Angel Ureña said ex-president, pictured in some photos released by justice department, cut ties with Epstein in 2005

A spokesperson for Bill Clinton accused the White House late on Friday of using him as a scapegoat after pictures of the former president with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as with a young woman in a pool, were included as part of congressionally ordered release of government files.

“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,” the spokesperson said in a statement on X.

“This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be,” the statement added.

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    I mean, yes, but also if Clinton was involved in the heinous shit, toss him in the cell with the rest of the scum.

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      “This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.“

      This feels like they’re calling their shot though. Like he knows there’s nothing incriminating to come out about himself and, like the rest of us, assumes there will be something being hidden by Trump.

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        As much as he’s featured and obviously likely involved, it seems like he would absolutely know “what comes next” for [redacted], so if that’s the case:

        1. This statement gives me some hope that they are confident that something meaningful will come out.
        2. Fuck him for keeping it hidden, even if legally required to.
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          He may also be saying these things cause he knows Trump will never release anything implicating Clinton cause it would also implicate Trump.