Release the files? Sure; Trump has nothing to hide.

By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist

Now what? For months, calling it a hoax, his word for facts, Trump did everything he could to prevent release of the Epstein files. Yet suddenly he asked Congress to vote to release them, which it did, 427-1. The Senate did, too, unanimously. Realizing it was going to happen regardless, was he trying to make it look like his idea? Have they been redacted to his satisfaction, parts mysteriously missing?

The Platonic ideal of kind-heartedness, Trump is thinking only of innocents whose names might be found there. That’s why he ordered his Attorney Private, Pam of the dangerous diamond (Daily Beast: tinyurl.com/2badring), to investigate Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, and others. To clear their names, reconfirming previous FBI investigations that found no chargeable offenses. Not adding himself to the target list was the unintentional omission of a busy man. He has history and buildings to remake and arches to build, bitcoin and watches to sell.

Previous attorneys general, the rank when deserved, would have demurred, saying, “I demur.” But that’s the stuff pipes dream of. For Trump, his word is his Bondi. Unlike Jim Jordan’s and James Comer’s accusations against President Joe Biden (they just forgot to bring charges for the ghastly crimes they uncovered), rumors of Trump’s weaponization are meritless. If you see it, your eyes are lying. “You got it, Boss,” said Pam. “Also, sorry about that ring thing.”

I’m not one for conspiracy theories. I doubt Hillary Clinton operated a child sex trafficking operation in the basement of a pizza joint that didn’t have a basement, even though Q said so. I’m pretty sure Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, although, admittedly, I wasn’t there. I try to reject theories presented without evidence, which is why I suspect nothing nefarious in the timing of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in prison. Not even after reading his words: “I am the one who can take him down.” Or reading his brother’s statement that Brother Jeff “had the dirt” on Trump.

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