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"prompting questions about when – and whether – authorities will ever release investigative documents about the late sex offender. …
'Transparency doesn’t fail because statutes are unclear – it fails when institutions choose protection over accountability,' [Spencer Kuvin] said."
"The law was clear: Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein by 19 December 2025, with rare exceptions.
One month after this deadline mandated by Congress’s Epstein Files Transparency Act, however, Trump’s justice department has not complied with this law," (continued in /11)
~ Victoria Bekiempis
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline
Over 2 million documents are under DoJ review despite ‘legal obligation’ from Epstein Files Transparency ActVictoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
"In the past two days, lawyers for the Epstein survivors have been demanding the files in the press, like Jennifer Plotkin who told The Guardian 'The government continues to avoid accountability and disregards the victims.' And on Wednesday, Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia made it clear, 'Donald Trump is leading a White House coverup right now of the Epstein files.'”
~ Dean Obeidallah
deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/…
With the Greenland BS done, it’s time to re-focus on Epstein, Trump’s corruption and failed economy!
Let's get back to issues Trump doesn't want to discuss!Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)
"Why would a sitting president campaign on releasing a batch of documents documenting heinous sex crimes, only to release less than 1% of them, even as it angers his own base?
'It’s just politically, malpractice, unless you have something to hide. And so, the question is, what is there to hide?' Rep. Ro Khanna – the Democratic co-author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act – tells Mehdi."
zeteo.com/p/what-is-there-to-h…
‘What is There to Hide?’: Trump’s Handling of Epstein Files is a ‘Cover-Up’ Says Rep. Ro Khanna
At the Zeteo live event in DC, Mehdi also asked Khanna – who is leading the fight for the Epstein files release – whether he accepts that Epstein’s death was a suicide.Mehdi Hasan (Zeteo)
Nina Burleigh joins Demas and says,
"What I think is going on is that they don't feel pressured now to bring these Epstein files forward because they're
starting to make such a mess, they're running so amok. ...
They've done a pretty good job of burying them or burying the attention to them. But where I am, you know, we're still looking at them."
"No matter how hard he tries to distract the American people with threats of war and global unrest, as well as invading cities in our own country, some dogged journalists like my next guest will absolutely refuse to be distracted from his attempts to hide the Epstein files from us all."
~ Susan J. Demas
lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-wa…
Trump Wants You To Forget about the Epstein Files | First Draft with Susan Demas & COURIER Newsroom's Nina Burleigh
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump's first year back in office.Susan J. Demas (Lincoln Square)
"But what’s so telling is how his other actions — many that the base thrills over, such as the sadistic abuse taking place on the streets of Minneapolis — share the same poison root that led Trump to be so fond of Epstein for so long.
Whether the targets are vulnerable young women, lightly populated ice-covered islands or regular folks in Minneapolis, Trump’s modus operandi never changes: He makes himself big by picking on those he sees as small."
"This pathetic stance of feeling strong by going after the vulnerable has permeated Trump’s behavior of the past few weeks, whether he’s consciously trying to distract from the Epstein files or not. ...
Trump’s dread of the Epstein files appears to be rooted in a fear that the MAGA base will sour on him if they get more details of his lengthy involvement with the notorious sex trafficker."
"But while a fascistic assault on a major American city and the threat of starting World War III are understandably crowding out discussion of the Epstein files, Trump’s repeated demands that this story go away aren’t going to be heeded."
The "binary debate over whether Trump’s various offenses are a distraction misses the larger story. All these issues are tied together under one common theme: Trump is the worst kind of bully, a cowardly one."
"Between sending an army of goons from Immigration and Customs Enforcement into Minneapolis and threatening to invade Greenland, Donald Trump has successfully knocked the Epstein files out of the headlines — for now."
~ Amanda Marcotte
salon.com/2026/01/21/epstein-c…
Epstein continues to explain everything about Trump
From Greenland to Minneapolis, it's all rooted in his predatory waysAmanda Marcotte (Salon.com)