Don't you believe Trump? He's now saying Democrats altered the list.
Before the election Trump said āyou donāt want to affect peopleās lives if itās phony stuff in there,ā
What phony stuff?
To the extent that reality still has any relevance in the public discussion, it was the Trump administration that investigated, arrested and charged Epstein. It was during Trumpās first term when Epstein, facing sex trafficking and conspiracy charges,
died in 2019 while in custody, and a medical examiner ruled his death a suicide.
But according to Trump, the so-called Epstein files were written by Barack Obama (who left office in early 2017), Hillary Clinton (who left office in early 2013), former FBI Director James Comey (who left office in 2017) and former CIA Director John Brennan (who left office in early 2017).
How could they have ācreated the Epstein Filesā given that they were nowhere near public office when Trumpās own team tried to prosecute him? I havenāt the foggiest idea, and Trumpās weird tantrum never explained how this could even be possible.
Complicating matters, the president appeared to reinvigorate the story he wants to go away, but changing his administrationās official line. What started with (1) the āEpstein Filesā are real and important, transformed into (2) the āEpstein Filesā donāt actually exist so everyone should just move on, has now evolved into (3) the āEpstein Filesā
do exist, but theyāre fake.