handling of the Epstein saga from July to today. All but one said F or F minus. Because that one said “F-minus-minus.”
 
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Mr. Trump addressed the discovery on Truth Social late Friday, writing: "Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, and work on Election Fraud etc."

[I assume when they have belatedly obeyed the law, which requires the release of all of them.]

 
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The president went on to allege that Democrats, not Republicans, are the ones who worked with Epstein. "Release all of their names, embarrass them, and get back to helping our Country," he wrote.
The law says all of the non-victim names, regardless of how powerful they are. Not just the Democrats
 
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After noting his desire to quickly release documents related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, if elected, Trump clarified that he’d be willing to do the same with the Epstein files.


This whole thing makes me wonder if Eyes Wide Shut was based on a film directors experience of Epstein.
 
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Nah. It seemed to me the characters in EWS were consenting adults.
Seemed to me? I watched it 20 years ago with my wife and I am pretty sure the script never made that clear at all. Particularly the display "performers" on show at the party. Like with Epstein a rich elite got together to do inappropriate things.
 
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This whole thing makes me wonder if Eyes Wide Shut was based on a film directors experience of Epstein.
I don't know what you're talking about; but I'd rather stay on topic than find out.
 
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'My friends will get hurt': Trump blew up over threats to expose Epstein accomplices​


Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed new details about her split with President Donald Trump over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

After the hearing, Greene held a news conference at which she threatened to identify some of the men who had abused the women."

"Greene was in her Capitol Hill office, and according to a staff member, everyone in the suite of rooms could hear him yelling at her as she listened to him on speakerphone," the Times reported. "Greene says she expressed her perplexity over his intransigence. According to Greene, Trump replied, 'My friends will get hurt.'"

"When she urged Trump to invite some of Epstein’s female victims to the Oval Office, she says, he angrily informed her that they had done nothing to merit the honor," the report added.
 
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Trump snookers MAGA with "Epstein files" promise: "I would say weeks"

Journalist Julie Brown, whose award-winning work with the Miami Herald uncovered the extent of Epstein's crimes... "There is no Jeffrey Epstein client list. Period. It's a figment of the internet's imagination — and a means to just slander people." The names of Epstein's associates — including Trump — are already public knowledge. Most of those people aren't implicated in his crimes, however.

Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown posted on X on Sunday that she found her flight information in the newly released files attached to a grand jury subpoena. The trip occurred during Trump's first administration and happened about a month before Epstein was found dead in the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center.

"Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)? As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why (sic) was the DOJ monitoring me?" Brown wrote.
 
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With (relatively) few Epstein files released by deadline, conspiracy theories flourish and questions remain

During the 2024 election, President Trump promised to release the Epstein files as part of a campaign message arguing the government was run by powerful people hiding the truth from Americans.

At the start of 2026, many people agree — and believe that he is now one of the powerful few keeping the public in the dark.

In the two weeks since the Justice Department failed to fully meet a legal deadline to release its expansive tranche of files on Jeffrey Epstein, old conspiracy theories about his life and death have subsided and new ones have taken shape
 
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DOJ seeks to enlist 400 attorneys to review more than 5M pages of Epstein records: Sources

At this point, the next release of documents is not expected until the end of next month [January], according to the sources.

It's not immediately clear why the Department of Justice is only now claiming that it has just discovered upward of 5 million pages of documents from its investigations into Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 in his jail cell awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
 
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Slow Epstein files release not as concerning as docs DOJ has chosen to withhold, says Ro Khanna

Khanna said in an interview with Morning Edition that the DOJ should've started preparing the files for release months ago when the Epstein Files Transparency Act was introduced. But Khanna added that he and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who co-authored the law signed by President Trump, are less concerned about the delay and more concerned about the documents the DOJ is withholding.

"We want to see the survivors' statements to the FBI, where they name other rich and powerful men who abused them or who covered up the crimes. And we want to see the draft prosecution memos which explain why many, many men were involved in the cover-up and abuse," Khanna said.
 
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Law schmaw!

Epstein Files Might Not Be Released in Full Until After Trump Leaves Office

On Monday, the Justice Department told a court it had released 12,285 files since being compelled to do so on December 19. However, it went on to say that there are "more than 2 million documents" that remain in "various phases of review."

Despite hundreds of attorneys and "substantial Department resources" being devoted to the effort, the released materials represent less than one percent of the total volume in the DOJ’s possession. Assuming all those under review will be disclosed, the entire process would take over eight years to complete. [I assume that's based on some assumption that they're released at a constant rate, which is not worth much.]

"While the commitment of Department personnel to this effort has been substantial in breadth and impressive in effort, substantial work remains to be done," the Justice Department said in Monday’s filing.

Per the terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill which passed both chambers and was signed into law on November 19, the Justice Department had 30 days to publicly release all unclassified records, files, communications and investigative materials on Epstein. Minimal redactions were permitted to safeguard victims' identities and national security, and to ensure ongoing investigations were not jeopardized by the publication.

A handful of senators have called on the Department of Justice’s watchdog to investigate its failure to release all records pertaining to Epstein by the congressionally mandated deadline. Meanwhile, Massie and Khanna have said they are considering holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in inherent contempt over the matter.
 
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Law schmaw!

Epstein Files Might Not Be Released in Full Until After Trump Leaves Office

On Monday, the Justice Department told a court it had released 12,285 files since being compelled to do so on December 19. However, it went on to say that there are "more than 2 million documents" that remain in "various phases of review."

Despite hundreds of attorneys and "substantial Department resources" being devoted to the effort, the released materials represent less than one percent of the total volume in the DOJ’s possession. Assuming all those under review will be disclosed, the entire process would take over eight years to complete. [I assume that's based on some assumption that they're released at a constant rate, which is not worth much.]

"While the commitment of Department personnel to this effort has been substantial in breadth and impressive in effort, substantial work remains to be done," the Justice Department said in Monday’s filing.

Per the terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill which passed both chambers and was signed into law on November 19, the Justice Department had 30 days to publicly release all unclassified records, files, communications and investigative materials on Epstein. Minimal redactions were permitted to safeguard victims' identities and national security, and to ensure ongoing investigations were not jeopardized by the publication.

A handful of senators have called on the Department of Justice’s watchdog to investigate its failure to release all records pertaining to Epstein by the congressionally mandated deadline. Meanwhile, Massie and Khanna have said they are considering holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in inherent contempt over the matter.

The rich pedophiles must be protected at all costs.
 
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