Be Ready For The Next Epstein Revelation To Fall Flat

So much about this ridiculous “Release the Epstein files!” saga feels like the Russia-Collusion affair, most notably the fact that everyone invested in it is being taken for a ride. And once again, Democrat leaders and the dying news media are having fun with it, while the rest of us are throwing up.

A reality check is desperately needed. All indications are that Jeffrey Epstein and his depraved side piece Ghislaine Maxwell used a vast fortune, of largely unknown origin, to both buy access to powerful men and to perpetuate some kind of sex business involving a lot of underage women. That’s a tragic scandal with real victims, even as it’s treated by the media and much of the public as an entertaining tabloid series. (Though I’ll confess my sympathy for the victims parading in front of the Capitol building, giving hour-long press conferences where they do little more than call each other brave is quickly fading.)

Even so, President Trump put his support behind a bill to force his own Justice Department to release more or all information it has on Epstein, who killed himself in prison six years ago. The House passed the bill on Tuesday. If passed by the Senate in coming days, what will surely follow is the unmistakable thud of Democrat hopes and dreams falling from 5,000 feet flat.

How many times do we have to go through this? We just did it for the 1 billionth time last week when House Democrats dribbled out some cherry-picked email correspondence by Epstein. (Republicans subsequently revealed the full tranche of documents.) Epstein said that Trump — what? Is “borderline insane” and “dirty”? God knows we’ve never heard a member of the New York elite say that about the president.

Epstein also said of Trump in one email to writer Michael Wolff, “of course he knew about the girls as he asked [G]hislaine to stop.” What that means is anyone’s guess, but at worst, it seems to indicate Trump was opposed to whatever he knew about “the girls.” Trump has said he banned Epstein from one of his club resorts because he knew that Epstein was recruiting women who worked there, an account backed by the case of Virginia Giuffre, who described being trafficked by Epstein and who committed suicide earlier this year. (Giuffre stated she did not see Trump at Epstein’s home or on the island and that she did not witness him “partake in any sex with us.”)

Just a few months ago, the ride took another turn with the Wall Street Journal publishing a supposed odd birthday note from Trump to Epstein in 2003, which the president denies was penned by him. Everyone else otherwise has reason to believe the note is fabricated, given that it was almost certainly leaked by the FBI, an agency already known to have provably lied for the purpose of entrapping Trump in fake crimes and also probably faking evidence to further smear the president’s reputation.

Here we are once again being asked by Democrats and some trifling (if well-intentioned) congressional Republicans to work ourselves into a foamy mess over yet more forthcoming Epstein revelations. Lawmakers and Epstein’s victims held another press conference this week ahead of the House vote, several of them blaming Trump or previous administrations for the supposed lack of “justice” for their plight. Their visibility raises an obvious question: If there’s more to know about Epstein as it relates to his sex trafficking operation — most importantly, his potential clients who participated — why aren’t the victims just telling us themselves?

Nothing is stopping a single one of them from spilling everything to the New York Times or any other major publication. They could do it anonymously right now, and the media would run it, just as they did with scores of other anonymous accusations during the #MeToo hysteria of 2017 and 2018.

At another press conference in September, the victims — who lawmakers referred to as “heroes” and “brave” — were asked whether anyone currently serving in government is implicated. An attorney who has represented multiple victims, Brad Edwards, said, “I don’t think I can answer that.” Anouska De Georgiou, one of the victims, suggested there was a reluctance to come forward with names or information due to “threats” and other forms of harassment. “The fear is very real for us,” she said.

And yet, there she was, on live national television, calling for names to be named — just not by her or her peers.

This is called talking in circles.

We want them to release the files.

If you witnessed the crimes, can’t you just tell us?

We could, but just release the files.

I understand you’re afraid, but you could say something anonymously, it happens all the time.

If they released the files, we wouldn’t have to.

The ride continues.