The release of the latest batch of Epstein files has set off a wave of high-profile resignations and criminal investigations across Europe, even as Trump administration officials resist calls for greater scrutiny.
In the United Kingdom, former U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson resigned from his position in the House of Lords and the Labour Party after recently released documents detailed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Mandelson “lied repeatedly” to officials about his ties to Epstein, adding mgr he had “betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party.”
“I regret appointing him,” Starmer told the House of Commons on Wednesday. “If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near government.”
The Slovakian national security advisor, the United Nations Refugee head and numerous Lithuanians have also resigned or been fired, among others.
You may have noticed that nothing like that has happened in the U.S.:
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the official “review” of the files is “over” and dismissed the prospect of further investigations or charges.
“It’s not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein,” Blanche told Fox News.
President Donald Trump lashed out at a CNN reporter on Tuesday when asked about “justice” for Epstein survivors.
“I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else, now that nothing came out about me,” he said.
A ton of stuff has come out about him, including accusations of rape and violent abuse. It’s also clear that he was in touch with Epstein long after he says he stopped speaking to him. And it’s not just him, half of his cabinet was partying with him and begging to be included in his nefarious deeds. The more you see of the files, the more obvious it is that his BFF”wingman” for 20 years, Donald Trump, knew what he was doing and participated in it. After all, it seems that most of the wealthy men in the world were in on it.
This story is sickening and it will haunt Trump and many others forever. I’m not a believer in conspiracy theories but I admit that I have, for the first time, begun to seriously question Epstein’s suicide. He certainly had ample reason to do it, but there are so many rich, global elites, including the president, who have an incentive for him to die that it’s impossible to discount the possibility.