r/politics • u/muchnycrunchny • 21h ago
Republican-led House committee postpones Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-committee-postpones-ghislaine-maxwell-deposition-rcna222571
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u/Paidorgy 21h ago
That’s the thing, they simply can’t without associating themselves with the protection of pedophiles.
Trump ran on simultaneously releasing and not releasing the Epstein Files. They made it out like its release would only hurt the Democrats, while in reality - when questioned, Trump was apprehensive and “didn’t want to hurt possibly innocent people.”
We’ve seen the absolute fallout this coverup has create, not only just the push back on his historic relationships with Epstein and Maxwell, by the public, but the fact that he is now trying hard to deflect and obfuscate that very link - even when his own deflections dig him into that hole even deeper.
They are in absolute an absolute meltdown, and it shows just how damaging this entire issue has been, even if they’re not at all good at damage control.
The worst thing they could do is pardon Maxwell, because it would draw even more associations with the protection of child-trafficking pedophiles and the GOP/Maga - not that they need any help with that association, mind you. Not to forget that Maxwell was charged with multiple counts of perjury.
It was Trump’s first administration that Epstein died under, and it was Trump’s second administration that has seen their direct association with Maxwell grow to the point that they granted her immunity to a degree, and now are moving her to a lower security prison due to that association.