Why Donald Trump Won't Release the Epstein Files

Mike Nellis

MAGA world and the Republican Party are in a full-blown meltdown over these Epstein emails that implicate Donald Trump (and many others) in these crimes. And I want to take a moment to set aside the morality of what’s unfolding and focus purely on the politics—because understanding the White House’s moves right now depends on this.

First off—and I said this yesterday while debating Alan Dershowitz on Piers Morgan (yes, that actually happened)—Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, and the rest of them have made a very deliberate call: the chaos and speculation around the Epstein files and Trump’s ties to Epstein are better for them politically than the truth. They’d rather let us spiral in uncertainty about what might be in those files than just release them and deal with the consequences.

And I suspect that’s because those files might contain images or videos—maybe of Trump doing something very, very wrong. I don’t know for sure. He may or may not be guilty of abusing women alongside Epstein, but he’s absolutely guilty of something. And based on how they’re all acting, they look guilty as hell.

At a minimum, the range of what could be in there runs from Trump knowing about Epstein’s crimes and doing nothing—now covering it up for himself and his rich, powerful friends—all the way to Trump actively participating. And they’ve clearly calculated that politically. Because for them, endless speculation is better than cold, hard facts. They’re letting Democrats and the media drip this stuff out. They’re letting Twitter and TikTok fill in the blanks. They’re sending out MAGA influencers with binders and memes to run interference while they stall and spin.

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