Lawmakers unhappy with lack of transparency in release of Epstein files.
Clinton featured in files, releases statement defending himself.
Threat of impeachment for AG Bondi over handling of files.
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The Epstein files finally hit the streets Friday, and the reactions to the release have been tepid at best, outraged at worst.
According to ABC NewsHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is dissatisfied with the lack of transparency in the files and describes the partial release of information as “inadequate”.
“Congress has acted decisively, with bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate, a bill signed into law by the president, and it appears, of course, that this first document release is insufficient. It falls short of what the law requires,” Jeffries told ABC News “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
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Jeffries is not alone in this feeling. Even his colleagues from the other side of the aisle, such as Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and his Democratic partner Rep. Ro Khanna, authors of the Epstein Files Transparency Actare disaffected to the point that they are said to be considering articles of impeachment for Attorney General and devout MAGA bootlicker Pam Bondi. Only time will tell if that threat turns into a promise.
Bill Clinton reacts to being in Epstein files
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Former President Bill Clinton, a man embroiled in a very ugly sexual harassment scandal, released a statement responding to being featured prominently in the Epstein files that were released last week.
“The White House has not hidden these files for months, only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about protecting themselves from what comes next, or what they will try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this is not about Bill Clinton. Even Susie Trump never said two kinds of Bill Clinton. Here The first group knew nothing and Epstein cut off before his crimes came to light.
Multiple photos of Clinton were among the thousands of pages of files that were made public, according to AP Nijs.
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They included a photo of him sitting on a private plane with a woman draped over him, a photo of Clinton in a pool with Epstein's companion Ghislaine Maxwell, and one of him in a hot tub with another woman. The women's faces were edited out of the audience.
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If anything, the release of these files has been anticlimactic, and that's no accident. It seems the powers that be wanted this to be a very controlled release that keeps important people clean.
