The White House is planning to use the Epstein files against Democrats after they, in addition to several Republicans, successfully pressured lawmakers to vote to compel the Justice Department to release the remainder of the files against Donald Trump’s wishes.

After both chambers of Congress agreed to send the Epstein Files Transparency Act to Trump’s desk, two unnamed White House officials indicated to Politico that they plan to draw attention to Democrats who communicated with or were associated with Epstein.

“Democrats only started talking about the Epstein files once they thought they could use it to score political points against President Trump,” an unnamed White House official told Politico. “That will prove to be a mistake for them.”

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    So… he’s going to use the documents, which now show only Democrat names, because they were scrubbed, to get back at the Dems for forcing the release of the scrubbed documents?

    This makes zero sense. If we play along with the ruse that the documents only ever showed Democrat names, why would he be mad that the documents are being released? On the other hand, he agreed to release the obviously scrubbed documents knowing he’s not implicated, and for which the Rs voted too, so why would he retaliate over that?

    THIS MAKES NO SENSE!