Public sentiment is overwhelmingly skeptical and critical of the release of the Epstein files, centering around distrust in transparency and fears of manipulation, particularly concerning Trump's involvement. Many commenters express a strong desire for genuine accountability for Epstein's victims but suspect the process will be heavily redacted and politically influenced.

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Didn't the majority of both sides heavily favors to release it noh?

Sad_Asparagus_2945

I think it destroying a lot of people is exactly why it SHOULD be released

M0rse_0908

It will destroy a lot of people's lives because of the bad things they did. We should not protect pedophiles just because they are senators. They bring up the files because our party said they would release them, and now they are not doing that. It's about dishonesty and our leaders protecting pedophiles, not specifically about what one person did, it just happens that that one person was very close friends with Epstein.

MarkJ191974

I was just talking about this earlier on another sub-reddit. My response to one of those agitators was 

&gt;Because on Reddit, I call out the ACTUAL astro-turfing, Chinese AI comments. The far left social engineering that these bots are programmed to behave as. That's why in every single interaction where the rational individual, of common sense is stating a factual argument within opposition to another Redditor, after they lose they will immediately switch topics to "The Epstein files". It's a distraction tactic to derail the engagement.

That seems to be the general consensus.

Beer_Life_Fishing

You can bet it would have been released by either of the two prior Democrat administrations had there been anything damaging to DJT in it.

Lightning_Empire

im guessing they're not being released for the same reasons the democratic party didn't release them when they had the files

if there were anything in there that would have prevented trump from getting office for a second term you best believe they would have released it

TastyKaleidoscope250

Biden was pretty not there at all, he didn't know what was going on.  He was absent the whole 4 years

how could he release anything, he didn't even know where he was at.

evermore88

No administration will release it, because no administration is going to want to deal with the shitstorm that will follow.

mkeevo

How do you know that he knows anything? How do you even know what the list is? And just because you have a list doesn't mean it's true. I can make up a list of anything I want. A list won't be enough. You will have to have 100% proof. Videos, audio etc. And the truth is, there may not be a list or anything. But all of the conspiracy theorists are out there unfortunately. You'll never be able to convince them otherwise.

BossJackson222

My theory for this is that he is using it to blackmail people within the deep state to get shit done and dismantle the left wing.... And then he's going to release everything at the end of his term. 
I have no evidence for this It's just a theory, but I hope it's true. Would be based af. Being Trump's dog on a leash for 4 years and then going to jail is exactly what those peddos deserve.

FIBSAFactor

so would you still support trump if the files are released and he is confirmed to be a human trafficker, rapist, and pedophile?

Vogay

Yooooo… Team Republican Release the Damned Files Now You Clowns.

Pitiful_Housing3428

Everytime I see a liberal talk about the Epstein files i think about the “81 million” of them that voted for this lmao

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CL0WNiNT0WN

They literally released them -
There’s 100+ pages of flight logs

Grants it’s a bunch of initials and redacted stuff but it often says date - Epstein, maxwelll sometimes 1 or 2 females and other initials 

I’m sure if Hillary noted down the dates bill wasnt around she could cross reference the log 

https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1391276/dl?inline

People want the cliff notes from the investigation but there’s nothing stopping journalists from doing the same thing

If you look at Sept 1998 you got Larry summers mentioned with Epstein and other people.  Alan Dershowitz later on as I scroll thru some pages jumped out at me

Now I got no clue where they are flying to or from but the airport codes are listed too, I just don’t care to look them
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CJspangler

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Why would the man who promised ad infinitum to "drain the swamp" have, according to you, massive amounts of evidence in the Epstein files to "destroy a lot of people in Washington.", not release them and start to drain the swamp he never intended to drain?

"It’s not because Trump slept with young girls. We all that’s not true."  
How pray tell, do you KNOW that?

Lastly, what part of Russia are you in?

prisoner_human_being

Im not too worried about ppl being friends/close to/complicit with child traffickers having their lives destroyed 

Proiegomena

Oh, so he's protecting pedophiles and that's okay because we don't wanna see their lives ruined? 

It sounds like he is the swamp according to your logic? 

We all know why he won't release them. You won't say it or admit it in the mirror but you know.

Fine_Appointment4908

There's got to be something in there that could hurt him in some way, though given how long he campaigned on releasing them I doubt it has anything to do with him personally. No way he'd have screamed for Biden to release them if that were the case as loud as he did/been so aggressive about them.

My guess is there are people on both sides of the aisle heavily implicated - doubt he cares much about upending any on the left in there, but if there are some on the right it will hurt might be covering for them - could also be high ticket donors, who knows. 

  
The only other explanation that would really make any sense is if there's effectively nothing in them - and the assumption is there's more to gain by having the questions hanging over everyones head than by answering them.

Ryanpb88

It's not one party or the other, neither one of them wants the names released because it contains current or former politicians and billionaire donors. But don't think for a second that Trump wasn't knee deep in young women. If you can't see that, you're just not looking.

uvgotnod

valain

There are emails you csn see with your own eyes. Starting a conversation with name calling right away is typical Maga

fat_slob_moderator

Trump said he would release it. Everyone should want them released.  We need to burn every pedophile.

Ok-Writing-5598

Is this for real? We’re talking about sex with children. This post is promoting and supporting the protection of pedophiles. Who cares who it destroys? If you’re involved in this behaviour then you’ve brought it upon yourself.

What kind of creep writes this..

kewthewer

hatsepshut

If the Epstein files are released, the Democratic Party is finished.  That's why Trump won't release them.  There's absolutely no point in vanquishing your enemy.

FluorescentCheddar

I think it is the long game that Trump is playing. He wants the Dems to practically beg him to release them. Basically he does not want to use the list as a bargaining chip. He wants to have the Dems want it to be released and trap themselves with it.

Eater-of-Tacos

What gets me are the libbies who only bring it up to use it as a weapon who 2 years ago could give a rat's patootie about that story. I actually feel like mods should have a rule that anyone who tries to attack on that subject has to have an account with at least two years history and they had to have been talking about him back then.

Throwaway-ish123a

Honestly, even if Trump is in the files I don’t care at this point. Trump has proven himself to be one of the greatest Americans of all time, by defeating terrorists and owning liberals. What he did in the past doesn’t matter.

StarComplex3850

At this point the democrats know they are 100% finished, their leaders retreated under rocks the day Trump was re-elected, they refuse to even vote and get the government reopened. 

All these lefties have left is complaining about the Epstein files to fall back on.  I say let them whine while we continue to do the real work.

Certain_Anxiety1420

Yes, it's hilarious! They have their  bots and repeaters puking out the same things fay after day!

BimSkaLaBim88

Taken from Brynn Tanehill on Bluesky which I completely agree with all three: 

Trump would only do this if:

a. He thinks he has it blocked in the Senate

b. He thinks he can withhold everything as part of an "ongoing investigation"

c. They're already altered / redacted the contents of the evidence enough to hide anything REALLY incriminating

Dr-Fizzel

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No-Reputation-6784

Anyone who still supports him at this point no longer has a seat at my table nor are invited to family gatherings. I don't even want to share air with people who can excuse him anymore,.

Exotic-End-666

Story from Entertainment Tonight in the 90’s was about Trump throwing a party with 50 or so middle aged men.  He had girls from his modelling agency serve drinks and they were made to wear transparent dresses(walk around naked).  The outrage at the time was that most of the girls were underage.  Trump’s response at the time was that they were models and they walked the catwalk naked too.
Trump wasn’t just a client or associate of Epstein, he was a trafficker just like Epstein.

LetterheadLoose2643

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drcobosjr

This guy is an evil pos i cant believe people would vote for him

Quiet_Post_1035

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I'm always thrown off by how nervous Ivanka looks in the photo from 1993. She's literally chewing her fingernails with anxiety.

Otherwise_Sweet_77

The Republican Party has turned as corrupt as the day is long.

SuspiciousCake7438

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Personal-Tutor-4982

Jollem-

Or maybe he's just desperately trying to make it seem as if he's still in control.

CatherineSimp69

Didn't he just say less than a month ago there were no files? Dude can't keep his story straight

Lonely_University843

I will not believe anything released by this administration.  It was clear as day that he ordered DOJ to go through the files for references to him.

raincntry

No, not those Epstein files, we want the *long-form* Epstein files!

ProfessionalDry8128

The release bill calls for redaction of information about victims and also any information involved in a current investigation.


All of a sudden Trump opens up investigations into people that don't support him.

Ok_Quantity_9841

The bigger question is:  Does any of it matter anymore?

We knew before 2016 he says he can "grab them by the p\*\*\*y" if he wants to.  We knew he would walk on naked young girls because he owned the pageant.  We knew he has no care for the rule of law or any respect for the Constitution.  I don't want to go down the entire list.  

All of his scandals were already baked-in for the 2016 election and Americans saw fit to make him President.

And much of those scandals were confirmed and reinforced with his behavior in his presidency, and still Americans saw fit to almost elect him a second time.

And then it only got much much worse... and Americans saw fit to elect him a third time.  

Honestly, there could be videos of teen-girls and giving head to ex-Presidents and MAGA will just go along with it.  And even if the voters felt differently in the short-term, the Senate will never remove him from office.  And just like *every other damn election*, Republican voters always come home and justify voting for abhorrent politicians with an (R) next to their name.

dsp_guy

Hard to be a shittier, more disgraceful, and more hypocritical American than a Republican these days.

Medical_Arugula3315

They will do whatever they can to maintain power forever....

Just like every dictator has tried and failed to do.

We are already seeing how badly this is going for him and Republicans, and that the people are becoming more aware and paying a lot more attention.

We see this in Portland and Chicago, we saw this in LA. We see how difficult it actually is for ICE to recruit people right now. We see that progressives can win on a socialist platform.

People are tired of this bullshit, and want to see real change again. And we're going to make it happen.

Do not let yourself live in a vaccuum like this, because you can make a difference.

As for the Epstein Files... he's not gonna go to jail for them. But he will lose all credibility. Assuming he had any to begin with.

And he'll be gone soon, and thus the Republicans won't have their shield anymore.


Some of you might say this is copium or some shit. I'd rather look forward to what we as Americans will do rather than endlesdly worry about the future as Reddit is want to do.

doomzday_96

Trump has consistently lied about his relationship and now that he has had his name removed from the documents he is saying they should release them.

Gaters65GTO

I have been telling people jack shit would happen for months. Why else did it take this long? They have been working round the clock to do whatever it took to hide the extent of his involvement and so long as he's alive we may never see the full truth to any of this.

Beginning_Cancel_942

There are so many people who I over the years looked upon as good, decent people...and then shitstain came along and activated the virus which was apparently there all along - and people who support shitstain can't understand why they are being put on low/no contact. "People over politics!" they whine...they can fuck off.

Commercial_Peach_845

At this point if you need anything more from the case to realize he was at minimum complicit, you will never be convinced

Life-Ship3628

Epstein was in the White House for Thanksgiving in 2017

T_J_S_

&gt; I don't have high hopes for the Trump admin to do the right thing

Why would you even entertain the thought that they could potentially be capable of doing the right thing? His entire administration during both terms have done nothing but further his own interests and that of his rich donors.

The ONLY positive thing his admin has done is to get rid of the Penny. Before it was discontinued it cost almost 4 cents to make 1 penny thus costing taxpayers billions every year. Still you know it wasn't his idea because trump doesn't do anything unless it benefits him.

Ruraraid

EagleEyes0001

Ive been friends with people for 20 years and dont have this many photos of us together.

BlackEastwood

Trump saying to release means he has been scrubbed from files and only democrats and republican enemies are still included.

ThankeekaSwitch

They’re all on the list.  Get over it.  Left wing. Right wing.  Same bird.

Elderado12443

Any time a perp's name is blacked out in the files, we say it's him. Do not relent on this until an unredacted version is released.

IRLconsequences

Of course now he wants to release the heavily redacted version uhhh i mean everything in its original form. They never modified anything. Trust them lol

AnswerSeekerGuy

Wonderful_irish

Once Trump is gone (voted out/impeached/dead. Whoever is in Govt should have him removed from history.

He is a stain on America and the entire world.

EADASOL

I am guessing he is just going to get it over with and then deny deny deny.  anyone who thinks he will pay any price whatsoever clearly hasn’t been paying attention

maddog2271

I mean did anyone actually think they would get release with being altered?!

Ok_Razzmatazz6119

HelpfulAffect8505

MAGA will do ANYTHING to protect der Fuhrer... 
We all know why Trump is playing a New Tune... like any child... He's saying, "you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"...
His Cult is lying, cheating, stealing, and bullying anyone that opposes their fearful leader.


The DHS administration is worse than the CIA of 1950-1970's. Playing the shell game with evidence that they know will Impeach the current administration. Now they have the FBI doing it.
The conspiracy of Watergate (Nixon) comes to mind when I read several sources over the past three months.


Why suddenly is Trump's administration giving the okay to release the files?
They fought so strongly against it before.


I would guess that the files now look like "a letter from home to a GI on the front lines during WW2... 2 pages edited to three words... 'everything is fine'..."


Right?

Ok_Technology177

Jesus... Democrats and Republicans... It's the economy stupid!  You fuckers need to all resign.

How about you just stop with all this bullshit, and stop hurting the American people? 

Didn't buy fruit this week because the prices went up again.  Eating cheaper cuts of meat. I have cut out discretionary spending by a ton.  And I earn good money.

I am 63, and I am afraid to retire, because medical will eat up my retirement incomes.

And ACA is NOT the answer.  That fucking thing was designed to fail. It needs to be totally redone.

PoppysWorkshop

Face-EatingLeopards

You may compare the unredacted files here: [https://couriernewsroom.com/news/we-created-a-searchable-database-with-all-20000-files-from-epsteins-estate/](https://couriernewsroom.com/news/we-created-a-searchable-database-with-all-20000-files-from-epsteins-estate/)

SiteTall

LilStabbyboo

Smart_Invite_2663

Dry-Association2559

They are protecting lord diddler.  The hole world knows he's been there.  Just put him in jail till he dies.

bullydog123

By the time they finished cleaning up that file up last week, Donnie will look like a choir boy.

mt8675309

Release unredacted files with both names of victims and the pedofiles. It has been years since this went down.  I think the victims are a lot older and tougher now. The people vote out or fire the guilty ones in government like a purge. Elect some new younger blood into the system and move on. Just think about it getting rid of those old assholes running the show now .

blaze49er

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So disturbing.

Designer_Phase6153

He was even spotted in Central Park with him much later like 2015. Trump was invited to Thanksgiving by Epstein in 2016.

RoyalT663

You have no clue how the rich are they all want there pic with eachbother he has more pictures of him just because who he is now you should focus

AwkwardEstate4135

Any redacted perpetrator's name in there is him until the unredacted version is released to prove otherwise.

CaptHayfever

Redact away, bud. Hell, clear your browser history while you’re at it. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

What they don’t seem to realize is that you can’t redact the internet- not all of it, anyway- and that the damage is already done. We never truly needed to know who was *on* the list, because we saw who panicked and scrambled to *protect* it.

I think it’s quite clear who needs to be voted out, at this point, and I’m sure they’ll give us all the help we need adding more to that list before then. In a perfect world, we’d band together and refuse to back down until all of them resign or get removed from office, so we don’t have to endure them any longer than necessary.

IncogNeatoTN

Man isn’t it crazy how we used to have a president that followed the color of law.

AmbidextrousCard

…ok, playing the devil advocate here, but what about the period between January and November 2024?

ThroawayJimilyJones

Plus, they would have pulled what they do when they scream at you for proof. You give them viable sources, and it's all "fake." Nobody would have believed it if they could have released them anyway.

J2J0R02

Because Biden was too busy trying to make life easier for people

Major_Lynx_7425

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf   (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZqJeffrey Epstein and Israel both have the same lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Dershowitz says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on international stage | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Adding the court affidavit from Katie, as well: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000158-267d-dda3-afd8-b67d3bc00000

Never forget Katie Johnson.

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

Do your part and spread them around like a meme sharing them and saving them helps too! Please copy and paste this elsewhere!

Notapartyhobo

Can you imagine if he could've or did? Their heads would've exploded whilst screaming that President Biden was going after his political rival...tRUMP. SO much projection from the magats!!

BLizz-2016

I think Biden said nothing knowing how many people were in it, and unraveling the potentially guilty from the innocent will be a massive task. He actually spared Trump, IMO.

That stated, once it became unsealed, investigations should have begun.

Watching_Chaos

That’s very bold of people to assume maga can read.

ShiveringTruth

I was curious about that as my conservative friends keep bringing this up whenever i point out about trump and the epstein file and asking why they weren't release under biden. so basically i can say they played by the rules? pretty much the jist of it? where as trump and company do not  and yet still won't release the files.

Privatejoker123

So what happened from January 24 until Trump took office?

Timmy24000

We all know prominent democrats are on that list. They all protect each other. Attributing anything other than covering asses is overthinking it. This is the only time I’ll say - they’re all the same. When it comes to this, they are all the same.

BwayEsq23

Never forget that during Phase 1 of Bondi’s files release the GOP House Judiciary twitter account posted a link to “The Epstein Files” that was a Rick Roll. They’ve been laughing at us for a long time.

TuringGPTy

Forget about justice, we are being shamelessly lied to . Anyone with eyes and ears knows how he feels about women . He has already settled many sexual lawsuits . He just called a woman piggy to her face on tape. The transfer of Epstein co conspirator Maxwell and probable communication of her sentence . Nothing to hide , correct?

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