White House officials say Trump is plotting retribution after Epstein bill vote
www.independent.co.uk
President has attempted to re-direct public anger over Epstein scandal as ‘a ‘Democrat problem’

The White House is planning to use the Epstein files against Democrats after they, in addition to several Republicans, successfully pressured lawmakers to vote to compel the Justice Department to release the remainder of the files against Donald Trump’s wishes.

After both chambers of Congress agreed to send the Epstein Files Transparency Act to Trump’s desk, two unnamed White House officials indicated to Politico that they plan to draw attention to Democrats who communicated with or were associated with Epstein.

“Democrats only started talking about the Epstein files once they thought they could use it to score political points against President Trump,” an unnamed White House official told Politico. “That will prove to be a mistake for them.”

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
    35·
    15 hours ago

    I can see 3 possibilities.

    1. Full uncensored release of the files -highly unlikely.
    2. a heavily edited and censored version with Donny’s name taken out bluntly.
    3. A couple of pages of people’s names that the White House and Donny picked. And whatever happens afterwards I feel like Donny will start a war with Venezuela to try to keep the media from totally focusing on the Epstein files.
    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 hours ago
      1. Move the goalposts on “rape” and “pedophilia” because that’s kinda/sorta where they’ve been headed this whole time. It would also get a number of conservative politicians off the hook that aren’t even in the files. Basically like some kind of perverted Overton Window.
    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
      9·
      6 hours ago

      a heavily edited and censored version with Donny’s name taken out bluntly.

      I have a feeling that soon “■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■■■■” will become a meme…

    • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
      15·
      9 hours ago

      4: Someone who doesn’t like Trump releases the uncensored files, in retribution for something. If your future is ended by Trump, might as well have him hanging from the same scaffold.

      • BanMe@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 hours ago

        1,000 FBI agents have seen them. Hundreds of victims know what’s in there. Senate committees, courts. I don’t think substantial modifications will be occurring anymore, it’s been frozen since March when they hastily redacted Trump’s name “as a private citizen”

        • timeghost@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Or one man could replace Trump’s name in the documents with Gavin Newsom in black sharpie and arrest him. The truth hasn’t mattered for years.