I Wasn't Briefed on Them But They're Boring

 

     I've already written about this today in the post you see below but this video of CNN's Erin Burnett is too good not to write about today.

     It's a super cut that starts with Trump brazenly lying about being briefed on the Epstein files by Pam Bondi last May. Trump was asked last July 15 about whether or not he was briefed by the DOJ and he said NO. Thanks to the Wall Street Journal today, we now know that was a lie. According to the WSJ, Trump was assured that it was based on "unfounded hearsay", although I fail to see how being on Epstein's client list could bring about anything good. They also hastened to reassure him that just because he showed up in the Epstein files, it was wasn't proof that he did anything while no doubt Trump was remembering forcibly diddling 13 year-old girls at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse and elsewhere.

     But that was just the first part of Burnett's super cut. She went on to play clips of JD Vance back in October 2024, calling for the release of the Epstein files. You saw and heard Pam Bondi last year calling for the release of the Epstein files. You heard Kash Patel calling for the release of the Epstein files. And you heard Trump himself say last year that he would declassify and release the Epstein files.

    Then Burnett played clips of Trump now calling the Epstein scandal "a hoax", that they were "boring but sordid" and that no one would possibly be interested in them (How would he know if they were boring or not unless he was made familiar with them?). And, oh yeah. they were created by Comey and Obama.

     Of course, what all these people have in common is that they're all now high-ranking officials of the administration who are all now suspiciously singing a different tune.

     So, what's changed? Well, obviously, Bondi, Vance and Patel, back in 2023 and 2024, didn't have access to the Epstein files so they simply didn't know what or who was in them. But Trump certainly did. How could he not? Of all four, he's the only holdover from the last Trump administration. Plus he was buddies with Epstein going back to the 80s. He may have incipient dementia but even he remembers what he did with Epstein all over the world. And no matter how far his dementia progresses, one thing will never change- His automatic and manic desire to protect himself at all costs.

      So when you consider Republicans dragging their feet regarding the release of the Epstein files, Bondi now saying there was no client list even though she'd said last February that she had it on her desk, and Trump acting like a scared, guilty man and snapping at even his base and other Republicans while telling them to stop talking about Epstein, only one scenario would explain all those things- His name being in those 100,000 files for the worst reasons one can imagine.

     With a scandal of this magnitude, anything and everything else is a distraction. And Trump has nothing to protect him any more except Republican delays, distractions and shiny objects. Here's the problem:

     In a recent poll, among the major issues such as immigration, the economy, etc, Trump is underwater in every category. And, as regards the release of the Epstein files, Trump is at -37%. As mentally impaired as they generally are, even MAGA voters are starting to see that they were sold a rotten bill of goods. It's worse than bait and switch. They were promised the Epstein files and now they're not getting anything but snarls and insults. They may be stupid but they're not accepting any substitutes nor should they.

     This dumpster fire of an administration has been mired in scandals from day one. Signalgate, Iran, the illegal immigration roundups, violating posse comitatus. But the Epstein scandal is the only one that promises any staying power and the only one that has a chance of bringing down the fat man. If the Democrats want to be taken seriously, they need to keep their feet on the pedal and force the release of these files, in their entirety.