Epstein Files Accuse Trump Of Sexually Assaulting A Minor

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President Donald Trump, his administration and his sycophants within the U.S. Division of Justice preserve attempting to persuade us that recordsdata associated to the late billionaire youngster intercourse trafficker and abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, are a lot ado about nothing, and that the controversy surrounding the recordsdata is the results of a “Democratic hoax,” even if it was Trump who campaigned on guarantees to launch the recordsdata within the first place. And each time the DOJ manages to launch a slate of recordsdata — that are at all times curiously rife with redactions — Trump begins declaring that what was launched “completely exonerated” him, which signifies that the president doesn’t actually know what it means to be “exonerated,” and if he have been right in his utilization of the time period, it wouldn’t precisely be true.

In reality, in accordance with NPR, final month, when the DOJ launched greater than 3 million pages of recordsdata associated to Epstein, it withheld recordsdata associated to allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor. The outlet reported that the DOJ did not make some recordsdata public, regardless of a authorized mandate requiring their launch, and that the unreleased recordsdata embrace greater than 50 pages of FBI interviews and notes from interviews with a girl who accused Trump of sexual abuse that she mentioned occurred a long time in the past when she was a minor.

From NPR:

NPR reviewed a number of units of distinctive serial numbers showing earlier than and after the pages in query, stamped onto paperwork within the Epstein recordsdata database, FBI case information, emails and discovery doc logs within the newest tranche of paperwork revealed on the finish of January. NPR’s investigation discovered dozens of pages that look like catalogued by the Justice Division however not shared publicly.

The Justice Division declined to reply NPR’s questions on the document about these particular recordsdata, what’s in them and why they aren’t revealed. After publication, the Justice Division reached out to NPR, taking problem with how its responses to questions have been framed. Division of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre reiterated DOJ’s stance that any paperwork not revealed are privileged, are duplicates or relate to an ongoing federal investigation.

Trump already regarded responsible sufficient resulting from his administration’s extremely publicized effort to dam the discharge of the recordsdata, which, in fact, failed, predictably resulting in Trump insisting that he needed them launched all alongside — however now the DOJ is out right here giving generic solutions to inquiries concerning why recordsdata that may embrace youngster intercourse abuse allegations in opposition to the president are being withheld.

Both approach, the Home Oversight Committee is already on the case, with its rating member, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), releasing the next assertion:

“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted proof logs on the Division of Justice. Oversight Democrats can verify that the DOJ seems to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.”

In keeping with NPR, Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee have already been investigating the accuser’s allegation in opposition to Trump, and can launch a separate investigation into why the recordsdata pertaining to the allegation have been withheld, together with different recordsdata, together with recordsdata associated to a distinct girl, who was a key witness for the prosecution within the prison trial of Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s serving a 20-year jail sentence for intercourse trafficking, and is looking for a commuted sentence from Trump.

So, yeah — the so-called “Democratic hoax” is trying quite a bit much less hoaxy, and much more like proof that Trump has loads to cover.

Who would have thought, amirite?