Epstein Files Belong To The People

Congress demanded the full Epstein files. DOJ offered “batches.” This isn’t transparency; it’s a cover-up. Delay protects the powerful, abandons victims, and erodes every shred of public trust.

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Enough of the bullshit already. A congressional subpoena isn’t a polite request. It’s not an RSVP to a dinner party where you can choose beef, chicken, fish, or “partial compliance.” A subpoena is the law. And if Congress — Republicans and Democrats together — demand the full, unredacted Epstein files, the Department of Justice doesn’t get to shrug its shoulders, slice the documents into “batches,” and tell the American people to wait patiently while the clock runs down.

That’s not how democracy works. That’s how cover-ups work.

On Tuesday, the deadline hit. DOJ was supposed to deliver everything: documents, communications, the full record. Instead, they punted. The excuse? They need more time to “review” the files, to make sure victims’ identities and child sexual abuse material aren’t disclosed. Fine. No one disputes that names of victims and contraband images should be protected from public release. But let me be clear — that has nothing to do with complying with a congressional subpoena. Congress has the legal right to see it all: unredacted, unvarnished, and without delay.

This is not a partisan talking point; it’s the law. In fact, this was a bipartisan subpoena. Robert Garcia, the Democrat from California, demanded it. Three Republicans crossed over to support it. James Comer, the Republican chair, signed it. Yes… Comer as well. The committee spoke with one voice, and the voice said: hand over the full Epstein files. Period.

Instead, DOJ has chosen to slow-walk the truth. This isn’t just stupid; it’s corrosive. Every day the files remain locked away, conspiracy theories metastasize. Every day DOJ dithers, more Americans lose faith that the government is even capable of holding the powerful accountable. And every day this drags on, people like me are forced to live under a cloud of innuendo and bad-faith accusations.

So, let me set the record straight — again. I never met Jeffrey Epstein. I never spoke to him. I had no connection to him. None. Zero. This piece of shit preceded my time at Trump, beginning in the late 1980s. (By the way, I was finishing up college at the time.) But that doesn’t stop the questions, the comments, the garbage theories that flood my social media. People want answers, and in the absence of facts, they invent them. Multiply that by millions, and you get a country drowning in rumor, suspicion, and distrust.

And the DOJ is feeding that.

And here’s the kicker. This delay, in the long run, will not benefit President Trump. His enablers may whisper otherwise, but they’re wrong. As long as the Epstein files remain hidden, his name — like Clinton’s, like everyone else’s — floats in the fog of daily speculation. And the longer that fog lingers, the harder it is to clear. If the DOJ truly wanted to help Trump, they’d deliver the files to Congress yesterday. Because here’s the truth… the courts, even the Trump-controlled courts, will ultimately force DOJ to hand them over. Oversight authority is black-letter law. Delay is pointless.

So why stall? Because delay is its own form of protection. Delay buys time for the powerful to maneuver, to message, to blunt the impact of the facts. Delay lets the DOJ pretend it’s complying while actually doing the opposite. And delay tells the public, once again, that there are two systems of justice: one for us, and one for them.

Listen to Garcia’s words: “Handpicked, partial productions are wholly insufficient and potentially misleading.” He’s right. Pam Bondi, Trump’s attorney general, bragged months ago that she had the “entirety” of the Epstein files on her desk. Entirety. So what happened? Why is DOJ now acting like full compliance is some impossible lift? It’s not. It’s a choice — and we see through the lie.

And here’s where we should all be furious: MAGA, Republicans, Democrats, independents — everyone. This is about protecting a class of people who have always managed to skate above the law. Wealthy financiers, powerful politicians, celebrity insiders; Epstein’s Rolodex was their playground. And now, DOJ’s delay looks a hell of a lot like protection.

No one should accept this. Not Republicans who claim to fight the deep state. Not Democrats who claim to fight corruption. If you believe in accountability, then you demand the full, unredacted Epstein files. Anything less is surrender. Anything less is just wrong.

And let’s be clear about what’s at stake here. These files contain the truth about who enabled Epstein, who benefited from him, who participated in the sexual abuse of children, who turned a blind eye, and who was complicit in one of the darkest scandals of our time. Victims deserve justice. Victimizers deserve exposure. The American people deserve the truth.

So enough with the batches. Enough with the bureaucratic song and dance. DOJ must hand over the full files to Congress — and now. Then, as quickly as legally possible, the maximum should be made public, so that innuendo gives way to evidence, speculation gives way to fact, and conspiracy theories finally meet the cold, hard wall of truth.

When that happens, the speculation, the conspiracy theories, and the endless online noise will finally collapse under the weight of fact. The truth will cut through the fog that has smeared countless people unfairly and left the public guessing.

But this is bigger than rumor, bigger than Trump, bigger than Clinton. It’s about whether our government still has the backbone to confront the powerful with the truth. And right now, the DOJ is failing that test.

So let’s keep up the pressure. Demand compliance. Demand justice. Demand accountability. Because if the Department of Justice won’t obey a congressional subpoena, then maybe the real question isn’t about Epstein; it’s about whether we still have a functioning government at all.

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