Several House Republicans have reportedly heard from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein documents are especially compromising for President Donald Trump.That's according to reporting from former MSNBC, CNN and Fox News reporter David Shuster, who posted to his X acco...

Seems Johnson knows this. Both him and Trump will keep this shutdown going to stop the forced release of these files it seems. Don’t know what kind of plan they’re cooking up though.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      5 hours ago

      Trump wasn’t just a customer. He was Epstein’s partner and Mar-a-Lago was a hub for international sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking.

      They’re not the Epstein files. They’re the Trump files.

      • mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        5 hours ago

        This is my thought as well. He has to be in there to such an extent that if they removed all mention of him, what was left would fit on a fucking post it. Otherwise they would have tried to release it with a few pages “lost” and blamed Biden.