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Dulcinea

(9,403 posts) Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:53 AM Aug 12

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Vance: 'We know' Epstein had 'connections with left-wing' politicians, billionaires

(The Hill) Vice President Vance on Sunday accused the Biden administration of refusing to release files on Jeffrey Epstein because of the financier’s connections to Democrats.

“We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot of connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires. … Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time. Who knows what they did,” said Vance on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo.

“I laugh at the Democrats who are now, all of a sudden, so interested in the Epstein files. For four years, Joe Biden and the Democrats did absolutely nothing about this story,” he continued.

The Epstein saga continues to be a political mess for the Trump administration, as the White House faces pressure to release files the president promised to unveil during his campaign. Trump and his allies continue to claim that they are being fully transparent in this process.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vance-know-epstein-had-connections-212213907.html

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Vance: 'We know' Epstein had 'connections with left-wing' politicians, billionaires (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 12 OP

Then release the tapes. Show us the receipts. Scrivener7 Aug 12 #1

Exactly... why not? FalloutShelter Aug 12 #5

Release the list.................. Lovie777 Aug 12 #2

Like Donny Trump? marble falls Aug 12 #3

release the files doughboy johnnyfins Aug 12 #4

If that were true they'd have released the files months ago. Ocelot II Aug 12 #6

the purpose of the files is not to release and destroy rampartd Aug 12 #8

Indeed, this line of attack is so illogical that I think even a MAGA will see through it EarlG Aug 12 #9

Drain the Epstein Swamp and expose everyone slithering around in that fetid pool of muck. sop Aug 12 #7

Then why are they withholding criminal evidence??? Blue Owl Aug 12 #10

What an absolute loser Vance is. (nt) Paladin Aug 12 #11

Blah, blah, blah. So release ALL of the names! Firestorm49 Aug 12 #12

Deflect, distract, distort, deny... C_U_L8R Aug 12 #13

Fine! Lulu KC Aug 12 #14

Your couch is calling you Vance Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 12 #15

'The Democrats did it too!' Oeditpus Rex Aug 12 #16

I don't give a fuck if Jimmy Carter himself is on the list Skittles Aug 15 #17

Additional, unneeded proof that Vance is piss-poor at his job. (nt) Paladin Aug 16 #18

Scrivener7

(57,636 posts)

1. Then release the tapes. Show us the receipts.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:55 AM

Aug 12

FalloutShelter

(13,963 posts)

5. Exactly... why not?

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:59 AM

Aug 12

Can’t have it both ways, Couchie Magee.
We know the names… but are hiding them from you.
Put up or shut up perv!

Lovie777

(20,961 posts)

2. Release the list..................

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:56 AM

Aug 12

marble falls

(69,147 posts)

3. Like Donny Trump?

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:57 AM

Aug 12

johnnyfins

(3,171 posts)

4. release the files doughboy

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:58 AM

Aug 12

Ocelot II

(128,082 posts)

6. If that were true they'd have released the files months ago.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:01 AM

Aug 12

rampartd

(2,834 posts)

8. the purpose of the files is not to release and destroy

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:12 AM

Aug 12

each video of an old man sweating is a goose who can lay holden eggs for a long time, whether they are buried on a golf course or not.

EarlG

(23,231 posts)

9. Indeed, this line of attack is so illogical that I think even a MAGA will see through it

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:15 AM

Aug 12

Here's Vance accusing Biden for covering up the Epstein files in order to protect powerful liberals, after Vance repeatedly demanded the release of the files in the run-up to the election. But now he's in the perfect position to release the files and prove to everyone how awful Biden and these powerful liberals are, he's just... not going to?

sop

(16,749 posts)

7. Drain the Epstein Swamp and expose everyone slithering around in that fetid pool of muck.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:06 AM

Aug 12

Blue Owl

(57,808 posts)

10. Then why are they withholding criminal evidence???

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:21 AM

Aug 12

Paladin

(31,880 posts)

11. What an absolute loser Vance is. (nt)

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:32 AM

Aug 12

Firestorm49

(4,465 posts)

12. Blah, blah, blah. So release ALL of the names!

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 09:06 AM

Aug 12

C_U_L8R

(48,420 posts)

13. Deflect, distract, distort, deny...

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:10 AM

Aug 12

These Republican clowns are such gutless cowards, they can't accept responsibility for anything (except when they're stealing credit for something they didn't do or just fabricating new data.) No one is fooled. Release the Epstein evidence!

Lulu KC

(8,335 posts)

14. Fine!

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:18 PM

Aug 12

Say their names. We are not afraid.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,524 posts)

15. Your couch is calling you Vance

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:22 PM

Aug 12

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)

16. 'The Democrats did it too!'

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:26 PM

Aug 12

What, is he still in first grade?

Skittles

(168,406 posts)

17. I don't give a fuck if Jimmy Carter himself is on the list

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 07:02 PM

Aug 15

RELEASE THE GODDAMN FILES

Paladin

(31,880 posts)

18. Additional, unneeded proof that Vance is piss-poor at his job. (nt)

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 06:20 AM

Aug 16

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