Over the weekend, Epstein survivors demanded that additional documents be released, accusing the Trump administration of concealing more than 3 million files

A Republican senator has changed her mind about the Epstein files after reviewing unredacted documents associated with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis recently reviewed a handful of documents from the Epstein files without redactions, saying in an interview afterward that she now understands “what the big deal is."

Lummis, 71, told Capitol Hill reporter Pablo Manriquez on Monday, Feb. 9, that while she previously had said, “I don’t care” about Congress’ efforts to force the release of Epstein evidence, she now believes the issue was “worth investigating.”

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    That’s nice but it means nothing if she doesn’t do something about it. Release the files and impeach Trump. Anything less is just putting on a show to try to sway voters for the midterms.

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    Lummis, 71, told Capitol Hill reporter Pablo Manriquez on Monday, Feb. 9, that while she previously had said, “I don’t care” about Congress’ efforts to force the release of Epstein evidence, she now believes the issue was “worth investigating.”

    The cynic in me thinks she ignored pages and pages of trump named referenced crimes and saw Clinton’s name at least once, so now she’s wants to make political hay only against Clinton.

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    I feel like the words “I don’t care” should never escape a politician’s mouth. Their entire job is to care. Why are they representing us if they don’t?

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    Try to imagine the worst thing you can. It’s so much worse than that.

    Stuff that, once seen, can’t be un-seen.

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    You don’t care about illegal bombings of boats in the ocean, ICE’s cruel treatment of immigrants and the US citizens who care about them, nor massive sexual assault against underage girls until your face is smeared in it. What do you care about? The Republican party are monsters.

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    So there’s about 3 million files and Trump appears on more than 1/3 of them? They should probably be called the Trump/Epstein files

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    It is probably effecting the voting numbers for her and therefore she needs to pretend again to get the sweet sweet suckers to vote for her again come next cycle.

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      It is probably effecting [sic] the voting numbers for her

      Dude, she’s a senator from Wyoming who isn’t running for reelection in 2026. Did you even check before you speculated about this?

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        Aah, so a peaceful retirement where she can say she changed her mind so the people with pitchforks and torches don’t camp out the residence.

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          Okay, so instead of an “oops, my bad; maybe I’ll back off on this one”, you’re just going to make up literally whatever feels right to you regardless of evidence – and I say this as someone who, unlike you, knows anything at all about Cynthia Lummis and therefore has the capacity to hate her for the terrible things she’s done.

          This is pathetic. Do better.

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    See, that’s why they redact the shit, so they can skirt responsibility. It’s sad it took this long for people to open their eyes, but at least it seems to be starting to happen?

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    Amazing how they all grow spines after announcing that they’re not running for reelection.