Jesse Duquette
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Epstein scandal developments
Remember, the Epstein scandal is about a decades-long sex trafficking operation in which rich and powerful men commercialized the rape of girls. Disclosure of the Epstein files will help convict the perpetrators and deliver a small measure of overdue justice to the victims.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was told in May that his name was included in the Epstein files. See WSJ, Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files. (Accessible to all.) When asked in July if AG Pam Bondi told him that his name was in the files, Trump lied and said, “No, no.” See Newsweek, Donald Trump Responds When Asked If He Was Told His Name Was in Epstein Files.
In addition, the WSJ reported that FBI Director Kash Patel told others that Trump's name was included in the Epstein files.
After Trump learned that his name was in the Epstein files, Pam Bondi and Kash Patel announced that the Epstein investigation was closed, that there was no “client list,” and that the files did not provide a basis for prosecuting anyone. (“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”) The patently false memo is here: FBI Memo | July 2025.
The revelations contradicting the cover-up by Trump, Bondi, and Patel will continue to leak over Congress’s summer recess, resulting in incremental damage to Trump and Republicans, in general.
For example, on Wednesday evening, Lawrence O’Donnell interviewed attorney Bradley Edwards, who represents hundreds of Epstein’s victims. The remarkable interview is here: Lawrence O’Donnell, The Last Word, Congress can subpoena Epstein birthday book from Epstein estate, Epstein victims' lawyer says.
In the interview, Bradley Edwards reveals that Epstein’s victims helped to assemble the “birthday book” that contains the “birthday card” sent by Trump to Epstein. Edwards also explained in detail how Congress or other interested parties could easily subpoena the Epstein “birthday book,” which could easily prove (or disprove) Trump's claim that his alleged birthday card to Epstein “does not exist.”
It’s only going to get worse for Trump and his defenders. It will be a long, hot summer.
[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]