Believers in the conspiracy theories swirling around the deceased wealthy party boy and pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, have been eager to get to the “truth” about a supposed secret list of Epstein’s clients. Members of the Trump administration, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, have heightened expectations by promising a full revelation.
But now, the FBI is saying “there is no there there”; Bondi is saying she never really had the client list (after claiming on Fox that it was on her desk); and President Trump is telling his MAGA acolytes to forget about Epstein. Suddenly, Trump is insisting that the whole sordid story is a “Democrat” hoax and that Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Jim Comey were somehow involved in spinning the fake Epstein tale.
This failure to deliver has outraged a big share of Trump’s MAGA base, which still believes there are dark secrets to be uncovered. It has also allowed comedians and commentators to gleefully speculate about what Trump may be hiding, since he had a decade-long relationship with Epstein, the man who claimed to have first introduced the future first lady, Melania, to his pal, Donald.
Given all the truly dire news emanating from the White House, it is a relief to have a scandal to gossip about that is hilarious, rather than horrific.
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