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BumRushDaShow

(163,279 posts)
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:02 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump seeks probe of Epstein ties with Bill Clinton, other Democrats

Source: Reuters

November 14, 2025 2:37 PM EST Updated 25 mins ago


WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it will carry out President Donald Trump's request to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's alleged ties with former Democratic President Bill Clinton and U.S. bank JPMorgan (JPM.N), as Trump sought to shift the focus from his own relationship with the convicted sex offender.

The move comes two days after a congressional committee released thousands of documents that raised new questions about Trump's relationship with the late financier, and marks the latest in a series of demands by Trump for federal law enforcement to pursue his perceived political enemies. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, will take the lead on the investigation.

The Epstein scandal has been a political thorn in Trump’s side for months, partly because he amplified conspiracy theories about Epstein to his own supporters. Many Trump voters believe Bondi and other Trump officials have covered up Epstein’s ties to powerful figures and obscured details surrounding his death by suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019.

Along with Clinton, who socialized with Epstein in the early 2000s, Trump said he had asked the Justice Department to investigate former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn founder who is also a prominent Democratic donor. All three men were mentioned in the 20,000 Epstein-related documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-ask-justice-department-probe-epstein-ties-with-bill-clinton-2025-11-14/



Dumbass, if they had ANY of that, it would have been the FIRST thing released. COUNT ON IT. When Bondi declared that the files "were on her desk" and dozens or more were assigned to comb through what they had, so they would have released the worst of the worst incriminating "evidence" agasint Democrats.

THAT was the whole core of the QAnon CT and the MAGats who sucked it up.

There is NO "there" there.

don't waste your time with Trump. I have a Country to run RUIN!


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Trump seeks probe of Epstein ties with Bill Clinton, other Democrats (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP
One word! "discovery" sunflowerseed 8 hrs ago #1
Now DOJ will maintain it can't release the files in an active investigation Ponietz 8 hrs ago #2
Trump is desperate, even very desperate, to hide forever what's in those files. CaliforniaPeggy 8 hrs ago #3
exactly what I was going to write rurallib 8 hrs ago #4
One thing Virginia Guiffre said about BC wolfie001 8 hrs ago #5
This is what Virginia Giuffre thought of Trump... bornsunny 4 hrs ago #16
Yes, and he was at the island with her for hours, too, according to Epstein's emails padah513 8 min ago #24
I thought it was a "Democrat hoax" oregonjen 8 hrs ago #6
Cult members are incapable of seeing the truth. n/t CaliforniaPeggy 7 hrs ago #9
LOL....fat TURD is waiting for the other shoe to drop Bengus81 8 hrs ago #7
Quick everybody! Look over there. Buddyzbuddy 8 hrs ago #8
So release the files. That will help your cause punkin face. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #10
Next Trump will say he doesn't have any links to Epstein because of a bone spur. cstanleytech 7 hrs ago #11
The POTUS is REQUESTING a DOJ investigation. maxsolomon 7 hrs ago #12
Bubba blower says what? uncle ray 7 hrs ago #13
MaddowBlog-Trump eyes federal Epstein investigation that targets his foes, but not himself LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #14
This tells me that more files will be released and that Trump is in them....again. nt wiggs 7 hrs ago #15
If it's a "Democrat Hoax" (that's another lie), why would Dems... Justice matters. 3 hrs ago #17
He's a desperate man. Grasping at straws. paleotn 2 hrs ago #20
of course he is... keroro gunsou 2 hrs ago #18
Deflect, deflect, deflect. paleotn 2 hrs ago #19
Just the other day, I thought I heard someone (probably on MSNBC) say Epstein said Clinton hadn't been to the island. ificandream 2 hrs ago #21
I heard that too padah513 12 min ago #23
Those photos videohead5 45 min ago #22

Ponietz

(4,164 posts)
2. Now DOJ will maintain it can't release the files in an active investigation
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:25 PM
8 hrs ago

Trump supporters are utterly fucking stupid.

CaliforniaPeggy

(155,721 posts)
3. Trump is desperate, even very desperate, to hide forever what's in those files.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:27 PM
8 hrs ago

And we know why!

HE'S A FUCKING LIAR.

rurallib

(64,407 posts)
4. exactly what I was going to write
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:41 PM
8 hrs ago

he is now a cornered, desperate animal and will lash out at anything.

Look out Venezuela

wolfie001

(6,508 posts)
5. One thing Virginia Guiffre said about BC
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:41 PM
8 hrs ago

She called him, "A perfect gentleman." I read that over a year ago when she was granting interviews. No one can EVER say that about the fat orange imbecile predator.

bornsunny

(38 posts)
16. This is what Virginia Giuffre thought of Trump...
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 07:41 PM
4 hrs ago
According to the book, Trump asked Giuffre, who was 16 or 17 at the time, if she babysat. Giuffre said Trump "couldn't have been friendlier."

padah513

(2,702 posts)
24. Yes, and he was at the island with her for hours, too, according to Epstein's emails
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:43 PM
8 min ago

The island Trump said he was never at. Welcome to DU

oregonjen

(3,622 posts)
6. I thought it was a "Democrat hoax"
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:41 PM
8 hrs ago

This pretzel twisting is ridiculous. Does his cult not see this?

Bengus81

(9,581 posts)
7. LOL....fat TURD is waiting for the other shoe to drop
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:50 PM
8 hrs ago

Trump is scared out of his skull.........

Buddyzbuddy

(1,901 posts)
8. Quick everybody! Look over there.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:51 PM
8 hrs ago

I see either some travelling throughout the world in the Felon's near future or lockdown at the Whitehouse and no press.
Also, wild news events for the coming weeks, but that doesn't take Nostradamus to predict. An attack on a Country, an outrageous bill introduced in Congress, an attempt to take out an ear?

maxsolomon

(37,820 posts)
12. The POTUS is REQUESTING a DOJ investigation.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 04:11 PM
7 hrs ago

That's not how this is supposed to work. Can you imagine ANY Dem President doing something similar? The calamity that would ensue...

Now that just glides by without notice.

MFer has broken the nation.

LetMyPeopleVote

(172,613 posts)
14. MaddowBlog-Trump eyes federal Epstein investigation that targets his foes, but not himself
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 04:26 PM
7 hrs ago

The president wants the public to see the Epstein scandal as a hoax — except the parts related to people he doesn’t like.

Trump eyes federal Epstein investigation that targets his foes, but not himself

Jess (@jessflight12.bsky.social) 2025-11-14T17:53:16Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-eyes-federal-epstein-investigation-targets-foes-not-rcna243939

The revelations dovetailed with Republicans on the same committee releasing a tranche of 20,000 documents it received from the Epstein estate in response to a congressional subpoena. An MSNBC report noted that some of the additional email correspondence between Epstein and his associates was “unflattering” to Trump. A related report in The New York Times summarized, in reference to the documents: “Mr. Epstein insulted Mr. Trump and hinted that he had damaging information on him.”

In the immediate aftermath of the reports, the usually talkative president had very little to say about the reporting (which includes allegations that have not been substantiated by MSNBC). The Republican published a handful of missives to his social media platform on the matter, but most focused on his appeals to GOP lawmakers to follow his lead on the scandal......

There’s no point in trying to summarize in a single blog post every error of fact and judgment in the president’s 116-word rant — the Russia scandal, for example, still isn’t a scam — but the bottom line comprises three key elements.

The first is that Trump wants federal law enforcement to initiate an investigation into a variety of prominent figures mentioned in the Epstein materials — but not himself. That’s a tough position to take seriously.

The second is that the president wants the public to see the underlying controversy as a hoax, except for the parts related to people he doesn’t like. How does Trump reconcile the obvious contraction?
By ignoring it.

Finally, it’s worth emphasizing that the president continues to act as if he has decision-making authority at the Justice Department and the FBI. There is no modern precedent for a White House publicly declaring which of the president’s political foes deserve to be targeted with federal investigations, but in 2025 it has become an alarmingly common occurrence.

In late September, Trump used his platform to direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after three of his perceived political enemies. In October, he did it again, adding additional names to his enemies list. On Friday morning, he barked related orders.

I cut trump's tweet/truth social post from this post. If you want to read trump's tweet/truth social post go to the article. I try not to repost trump's disgusting social media posts when I can.

Justice matters.

(9,096 posts)
17. If it's a "Democrat Hoax" (that's another lie), why would Dems...
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 08:18 PM
3 hrs ago

Yeah, why would Dems make up hundreds of thousands of pages of doctored files to incriminate Democrats?

That's how lil kingpin pedo the felon owns the cons?

paleotn

(21,158 posts)
19. Deflect, deflect, deflect.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:10 PM
2 hrs ago

Ignore it. Keep the proverbial knife firmly in and give it a twist. You're not getting away, Donnie. We've just begun to "crucify" you. His enemies in both parties are trickling out Epstein info. The best is yet to come.

ificandream

(11,548 posts)
21. Just the other day, I thought I heard someone (probably on MSNBC) say Epstein said Clinton hadn't been to the island.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:29 PM
2 hrs ago

Of course, Repunks won't ever say that.

videohead5

(2,802 posts)
22. Those photos
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:07 PM
45 min ago

With topless young girls sitting on his lap and no telling what else. That is what he is trying to hide. It's probably something even worse.

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