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Chasstev365

(6,743 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:09 AM 10 hrs ago

Another possible explanation of why Trump is now supporting the release of the Epstein Files:

AG Bondi (giving cover yet again) is going to state the DOJ is investigating Democrats, so the files can't be released. (DOJ policy, not law).

Trump will say, "I told them to go ahead and release it, so I am not covering anything up and support transparency.

BULL SHIT!

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Another possible explanation of why Trump is now supporting the release of the Epstein Files: (Original Post) Chasstev365 10 hrs ago OP
I believe this JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #1
Plausible chicoescuela 10 hrs ago #2
They'll say he was an FBI informant berniesandersmittens 10 hrs ago #3
And thus makes it classified. ananda 6 hrs ago #54
And he didn't "bark" ... Justice matters. 5 hrs ago #62
Or Timewas 10 hrs ago #4
Yup, they prolly doctored up thee "files" to take out rump of it. Someone Somewhere has an original copy..nt mitch96 7 hrs ago #40
IMO, there are copies of everything. MANY COPIES. Epstein's lawyers aren't stupid. Safe as Milk 7 hrs ago #46
I believe you're exactly right and that is why the information is going to Tribetime 10 hrs ago #5
Maybe, but I think it is more likely that they have insuured that the Senate will never pass it because they won't have lostincalifornia 10 hrs ago #6
Yea. The orange one saw how things were going Strelnikov_ 10 hrs ago #8
Bingo. CanonRay 10 hrs ago #7
It is my understanding that others have digital copies.. FarPoint 10 hrs ago #9
Yes Alan Dershowitz says he's got the Epstein documents FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #20
He was at the island....he got a massage.... ashredux 9 hrs ago #22
Dershowitz is as big a liar as Epstein. Wiz Imp 9 hrs ago #23
Somehow... MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #56
Why not? Because he wants to keep breathing for a few more years... IthinkThereforeIAM 6 hrs ago #60
I'm confused The Butler 8 hrs ago #37
Quite possible, don't give em any ideas! purr-rat beauty 10 hrs ago #10
Maybe Moses Mike misspoke and meant to say "rat", not informant. YodaMom2 7 hrs ago #44
Who benefited most from Epstein's death? Safe as Milk 7 hrs ago #47
didn't he say that a long time ago? NJCher 7 hrs ago #49
All the more reason to make him cough it up MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #58
Trump always plays every number on the wheel. Hugin 9 hrs ago #11
"...tiny porcine swollen hooves..." MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #59
Reason I don't believe this will happen, is Republicans won't be able to survive more sleight of hand tricks. RoeVWade 9 hrs ago #12
I hope you're right! Mtnmama 9 hrs ago #17
I would appreciate a clearer explanation.. Escape 9 hrs ago #13
they are the product of many agencies drray23 9 hrs ago #16
That's why I hope the case's prosecutor, Maureen Comey, has a security detail. She allegorical oracle 8 hrs ago #31
They've had plenty of time Nasruddin 8 hrs ago #34
Again, they do not control all the sources drray23 8 hrs ago #36
large team NJCher 7 hrs ago #51
Thanks! Escape 5 hrs ago #63
This DOJ. is so far up tRUMPS ass that they will do anything he tells them to do. bluestarone 9 hrs ago #14
He knows he would lose the House vote. surfered 9 hrs ago #15
Trump may have something up his sleeve, but it's pretty disgusting if he has people advising him on this RoeVWade 9 hrs ago #18
Suddenly, the DOJ becomes independent...... Turbineguy 9 hrs ago #19
Exactly what's going to happen. Emile 9 hrs ago #21
Trump is NOT "supporting" releasing the Epstein files. Wiz Imp 8 hrs ago #24
My husband Rebl2 8 hrs ago #25
Then why the hell didn't they release it BEFORE the 2024 Election? Chasstev365 8 hrs ago #30
Good question Rebl2 7 hrs ago #52
I think you're right. Sounds like something he'd do. patphil 8 hrs ago #26
Must be thoroughly scrubbed Dave says 8 hrs ago #27
My take on the bullshit LilElf70 8 hrs ago #28
It's a charade. He could have the files released right now by his own order. Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #29
Exactly - he could release them today without any approval. I suspect he is not beyond walkingman 8 hrs ago #33
If it passes the House and the Senate, he'd just give it a "pocket veto." Wednesdays 7 hrs ago #48
That or, he ordered the files redacted of his and all other GOP names.. CousinIT 8 hrs ago #32
Yup, watch it happen. republianmushroom 8 hrs ago #35
They will say that they can't release the files because they are now under review for the investigation of Democrats. Historic NY 8 hrs ago #38
His magats are stupid enough to believe this bullshit. spanone 8 hrs ago #39
He got word that the scrubbing has been completed..... what's released will show NOTHING. groundloop 7 hrs ago #41
Won't need to scrub anything that won't be released. Wednesdays 7 hrs ago #50
He's figured out a way azureblue 7 hrs ago #42
This or... D_Master81 7 hrs ago #43
maybe so Roc2020 7 hrs ago #45
maybe another reason... hkp11 6 hrs ago #53
Again, lil kingpin pedo the felon promised "no. new. wars" to his gullible morons Justice matters. 5 hrs ago #66
Trump has never done a decent thing in his life C_U_L8R 6 hrs ago #55
Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM 6 hrs ago #57
Absolutely no doubt of this. choie 5 hrs ago #61
Congress should call dibbs as the measure to release them predates this recent "investigation" IbogaProject 5 hrs ago #64
Are there external records of all the files that are involved? AdamGG 5 hrs ago #65
Bondi has scrubbed the files. iemanja 2 hrs ago #67
Or the party evilhime 2 hrs ago #68
Immunology AncientOfDays 1 hr ago #69

Justice matters.

(9,114 posts)
62. And he didn't "bark" ...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:16 PM
5 hrs ago

Although ALL dogs behave a lot better than lil kingpin pedo the felon ever did.

mitch96

(15,556 posts)
40. Yup, they prolly doctored up thee "files" to take out rump of it. Someone Somewhere has an original copy..nt
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:53 AM
7 hrs ago

Safe as Milk

(180 posts)
46. IMO, there are copies of everything. MANY COPIES. Epstein's lawyers aren't stupid.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:15 PM
7 hrs ago

Remember that the files came from Epstein's estate. They have been releasing selected files for some time. The estate will provide a backdrop of accuracy that the DOJ can't delete. So if they alter or destroy evidence, the estate will counter that action. IOW, deleting or altering the files will end up being a bigger headache for Diddling Donny. Epstein's lawyers know that they're dealing with Donny, a career criminal and consummate liar. So they protected the estate by spreading copies of their files in many secure locations.

Tribetime

(6,972 posts)
5. I believe you're exactly right and that is why the information is going to
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:29 AM
10 hrs ago

Need to come out from the victims.And from the epstein estate , do not let up. We need to take back the congress and do investigations After that and hold them accountable

lostincalifornia

(4,833 posts)
6. Maybe, but I think it is more likely that they have insuured that the Senate will never pass it because they won't have
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:32 AM
10 hrs ago

enough votes to break a filibuster, and that will be the excuse the sociopath will use.

Strelnikov_

(8,072 posts)
8. Yea. The orange one saw how things were going
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:46 AM
10 hrs ago

in the house, so decided to support it so he did not appear to suffer a loss. All knowing that the Senate, as you address, and the Bondi lawfare gambit have him backstopped.

FarPoint

(14,357 posts)
9. It is my understanding that others have digital copies..
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:47 AM
10 hrs ago

Several off shore oligarchy types have copies of the full facts of the Epstein files.... I think the Congressional copies will get release but sense they will be leaving out lots of clients including tRumpy 's criminal connections...

Then, once Congress lets them loose...oh Lordy the off shore copies unchanged will be release...showing how there has been as cover up in the corrupt administration...

Buckle up...the truth shall be good for those who wait.

FakeNoose

(39,508 posts)
20. Yes Alan Dershowitz says he's got the Epstein documents
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:36 AM
9 hrs ago

Why doesn't he leak them anonymously? I'm ready for it!
Any leaker will do ... even Dershowitz.


ashredux

(2,809 posts)
22. He was at the island....he got a massage....
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:44 AM
9 hrs ago

He claims he kept his underwear on however….LOL.

He is guilty as hell!

Wiz Imp

(8,172 posts)
23. Dershowitz is as big a liar as Epstein.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:52 AM
9 hrs ago

I don't believe for a second that he is telling the truth.

The Butler

(41 posts)
37. I'm confused
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:25 AM
8 hrs ago

Doesn't Trump's DOJ have the Files? They have had plenty of time to DOCTOR(revise) those files. Trump could say all other unoffical copies are: bogus, a hoax, or AI created. How many people have seen the files? Is there any chance the American public will ever see the REAL Epstein files?

purr-rat beauty

(843 posts)
10. Quite possible, don't give em any ideas!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:52 AM
10 hrs ago

Also...we needto hear from speaker dickhead, i mean Johnson as to why he said trump was an informant

YodaMom2

(137 posts)
44. Maybe Moses Mike misspoke and meant to say "rat", not informant.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:11 PM
7 hrs ago

Rumor has it that Epstein was pretty heated after tRump went behind his back and bought that FL mansion he’d told tRump he was planning to buy (and then turned around and sold it to a Russian oligarch for more than double what he paid - tens of MILLIONS more - and then said oligarch had it bulldozed to the ground to complete the money laundering cycle). After that, Epstein said some very critical things to and about Little Baby Thunderpants and his duplicity, and this hurt Baby’s fragile feefees. And if you hurt Baby’s feefees - even if he totally deserves the criticism - he goes nuclear.

In this case, nuclear means dropping a dime on Epstein about his trafficking operations. Epstein himself believed it was tRump who ratted him out.

NJCher

(42,001 posts)
49. didn't he say that a long time ago?
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:20 PM
7 hrs ago

and then backed off on it very shortly afterward, when he saw the ridicule that it received?

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,925 posts)
58. All the more reason to make him cough it up
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:20 PM
6 hrs ago

Why did he say it in the first place?

Dirty creepy porn sharing with son creep!

Hugin

(37,143 posts)
11. Trump always plays every number on the wheel.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:54 AM
9 hrs ago

Always. He can’t stand losing.

When the wheel stops he hollers and stamps his tiny porcine swollen hooves about how he won. Ignoring and stiffing all of the other bets he made on the spin. He’s successfully used this strategy to bankrupt casinos, cities, a superpower, and soon the world, if he’s allowed to.

Of course, this strategy only works if you are “the house”.

RoeVWade

(720 posts)
12. Reason I don't believe this will happen, is Republicans won't be able to survive more sleight of hand tricks.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:57 AM
9 hrs ago

I think their limit is reached.

We'll see. Hopefully I won't have to eat crow.

Mtnmama

(125 posts)
17. I hope you're right!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:23 AM
9 hrs ago

In this day of up is down, left is right, and fact is fiction, nothing is certain.

Escape

(332 posts)
13. I would appreciate a clearer explanation..
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:58 AM
9 hrs ago

of what the DOJ Epstein Files are, in comparison to the Epstein Estate files that have already been released.

Who researched, organized and produced the government files? Did it begin in past administrations? Or are we just going to see Trump's DOJ work?

Anybody know the details?

drray23

(8,510 posts)
16. they are the product of many agencies
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:11 AM
9 hrs ago

For example, transcripts of FBI interviews with those involved during the Epstein investigation and Maxwell investigation and trial. Copies of videos, pictures, etc.. that was discovered during these investigations, testimonies from victims, etc..

That is why I think it is unlikely Trump and his goons will be able to doctor it. Too many documents that can be cross-checked with other sources (victims that are still alive, former prosecutors and investigators, Epstein estate , etc..)

allegorical oracle

(6,003 posts)
31. That's why I hope the case's prosecutor, Maureen Comey, has a security detail. She
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:14 AM
8 hrs ago

knows the intricacies of this case better than anyone. If files disappeared, she might be useful in identifying that fact and which ones.

Nasruddin

(1,141 posts)
34. They've had plenty of time
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:21 AM
8 hrs ago

"I think it is unlikely Trump and his goons will be able to doctor it"
They've had months, and probably large teams working on this.
If they were competent they have this in the bag. You'd think the results really were painted by Leonardo.

I know that's a great big IF for this bunch.

drray23

(8,510 posts)
36. Again, they do not control all the sources
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:23 AM
8 hrs ago

For example, the Epstein Estate. Witnesses can also come forward and make statements.

NJCher

(42,001 posts)
51. large team
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:34 PM
7 hrs ago

doesn't matter if none of them can think their way out of a paper bag. We've seen over and over and over again how these people (republicans) fail to anticipate. Think things through. What could be the possible results of their actions?

Time after time they step on the rake handle and get smacked in the head.

bluestarone

(20,796 posts)
14. This DOJ. is so far up tRUMPS ass that they will do anything he tells them to do.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:05 AM
9 hrs ago

By that i mean, IF he says the DOJ cannot release the files because of an ongoing investigation, i say BULLSHIT. He could ORDER them to release them NOW!

surfered

(10,328 posts)
15. He knows he would lose the House vote.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:08 AM
9 hrs ago

Maybe he thinks he can pressure 41 Senators to vote against it in the Senate.

RoeVWade

(720 posts)
18. Trump may have something up his sleeve, but it's pretty disgusting if he has people advising him on this
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:25 AM
9 hrs ago

But that wouldn't surprise me. I don't really want to insult snakes, but a lot of slithering lowlifes in this administration.

Wiz Imp

(8,172 posts)
24. Trump is NOT "supporting" releasing the Epstein files.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:00 AM
8 hrs ago

If he supported releasing the files, he would just go ahead and release them. The discharge petition/legislation exists only because he refuses to release them on his own. He has full authority to telease them completely on his own at any time. He's telling people to vote for it because he knows it's going to pass and he can't stand to be on the losing side of something. If he really was ok with the files being released, he wouldn't have brought Lauren Boebert into THE SITUATION ROOM! to pressure her to remove her signature. Nor would he have rescinded his support for Marjorie Taylor Greene less 24 hours earlier because of her position on this.

Rebl2

(17,223 posts)
25. My husband
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:02 AM
8 hrs ago

mentioned to me this morning that other countries have those files and if the US doesn’t release them, the other countries will. Don’t know where he read or heard that though.

Rebl2

(17,223 posts)
52. Good question
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:49 PM
7 hrs ago

Why hasn’t United Kingdom released them? They seem to know the Kings brother was involved and I bet they know a lot more about the people involved.

LilElf70

(1,216 posts)
28. My take on the bullshit
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:07 AM
8 hrs ago

They've now had plenty of time to review the docs with a fine toothed comb.

Unless they were previously marked with an ID, so they can identify missing material, they would then have the freedom to cover it all up by destroying the good stuff.

I'm guessing that Trump was finally given the OK to proceed once the data was destroyed.

Makes perfect sense to me.

Ocelot II

(128,320 posts)
29. It's a charade. He could have the files released right now by his own order.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:10 AM
8 hrs ago

He's buying time. The discharge petition just allows the House to vote on it, then send it to the Senate for a vote, and then to him, and then he can veto it for any reason he might blow out his ass at the time. Maybe the veto could be overridden, but while the process plays out he can buy time to throw out enough chaff or squid ink or wars in Venezuela or whatever to try to make the scandal fade away. I don't think the files will be destroyed because by there is already too much stuff in too many different places, stored on paper and electronically. If they do disappear that would be as big a scandal as the file contents themselves (see also Nixon's 18-1/2 Minutes).

walkingman

(10,118 posts)
33. Exactly - he could release them today without any approval. I suspect he is not beyond
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:16 AM
8 hrs ago

starting a war just to distract and change the conversation. The man is disgusting, everyone knows it, and the cult of men and women in America seem to lap it up....still.

Wednesdays

(21,341 posts)
48. If it passes the House and the Senate, he'd just give it a "pocket veto."
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:20 PM
7 hrs ago

That buys him even more time.

CousinIT

(12,039 posts)
32. That or, he ordered the files redacted of his and all other GOP names..
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:14 AM
8 hrs ago

....and left Dem names in there - one operative said they'd do that. Plus, they may even add Dem names where they weren't.

Would you put it past them? I wouldn't.

Historic NY

(39,485 posts)
38. They will say that they can't release the files because they are now under review for the investigation of Democrats.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:44 AM
8 hrs ago

Wednesdays

(21,341 posts)
50. Won't need to scrub anything that won't be released.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:27 PM
7 hrs ago

In spite of the House vote, we're still a LONG way from the files being released.

Still has to survive a Senate vote.
Still has to survive TSF's veto.
Still has to get 2/3 of the House to override.
Still has to get 2/3 of the Senate to override.
Even THEN, has to survive multiple lawsuits.

D_Master81

(2,305 posts)
43. This or...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:09 PM
7 hrs ago

I see so many people on here and Facebook saying that they’ve got Trump’s name redacted outta the files enough now so he’s in favor of it. But I’m inclined to think that’s not the case. I would imagine that there’s too many people that have seen the files that would know if they’ve been doctored. For me I think it’s the OP’s theory or that he’s been told by key Republicans that the votes are there to release them anyhow so he needs to look like he’s still in charge of the party.

Roc2020

(1,728 posts)
45. maybe so
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:12 PM
7 hrs ago

But if they release the files with heavy redaction....then Epstein and the files stay in the news...and hopefully the Dems will push to make Epstein stay in the news until the midterms. Find a way to get his name in the news the next 350 days or so.

hkp11

(284 posts)
53. maybe another reason...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:57 PM
6 hrs ago

Kraskov will probably start a war with Venezuala before any release of files, so it will be pushed off and people will be talking about other things like a war...

Justice matters.

(9,114 posts)
66. Again, lil kingpin pedo the felon promised "no. new. wars" to his gullible morons
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:38 PM
5 hrs ago

same about releasing the pedo files full of his T name

same about ending the Ukraine vs Russia war in 24 hours

same about reducing the price of gross series on Day 1

he's not delivering any

mmm you may be right he will say "no boots on the ground"

only tom-a-hawks...

C_U_L8R

(48,557 posts)
55. Trump has never done a decent thing in his life
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:00 PM
6 hrs ago

I wouldn’t expect him to start. He must be working some angle to evade justice for his involvement at the center of a child sex ring.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,252 posts)
57. Yep...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:19 PM
6 hrs ago

... and the Senate has to approve what comes out of the House. So the chances of the DOJ version of the files being released are slim to none, at least for the foreseeable future. And isn't that what Der Dingleberry wants?

IbogaProject

(5,430 posts)
64. Congress should call dibbs as the measure to release them predates this recent "investigation"
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:28 PM
5 hrs ago

AdamGG

(1,833 posts)
65. Are there external records of all the files that are involved?
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:29 PM
5 hrs ago

Like have Democratic members of Congress been able to see everything that there is? My question is whether Kash Patel or another psychophant (spelling intentional) would have the ability to disappear some incriminating documents without there being a record of their doing that.

AncientOfDays

(247 posts)
69. Immunology
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:32 PM
1 hr ago

He figures the "everybody does it" defense - which lessens the negatives against himself, and let's him claim any adverse action against him is a "witch hunt"

Then he orders Bondi to prosecute a few Dems, but deliberately botches the prosecution so they walk free or just a tap on the wrist - which he can then claim as precedence - no prosecution for him either.

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