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What I have seen, and I've looked at most of the files, is that there just wasn't dispositive evidence. And if that dispositive evidence ever existed, it was probably destroyed after 2006, 2007.
Now, look, again, in our defense, yes, was there some, you know, bitching and moaning and was there some back and forth? Yes. But there we eventually collected 6 million documents as part of the effort.
People say the president was forced into releasing the documents. Like again, the idea that Donald Trump could not have killed that legislation, especially with the United States Senate, is a joke. He absolutely could have killed it. What did he do? He actually said, "Nope, we're going to release these files." He thought, you know, he was annoyed by the story. He was annoyed by the Democrats accusing him of doing things bad.
By the way, like do I think there is any I've never seen a single piece of credible evidence that the president of United States engaged in wrongdoing with minors ever. So Vance says, quote, "I've never seen a single piece of credible evidence that Trump ever engaged in wrongdoing." And he's talking about the Epstein files, and that's all well and good, but if there's no evidence that would incriminate Trump or frankly anyone else, then why not just release the files? Why are you holding on to 3 million documents? What is it for? And if there's quote no dispositive proof of any wrongdoing, what does it hurt to just show us? If the case is closed, then what on God's green earth is the rationale to continue suppressing these documents? And the reality is that their word is the best that we're going to get. That's it.
Even Vance in this clip tries to paint Donald Trump as some white knight for releasing the files when he apparently could have killed the legislation. First off, he could not have killed the legislation. He literally ushered Lauren Boowart into the situation room to get her to take her name off the discharge petition. The final vote in the House was 427 to 1. And also, he hasn't released the files. That law mandated all the files get released in December of 2025. It is July. So when Vance felates Donald Trump for his courage here, he is ignoring the fact that Trump is currently in real time suppressing the files that they're taking credit for releasing.
And it's not just Trump and Vance. Here's Todd Blanch making it abundantly clear that no one will face any accountability for their actions as it relates to Epstein.
"You said this is the end of the Epstein uh of your review of the Epstein files. So, just to clarify, are is the public going to learn the identities of the men who abused the girls with the information that you're releasing? And if not, why not? And then I have a quick followup."
"I mean, you just baked in an assumption into your question that I have never said and I don't know to be true. Is the public going to learn about men that abuse these girls? Like, what does that mean? I mean, I don't understand what that means."
"Well, I mean there the men who abused the young women through Epstein's um through."
"We said in July um and it remains as true today as it was in July um if we had information we meaning the Department of Justice about men who abused women we would um we would we would prosecute them. Right? We talked about the work that we're doing. That's why I said that there I said this earlier. There's this built-in assumption that somehow there's this hidden trunch of information of men that we know about that we're covering up or that we're not we're choosing not to prosecute. That is not the case. I don't know whether there are men out there that abuse these women."
"Men that abuse these girls? Huh? What do you mean men that abuse these girls? How dare you bake in an assumption like that? Clearly, these girls were all abused by some elusive spirit. They were trafficked to no one, abused by no one, and have trauma from no one. How could you ask such a ridiculous question? Yes. How could we be so ridiculous to assume such a thing? You know what? I think we should probably ask these people how we could be so silly."
"Everybody has Everybody in politics has a vice that's much worse than alcoholism is is the way that I put it."
"Um but we we um"
"Release the list."
"Seriously, we need to release the FCNE list. that that is an important thing."
"You say that the FBI has Epstein's list. They're sitting on it. That doesn't seem like something you should do. You're protecting the world's foremost predator. That seems like an evil thing to do regardless of who may be embarrassed in the release of that list. Why is the FBI protecting the greatest pedtoist um the the largest scale pedest in human history?"
"Simple. Because of who's on that list."
"You wondering why we're not hearing more about this Epstein case? I mean, the guy was only connected to just about every major player in the swamp internationally, and yet you don't hear much about it. And what the hell are they hiding with Jeffrey Epstein?"
"Nice guy. Uh, got a lot of problems coming up in my opinion with the famous island with Jeffrey Epstein."
"You raised the question of Jeffrey Epstein in your remarks about in the Q&A."
"I think he's got a problem. I mean, what do you think the problem will be?"
"I I don't know, but that island was uh really a cesspool. There's no question about it. Just ask Prince Andrew. He'll tell you about it. Uh the island was an absolute cesspool."
"But yeah, other than literally the entire MAGA movement calling for accountability, how could we possibly assume that there would be accountability? And look, because this White House is so shameless, they will continue to tell these lies. Here's Todd Blanch during his confirmation hearing just days ago. I want to make sure the American people know that this administration when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein has been more transparent um than any past administration than Biden was or anybody else. And what we did is we we complied with the law. And if we learn a new material, we will most certainly um review it and make it available. when it comes to the the the victims of this horrible man, um we will never never not talk to victims. We will never not do everything we can to prosecute anybody that committed any crimes against any of these women. Um so that narrative is false."
Blanch says, quote, "We complied with the law." That is a lie. The Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated full release of the files again by December 19, 2025. It's July. It's been 7 months. We still don't have the files. The man vying to be the nation's top law enforcement official is quite literally lying at his job interview in front of the entire country. In fact, he goes on to distort the truth even more here.
"How many how many uh pages of the so-called Epstein files uh has the department released?"
"Nearly 3 million."
"How many more pages are there"
"that are responsive? We're not aware of any."
"How about that in the department's uh opinion are not responsive."
"Well, from what we collected, about 3 million that were just nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein or or the case at all."
"Okay. Why don't you just release everything? Just let it rip."
"Well, that would be against the law because the only reason we could release the 3 million we did is because of the Epstein Transparency Act. There are federal laws that prohibit the release of of case files. Um, and the Epstein Transparency Act was very explicit and specific about what could be and should be released."
"Why don't you just release everything?"
And Blanch says, "Well, that would be against the law, my dude. That literally is the law. The law mandates the release of all of the files, not half, all of them. Only excluding documents or sections that expose victim information. That's it. To claim that Todd Blanch is gaslighting, frankly, is an insult to gaslighting. But it got worse for Blanch here.
"Harm to these. Will you meet with them within the next 30 days? The last time I asked a question, you can say yes or no."
"I can keep on answering it the same way. Um, I can meet with them. My staff will meet with them. We have a staff member here."
"If you can meet with them, will you meet with them?"
"Um, I'm not sure what you're looking for me to say. As I said, there are there are"
"Yes."
Apparently, Todd Blanch's time is only reserved for important meetings like the one he had with Galain Maxwell. And I previewed Todd Blanch's gaslighting on CNN with Caitlyn Collins just days earlier.
"Brian, you're new at the table. Welcome. Uh, you also have a new book out tomorrow, I believe it is, the day after, how to wield power in a postTrump world. Obviously, we're still in this Trump world in this moment. And what are you going to be looking for for Democrat from Democrats this week during that hearing? Look, I think Todd Blanch has a lot of questions that he has to answer for, especially, you know, we're talking about the the IRS situation, but there's also uh the Epstein situation. I mean, remember Todd Blanch went and spoke with Gla Maxwell. We don't know what he spoke to her about, but suddenly in the immediate aftermath of that discussion, she was moved from a prison in Florida to a low security prison in Texas. There is also there there remains all of these questions about what the Trump administration is doing with regard to the Epstein Files Transparency Act. at law uh mandated that all those files have to be released on December 19th, 2025, if I'm not mistaken, 7 months ago. And and so I would I would imagine that the reason Todd Blanch is there, is because if you have somebody who already has experience being more differential to his client, then it really helps you to have that person a top the DOJ, the same DOJ that's in the process of suppressing these files. Again, Todd Blanch is auditioning for his role, but not because he's qualified or impartial or honest, but expressly because he is not. As I said on CNN, the whole point of his nomination is that Trump knows he can trust him on this one issue in particular. Trump doesn't want someone who will release the files. He wants someone who won't. And if there's any doubt as to where Todd Blanch's loyalties lie, he put them to rest here."
"Are you and President Trump friends?"
"I'm his lawyer. was his lawyer."
"And so this is the entire game put on full display. Todd Blanch isn't trying to curry favor with these Republican senators and certainly not the Democratic senators because they're not his audience. His audience is Trump. He is performing for an audience of one. And he knows that if Trump ordains it, the rest of the GOP will follow. And so it doesn't matter if his answers are disqualifying. Doesn't matter if his answers are contemptuous. It doesn't matter if he is insolent or dishonest or dishonorable because those aren't the qualities that Trump values. Trump values loyalty. He wants a henchman. And Todd Blanch is putting on full display that that is exactly what he'll be for Trump. Not dissimilar to the loyalty that JD Vance is showing in this interview here. So these people will continue to run cover for the exact disgusting elite that they once condemned. They complained about an elite tier of criminals who can get away with everything thanks to two tiers of justice. And they were right. But what they didn't tell you is that they were that other tier."
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