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BumRushDaShow

(157,338 posts)
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:30 PM Monday

'We're not shielding anything,' Vance says of Epstein files

Source: ABC News

July 28, 2025, 2:58 PM


Speaking in Canton, Ohio, on Monday, Vice President JD Vance was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files and took an opportunity to defend President Donald Trump and his handling of the ongoing saga, which has caused controversy among his base. Vance went straight to Trump's defense, saying the president has been transparent about the situation.

"First of all, the president has been very clear. We're not shielding anything," Vance said. "The president has directed the attorney general to release all credible information and, frankly, to go and find additional credible information related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. He's been incredibly transparent about that stuff, but some of that stuff takes time."

Vance went on to say that Attorney General Pam Bondi is currently working on the request she received from Trump, asking her to release all credible information related to the case.

"The attorney general is hard at work on that issue right now," Vance said of Bondi, adding that the task takes time. "You've got to assemble that stuff, you've got to compile that stuff, you've got to redact some victims names so that you protect the victims," he said.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/shielding-vance-epstein-files/story?id=124139255



She proclaimed, with a flourish, that she had them all on her desk, and would release them. Then when she released stuff, most was already released previously or was out there publicly available.

And this -

"You've got to assemble that stuff, you've got to compile that stuff, you've got to redact some victims names so that you protect the victims," he said.


His "boss" helped to CREATE victims.
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'We're not shielding anything,' Vance says of Epstein files (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP
Fuck you, couch fucker Aviation Pro Monday #1
Well there you go. Buddyzbuddy Monday #2
Incredibly Transparent 2na fisherman Monday #3
How can Vance even breathe with his face so far up Trumps ass? Diamond_Dog Monday #4
"We're not shielding anything." cloudbase Monday #5
Thanks for translating the Newspeak dedl67 Tuesday #18
whose definition of "credible"? Nt BadgerKid Monday #6
sure, bro Skittles Monday #7
chuckle, chuckle, wink, wink, nothing ! republianmushroom Monday #8
What about shredding? cstanleytech Monday #9
We Don't Believe You! N/T tonekat Monday #10
I don't bdamomma Monday #11
Right...and if we believe that, you'll tell us another one? SeattleVet Monday #12
Did he actually say that with a straight face?? AZ8theist Monday #13
Says the man who jumped the couch Hekate Monday #14
Well, that's about as convincing as Nixon assuring us that Tanuki Tuesday #15
I've never seen or heard republicans be SO concerned for the "victims" before! SMDH slightlv Tuesday #16
Remember not a word of sympathy for the injured (and almost killed) Justice matters. Tuesday #25
"We're not shielding anything" SeattleVet Tuesday #17
ding, Ding, DING!!! electric_blue68 Tuesday #41
Once again.......... twodogsbarking Tuesday #19
Of course he had to lie. But the important thing is ..... 70sEraVet Tuesday #20
MAGA and Sofa Vance kairos12 Tuesday #21
Next up, the Fox reviews hen houses? Brainfodder Tuesday #22
Says the guy who blood libeled Haitian immigrants bronxiteforever Tuesday #23
maybelline couchhumper is proof there is no deity out there. Otherwise, his lies, niyad Tuesday #24
Release the files dummy. Sneederbunk Tuesday #26
The only upside to J.D. "protect the victims" Vance's non-stop pimping for trump: Paladin Tuesday #27
"to go and find additional credible information" underpants Tuesday #28
This message was self-deleted by its author underpants Tuesday #29
His "boss" helped to CREATE victims... MayReasonRule Tuesday #30
"Stuff?" I counted 7 times he said "stuff" in his Ninga Tuesday #31
DYI cushioning. speak easy Tuesday #32
I would like to confront him beacuse I sell ediscovery software Henry203 Tuesday #33
Are his pants on fire yet? mwmisses4289 Tuesday #34
Not yet but you could use his nose as a pole for a pole vault! BumRushDaShow Tuesday #35
😄 mwmisses4289 Tuesday #37
"Uh. People aren't uh things." Kid Berwyn Tuesday #36
Vance, it is your nose that grows when you lie, nothing else. republianmushroom Tuesday #38
he should go back to his couch fucking. he was much better at that. nt Javaman Tuesday #39
Sure did rush the 'Epstein Recess' now didn't they... nt EarthFirst Tuesday #40
is there... myohmy2 Tuesday #42
Why can't we put ROFL emojis right into these Reply Titles? Beartracks Tuesday #43
I wonder if MAGA believes a word he said. Dem4life1970 Tuesday #44
Confirmation that they are shielding something. Martin68 Tuesday #45

Buddyzbuddy

(1,241 posts)
2. Well there you go.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:41 PM
Monday

The official lover of couches has spoken. He says the Felon says he's innocent. Nothing to see here, everybody should go home and stop asking questions.

2na fisherman

(42 posts)
3. Incredibly Transparent
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:47 PM
Monday

Vance unwittingly reveals the truth when he refers to Trump being transparent in the sense of him being of or relating to something not credible, so it's more likely opaque. Kind of like alternative facts.

Justice matters.

(8,678 posts)
25. Remember not a word of sympathy for the injured (and almost killed)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:29 PM
Tuesday

Capitol Police Officers (and these victims who committed suicide soon after), but praising Ashli Babbitt... for political gain!

70sEraVet

(4,701 posts)
20. Of course he had to lie. But the important thing is .....
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 08:55 AM
Tuesday

He was ASKED about it!
Make EVERY MAGA Republican squirm, trying to come up with a convincing lie! Ask about the video showing the outside of Epstein's jail cell -- why were there a couple of minutes missing, and why was it stitched together? Ask if Alex Acosta was named Secretary of Labor by Trump as a reward for giving a sweetheart deal to Epstein, a deal that let Epstein continue his crimes and his co-conspirators remain unnamed and immune from prosecution?

kairos12

(13,374 posts)
21. MAGA and Sofa Vance
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:02 AM
Tuesday

sees Chump as the victim. Hence, more redactions than words in "War and Peace."

Brainfodder

(7,554 posts)
22. Next up, the Fox reviews hen houses?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:12 AM
Tuesday

JD is fine with DJT deciding what is relevant to release to the public as far as Epstein files goes?

Expert bootlicker stuff?

niyad

(125,576 posts)
24. maybelline couchhumper is proof there is no deity out there. Otherwise, his lies,
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:04 PM
Tuesday

and all the others, would have choked them to death by now.

Paladin

(31,123 posts)
27. The only upside to J.D. "protect the victims" Vance's non-stop pimping for trump:
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:52 PM
Tuesday

Ultimately, Vance's political career will end up in the same dark corner as those of Rudy Giuliani and the Pillow Guy: in utter ruination.

Can't happen soon enough to satisfy me...

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Ninga

(8,876 posts)
31. "Stuff?" I counted 7 times he said "stuff" in his
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:59 PM
Tuesday

quotes. What does he mean? What stuff? Important stuff? Video stuff? Testimony stuff?
Whistleblower stuff?
Inquiring minds……

Henry203

(662 posts)
33. I would like to confront him beacuse I sell ediscovery software
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:54 PM
Tuesday

and what he is saying is absolute BS.

myohmy2

(3,604 posts)
42. is there...
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:24 PM
Tuesday

...anyone so gullible as to believe anything these people say...?

...even rabid magats must be shaking their heads...

...are the pardons are signed, is the fix in, has the cover-up champ won again...?

...maybe, stay tuned...

...my money's on the champ...

Dem4life1970

(944 posts)
44. I wonder if MAGA believes a word he said.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 08:39 PM
Tuesday

They don't know how bad this is for them...and every day they make it worse.

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