This is a lose all around situation, unfortunately. A real Catch-22. You’ve heard that the authorities have concluded (disappointingly and incredulously) and after teasing the story ad nauseum, that there was no “client list” on the part of Jeffrey Epstein. This is even more disappointing and incredulous given the fact that said “list” was reportedly on Pam Bondi’s desk a few months ago and now it doesn’t exist at all. And you well recall how when the Musk/Trump bromance began to fizzle, the first thing out of Elon’s mouth was “find the Epstein list.” The real irony, however, is in the MAGA meltdown following today’s news.
They’re all spiraling now.🍿 pic.twitter.com/2LlBslulbR
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 7, 2025
Now the obviously ridiculous part of this is that none other than Donald Trump’s malfeasance was expected to be revealed when the list was released — and so that’s the rationale behind the cover up. You remember Musk saying, It’s time to drop the really big bomb.” The really big bomb fizzled out just like the bunker busters in Iran.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein had crossed paths over the years, both fixtures of wealthy social circles in New York and Florida. In a 2002 interview with New York magazine, Mr. Trump said he had known Mr. Epstein for 15 years, calling him a “terrific guy” who was “a lot of fun to be with.”
In that same interview, Mr. Trump added, “it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
In 2019, after Mr. Epstein had been arrested again, the president distanced himself. “I knew him like everybody in Palm Beach knew him,” he said. “I don’t think I have spoken with him for 15 years. I was not a fan.”
The Epstein case has long been a focus of self-styled internet sleuths, conspiracy theorists and partisans who try to link Mr. Epstein’s crimes to either Democratic or Republican politicians.
It generated intense public interest because the first criminal charges Mr. Epstein faced were resolved with an unusual plea agreement, which exacted little punishment for what were described as years of sexual abuse of high school girls whom he paid for “massages.”
And of course Prince Andrew got caught up in this. There were a lot of people who supposedly had reason to worry. Bill Clinton’s name was bandied about quite a bit. But this is the Catch-22 of all time. Trump was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl that Epstein set him up with. A civil trial in that matter was to have taken place in Woodland Hills, California, in fall of 2016 but the plaintiff got too many death threats and she withdrew her complaint as a result. Who could blame her?
And so Trump once again gets off the hook — but with a catch. He’s got to appease the screaming MAGAs who demand to see the client list.
So what will Kash and Pam do? We’re going to find out. On a personal note, while I abhor conspiracy theory, I must confess that I never ever believed, or will believe, that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. I believe he was murdered. And yes I know the coroner’s report concluded that it was suicide. This is one time that I flat out am trusting the circumstantial evidence and my own gut instincts above what anybody in authority says.
It was simply too suspicious that the guards weren’t where they were supposed to be and the monitors were unmanned. There were a lot of strange coincidences that night. Considering who and what Epstein was and the damage he could have (and I’m sure would have) done, I think it’s a case for Occam’s Razor.
I’m with you on Epstein’s “dying” of suicide. That’s too neat and tidy. He was killed, plain and simple.
Of course Epstein was murdered, and I admit to expecting the same to occur with Ghislane Maxwell. But she appears to survive by keeping her mouth firmly shut and awaiting a pardon from Trump when the moment’s right. As for the disappearing Epstein file, are we to believe that only 1 copy exists? Meanwhile, look under Bondi’s pillow: I suspect she finds it enthralling bedtime reading.
This is a story that would have been long dead were it not for the implications surrounding it. Once again, Cheeto is perfectly innocent, even though we know he peeked at teenage girls in various stages of undress, appears to have or had some taboo feelings for his daughter, as many likely do who are not her father, and has had a slew of allegations of sexual misconduct levied against him, and even been found guilty of one.
From this soldier’s personal Vietnam of avoiding STDs, to porn stars and the unverified pee tape, to “grab ’em by the pussy,” this guy has a history that wingers are more than willing to ignore. He knows certain people very well while the sun is shining, and even calls them great guys and friends. But when storm clouds gather, he hardly knows them. The record says otherwise, Mr Cheeto.
And all this from a man who was unable to identify his wife in a photo, instead picking one of his victims out as her. Maybe that’s the problem, he thinks all women of similar physical appearance are his wife.