Hey Republicans, it's time to get out the shovels and dig a really deep gap. Then bury without end the stench and false innuendo coming from the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Particularly now that the useless monster's cohort, Ghislaine Maxwell, has instructed the Justice Division that she by no means as soon as noticed President Trump “appearing inappropriately in any means” and that he “was by no means inappropriate with anyone” regardless of a protracted affiliation with Epstein.
These ought to be the ultimate phrases of the sordid saga and provides the GOP the boldness to cease runnin' scared on the topic and drop its silly obsession with the case.
The social gathering is squandering precious time and its Home majority by chasing shadows whereas extra urgent issues for the American individuals go begging for consideration.
The necessity for an pressing course correction stems from the truth that, in latest months, it typically has been tough to determine which social gathering was extra obsessive about the case of the useless pedophile and intercourse trafficker.
Crockett will get it
Even Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the foul-mouthed radical Texas Dem, instructed reporters that the case was not a precedence for Democrats in the identical means it has been for the GOP.
The Epstein case, she claimed, “wasn't a promise that we made. So this was not one thing that was entrance and heart.”
For as soon as, she's proper. The GOP is driving the Epstein practice, and frittering away confidence in its capacity to control.
In fact, there's some overlap with the Dems, as each events have charged at numerous occasions there exists a hidden trove of paperwork that can disgrace and incriminate numerous members of the opposite social gathering.
For Dems, Trump is their fantasy goal. Bereft of important on a regular basis points in opposition to him that resonate with voters, some lefties, particularly within the media, have been placing outsized bets on the concept that the Epstein case holds the important thing to their redemption and the president's collapse.
That focus makes some sense as a result of they're utterly out of energy in Washington and are determined for something that might give them an edge in opposition to the president and the GOP.
Within the Home, the fixation is centered on the Oversight Committee, with some Dems seeing gold in Trump's admitted friendship with Epstein within the '90s and early 2000s.
The actually odd half is the best way the GOP has behaved. Though there has by no means been any credible declare of wrongdoing by the president, most Republican members on the Oversight Committee have been erratic.
They've been so decided to discover a Holy Grail of Epstein paperwork that they voted with Dems to subject a broad subpoena to Trump's personal Division of Justice.
That quantities to pleasant hearth on the White Home.
To be honest, the DOJ has made a foul state of affairs worse and helped stoke conspiracy theories. Legal professional Common Pam Bondi initially promised to launch information earlier, together with an Epstein shopper record, then backtracked, saying the paperwork didn't exist.
Reported blowups between Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, and his deputy, Dan Bongino, fueled a suspicion even amongst some Trump supporters, together with in Congress, that the administration isn't simply confused, it's truly hiding bombshells.
Bongino threatened to give up, and Bondi has been bleeding help, although Trump continues to specific confidence in her.
Lingering doubts
Nonetheless, the GOP congressional push for paperwork displays how these earlier errors have helped to unfold doubts.
A key subject is whether or not the division has been hiding a shopper record as a result of Bondi flip-flopped on whether or not one existed.
She additionally stated in a memo that the case was closed and that no extra information from it could be launched whereas confirming earlier probes that Epstein died by suicide in a New York Metropolis jail whereas awaiting prosecution.
Neither Epstein's brother nor Maxwell purchase the concept that he took his personal life.
Nonetheless, the discharge of the transcript and recording of the two-day Maxwell interview are sturdy causes for the GOP to name off the canines and switch to different issues.
The interview passed off in a Florida jail final month and was led by Deputy Legal professional Common Todd Blanche.
Maxwell, who's serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted in December 2021 of intercourse trafficking and conspiracy costs associated to Epstein, instructed Blanche “I by no means witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any means.”
Her sturdy help for Trump's claims that he did nothing incorrect received't fulfill the Dems, however ought to be greater than sufficient for the GOP to maneuver on.
But, oddly, that doesn't appear to be the plan.
Comer needs extra info, saying earlier within the week that “There are numerous information in DOJ's custody, and it'll take the Division time to provide all of the information and make sure the identification of victims and any baby sexual abuse materials are redacted.”
He added, “I recognize the Trump administration's dedication to transparency and efforts to supply the American individuals with info on this matter.”
Attempt to think about a Dem committee chairman issuing a subpoena to an legal professional basic underneath a Dem president, then badgering for an increasing number of.
It could by no means occur.
Do not forget that, as legal professional basic, Eric Holder known as himself Barack Obama's “wingman.” And when former AG Merrick Garland realized Joe Biden wished Trump prosecuted, he shortly complied — with two history-making indictments.
Fishing expedition
But Republicans on Comer's committee enthusiastically be part of with Dems to demand every part Justice has on Epstein.
Even now, Comer by no means says what he suspects is on the market and who can be broken by it.
Absent some focus, it smells like a fishing expedition of the Trump administration.
In the meantime, his committee, which is the Home's chief investigative panel, by no means delivered the products it promised to seek out on the Biden household influence-peddling scheme around the globe.
There was tons of tantalizing speak and attention-grabbing financial institution information have been produced displaying Biden members of the family sharing in some funds, however there was no large closing supply, only a quiet ending, which let the “Huge Man” off the hook.
Sadly, an identical sample appears to be unfolding about one other Biden matter. Only recently, eight months after Trump took workplace, Comer began to name witnesses in a probe of who within the White Home deliberate and carried out the plot to deceive the general public and Congress about Biden's extreme cognitive decline.
An early witness, Ian Sams, a former press aide, testified in a secret listening to that he solely noticed Biden twice in the course of the greater than two years he labored for the president.
“It raises severe considerations about who was calling pictures on the White Home,” Comer stated.
It definitely does, Sherlock. However it's your job to supply the solutions to these questions, together with whether or not Biden was mentally match to have the nuclear codes.
What are you ready for?
