There is about the Epstein files the unmistakable feeling that some of the names on his list are avoiding justice. The grisly image of some potbellied super rich sheik or prince or president messing around with children groomed and sacrificed as a perk to guests of Epstein/Maxwell persists.
That lack of consequences is why the MAGA base refused Trump’s command to let the scandal die. As a result, we are watching the Epstein saga alter the arc of American political life.
Think about it. Undoubtedly at the request of President Donald Trump, who was frantic to keep the Epstein story as contained as possible, the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson tried mightily to suppress it. Then the four brave Republicans stepped up, defied the President and demanded a House vote on releasing the Epstein files. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia (until January), deserve major props.
More significantly, the MAGA base is fractured, never to heal until the last drop of shame is extracted from the guilty parties.
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