No. of Recommendations: 6
Lots of folks on this board think that there's some bombshell(s) in the Epstein files that are going to be hugely damaging to Trump if disclosed. But as I keep saying, even if there's not - perhaps
especially if there's not - they're going to have a major problem anyway. Because even if (or when) they turn over every single piece of paper, the MAGA base simply isn't going to believe them if there's nothing there. Per
Politico:
“Are people ever going to be satisfied,” said one White House official, granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking. “No, because people in this country genuinely believe that the federal government is in possession of a list of pedophiles who work with Jeffrey Epstein. And that is just not true.”
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House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), whose committee issued the subpoena to Epstein’s estate for the files, called further congressional action a “show vote,” adding that “the Department of Justice has turned over what they’re legally allowed to turn over.”
The White House official echoed Comer: “This idea that the federal government is in possession of documents that they can legally hand over with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, and we’re keeping them from the public is a fallacy, like, it’s not true.”https://archive.ph/e6zhV#selection-811.0-815.247Again, Trump can't make this problem go away by merely releasing the Epstein files. He needs to release documents that include a list of pedophiles that worked with Jeffrey Epstein. He needs to release a "client list," or his base will never believe that they've released everything. And so if that "client list" simply doesn't exist, if the government
doesn't have evidence showing a large number of politically powerful people engaging in pedophilia along with Epstein, then this problem can never ever ever be solved. By releasing the Epstein files without including that client list (which probably doesn't exist), Trump merely becomes part of the cover-up.
