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"Why would you need 1,000 federal employees to sift through 100,000 pages of Epstein files just to find Trump’s name? You wouldn’t, unless the goal isn’t truth, but control of the narrative."
Exactly. The goal here was never the truth—truth is incongruous with the Trump administration. The administration just wants to placate their MAGA adherents who are very agitated. Hopefully, they will fail spectacularly in this endeavor!
I agree with the folks who say that if 1000 people are tasked to this job, there will be many holes in the bucket, Dear Liza.
I am greatly enjoying the huge hole they have managed to dig themselves. And we know that with MAGA, and its little brother Qanon, the more the information, the more conspiracies it will spawn. E already know that Trump flew many times on Epstein's jet, there is no doubt Trump was inner circle.
And names were named, by victims, during Grand Jury testimony. Maybe more decide to talk under anonymity and immunity from future lawsuits.
Trump attempted another distraction from the Epstein file inquiries. He targeted Beyoncé, Oprah, and Kamala in the following 07/26 post on Truth Social. The text below was copied verbatim—including exclamation points and all-caps. Trump really does not want all the info from the Epstein files to be released!
"I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for “expenses,” to Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV “anchor,” Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING! These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
What a joke,,,, Trump comes out everyday with a little more about Epstein. Now Epstein stole a young girl from his place in Fla. How I see it: Pam Bondi and his lawyers who interviewed her feed him info on how he is mentioned in the files so he concocts stories fitting that info. All to prove he is a good boy... what a croc of shi&^T.
Yeah, Epstein took women from the Trump org. Old Donny had nothing to do with it or encourage it. Could it be old Donny funneled women to Epstein. Maxwell knows but she wants a pardon.
I hope he pardons Maxwell....just to prove to his MAGA base what a piece of garbage he truly is. Odd that it took this issue for them to start to smell the stench.
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American:
“Trump sued the Wall Street Journal’s parent company Dow Jones and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion. But the lawsuit read as if it were written primarily to rile up Trump’s base. The Wall Street Journal stood firm on the accuracy of its reporting, and the defendants moved to dismiss the lawsuit.”
“Today Trump quietly backed away from his demand for Murdoch’s deposition, and both sides put off discovery—the process of disclosing information and evidence to the other party— at least until after the motion to dismiss has been decided.”
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just to find Trump’s name? You wouldn’t, unless the goal isn’t truth, but control of the narrative."
Exactly.
The goal here was never the truth—truth is incongruous with the Trump administration.
The administration just wants to placate their MAGA adherents who are very agitated.
Hopefully, they will fail spectacularly in this endeavor!
I am greatly enjoying the huge hole they have managed to dig themselves. And we know that with MAGA, and its little brother Qanon, the more the information, the more conspiracies it will spawn. E already know that Trump flew many times on Epstein's jet, there is no doubt Trump was inner circle.
And names were named, by victims, during Grand Jury testimony. Maybe more decide to talk under anonymity and immunity from future lawsuits.
He targeted Beyoncé, Oprah, and Kamala in the following 07/26 post on Truth Social.
The text below was copied verbatim—including exclamation points and all-caps.
Trump really does not want all the info from the Epstein files to be released!
"I’m looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer Beyoncé for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for “expenses,” to Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low rated TV “anchor,” Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING! These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO. Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
and associated events on the July 25th episode of Washington Week.
https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/video/2025/07/washington-week-with-the-atlantic-full-episode-72525
He should be on Broadway.
“Trump sued the Wall Street Journal’s parent company Dow Jones and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion.
But the lawsuit read as if it were written primarily to rile up Trump’s base.
The Wall Street Journal stood firm on the accuracy of its reporting,
and the defendants moved to dismiss the lawsuit.”
“Today Trump quietly backed away from his demand for Murdoch’s deposition,
and both sides put off discovery—the process of disclosing information and evidence to the other party—
at least until after the motion to dismiss has been decided.”