As we noted last night, Chump is a liar. And he is surrounded by people who, like him, were very close to Epstein. Another Epstein mutual friend was appointed by Chump. Robert Davis (RAW STORY) reports:
The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files released last week revealed a "deeply untoward" connection between President Donald Trump and a wealthy investor, one expert has said.
Russ Baker, founder and editor-in-chief of WhoWhatWhy, wrote in a new Substack essay on Sunday that Trump appears to be currying favors for Leon Black, the disgraced co-founder of Apollo Global Management, who resigned from the firm in 2021 when his ties to Epstein, a convicted sex criminal, were receiving increased scrutiny. He noted Trump's appointment of Black's son, Benjamin, to lead the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and the subsequent reactions to that move, as evidence that something other than a simple quid pro quo is at play.
"This may be the understatement of the year: Something deeply untoward appears to be hidden just beneath the surface of recently released documents as they relate to certain people," Baker wrote.
After Trump appointed Benjamin Black to his position, the elder Black purchased a significant sum of the debt Elon Musk incurred when he purchased Twitter in 2022, Baker noted.
The Trump administration has also moved to prevent Democrats like Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) from retrieving federal reports that could further link Black to Epstein's nefarious activities. Black was accused of raping underage girls in two separate lawsuits, Baker noted, but the law firms representing both women subsequently withdrew from the cases.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, former US House of Representative, wasn't joking when she revealed Chump screamed at her to drop support for the release of the Epstein files because the release would hurt people close to Chump. Meanwhile, Maegan Vazquez (WASHINGTON POST) reports a new angle on the Epstein story:
Attorneys for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed requests for records retained by American intelligence agencies that could reflect an affiliation with the CIA or whether the National Security Agency retained information about him, according to documents released by the Justice Department.
The latest documents, released to comply with a law requiring the disclosure of files from federal investigations into the deceased financier, have unveiled a trove of correspondence outlining how Epstein sought to nurture relationships with world leaders, diplomats, scientists, financiers, lawyers and entrepreneurs — long after serving time for state prostitution charges and registering as a sex offender.
The documents, which also revealed the extent of Epstein’s Russian connections, have added to suspicions that Epstein worked with or was targeted by intelligence agencies because of his personal ties to international elites.
One piece of correspondence from the CIA, sent to Epstein’s attorney Martin Weinberg, said “we searched for CIA-originated responsive records that might reflect an open or otherwise acknowledged Agency affiliation” for a period between 1999 — when Epstein appears to have previously sought such information — and 2011.
“We were unable to locate any information or records,” states the letter, dated July 29, 2011, from the CIA’s information and privacy coordinator, whose name is redacted. “With respect to responsive records that would reveal a classified connection to the CIA … the CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request.”
On the topic of correspondence, RAW STORY notes a nearly decade old e-mail that Epstein sent Michael Wolff:
In an email to author Michael Wolff dated Dec. 29, 2017, Epstein wrote that some attendees at the supposed dinner were startled by Trump, who was wearing “tons of makeup” and unable to recognize “old friends.”
“some at dinner wtih donald last night , were concerned about dementia,” Epstein wrote to Wolff. “tons of makeup. did not recognize old friends.”
According to former White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, Trump did attend a dinner on Dec. 28, 2018 in Palm Beach, Florida at his Mar-a-Lago resort, which would match the date in Epstein’s email. The only reported guest at the dinner was Wilbur Ross, Trump’s former secretary of commerce, though other guests may have been in attendance.
Speculation has swirled about the state of Trump’s mental health in recent years, particularly after he sent a “deranged” letter last month that critics described as evidence of a “serious mental breakdown.” Trump’s increased instances of rambling during speeches and unexplained MRI scan have also fueled speculation as to the state of his mental health.
This week, Attorney General Pam da Bimbo Bondi is set to testify before Congress. Michael Van Sickler (TAMPA BAY TIMES) notes Pam's history with regards to the Epstein scandal:
If anyone seemed destined to release the entirety of files from the department’s investigation into deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, it was Bondi.
As Florida’s attorney general, she characterized human trafficking as “modern-day slavery” that her department was tirelessly fighting, at the expense of other pursuits, with an “all-hands-on-deck approach.”
“We’ve been doing as much as we can,” Bondi told reporters and editors during a 2014 briefing in Tallahassee. On the campaign trail that year, she frequently invoked the specter of sex trafficking.
Two weeks after taking office as U.S. attorney general, Bondi seemed to follow this script when she appeared on Fox News claiming that an Epstein client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review.”
Bondi’s
pronouncement proved premature. Four months later, a department memo
said there was no such list, no evidence that Epstein blackmailed anyone
and that no more files would be disclosed. By mid-summer, many in the
MAGA movement, along with others, were incensed and aiming their misgivings at Bondi.
It took Congress passinga measure last year for the Department of Justice to release millions of pages of documents detailing Epstein’s communications on Trump and other elites he knew.
Last week, the department released3 million heavily redacted pages, 2,000 videos and some 180,000 images. At least 4,500 documents mentioned Trump, according to a review by the New York Times, including an FBI summary of a dozen tips from the public involving Trump and Epstein.
As her boss insists that there’s not much here to see, Bondi has gone mostly silent. Gone is the prosecutorial zeal she claimed to wield against trafficking as Florida’s attorney general.
Bondi’s fumbled messaging on the case will end up costing Republicans in the national midterms, said Jake Hoffman, the executive director of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans.
“The Epstein files have turned a lot of the base against Trump,” Hoffman said. “They’re not happy with Bondi.”
When Bondi appears before Congress, Republicans are supposed to avoid the topic of Epstein. We'll see if that happens. As it stands now, Pam has not been in compliance with the law regarding the release of Epstein documents. Billal Rahman (NEWSWEEK) notes, "Under the bill, which was signed into law on November 19, 2025, the Justice Department was required to release all unclassified records, communications, and investigative materials concerning Epstein within 30 days. However, the DOJ missed that deadline, and in a court filing earlier this month reported that it had made public only 12,285 files since being ordered to do so. " One example? Janna Brancolini (DAILY BEAST) reports:
A watchdog group is demanding that Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice explain why none of the millions of documents released as part of the Epstein files include communications from top Trump administration officials.
The Democracy Defenders Fund alleged in a letter Friday that the DOJ has “impermissibly” narrowed the scope of the Epstein Files Transparency Act by failing to include any communications from Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, or FBI Director Kash Patel.
Those officials “have been at the center of DOJ’s response (or lack thereof) to congressional and public calls for production of the Epstein files,” the letter said, meaning the Epstein Library “should be replete with their communications.”
“The obvious conclusion is that these communications have been withheld, destroyed, or redacted to the point that they are not traceable in the Epstein Library,” it continued.
The law requires the release of all of the DOJ’s unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials relating to the investigation and prosecution of Epstein, while allowing certain information to be redacted, including personal details of victims and materials that would jeopardize an active federal investigation.
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