Seems Johnson knows this. Both him and Trump will keep this shutdown going to stop the forced release of these files it seems. Don’t know what kind of plan they’re cooking up though.

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    I mean, they’re hosting a historical shutdown specifically to prevent their release. We already knew they were damning.

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    How many people have access to the files right now? Not a single one is doing the right thing. Complicit. If I happened across those files, they would have to murder me to stop them leaking. The level of apathy genuinely makes me wonder if it’s wickedness or some sort of actual brain damage from some chemical or virus we haven’t found yet.

    Fuck

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      If they’re leaked and not officially released, then Trump denying their authenticity (a given) will convince more idiot centrists.

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    Even if the files contain irrefutable proof that Trump trafficked and raped children with Epstein, Johnson and the GOP know that his base will either dismiss it as ‘fake news’, AI or otherwise convince themselves that Trump raped kids because the Democrats used their mind control ray to set him up.

    I suspect the real reason they want to keep it under wraps is to protect their billionaire donors who will be named in the files.

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      I figure a big reason they haven’t just released some doctored files clearing their names ages ago is the threat of mutually assured destruction from anyone else on the list

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    RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES PEDONALD

    I wouldn’t doubt it if he diddled little boys too. Or at least laughed when his close friends did. Disgusting fucking cancer…

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    Remember, this case is about dozens rich men raping young girl and the only person who went to jail is a women.

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    What if Trump has children who are 15yrs younger than their mothers?

    That would be wild.

    Edit: probably not after listening to his victims testimony it seems like he always insisted on using protection.

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    The files they don’t have that don’t exist that don’t incriminate anyone on a list that is not real that is a hoax is worse than they ever imagined.

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    Seems legit … hey where was all this energy when Biden spent his entire presidency covering these up? We know who was on the flight logs and we know that Trump wasn’t on them… you know Biden pardon his son who videoed himself molesting his 14yo dead brother’s daughter… we know it for certain we have the video… where’s the energy guys?

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      Biden didn’t touch the Epstein files, they were sealed by courts until late 2023 and never subpeonaed by Congress to be made public until 2024 in the first place.

      If anything you could claim Merrick Garland covered it up by knowing about all of this and choosing not to expedite Trump’s insurrection trial, but even that’s a stretch.

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      You’re trying to divert attention away from the files and Trump. If you cared about the energy you’d want them released anyway, and you’d know that if it was something bad for Biden you’d want it out now. The only point to trying to shift blame to the ex president is because you’re a fan of the current one.