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With Epsteinomics, Secrets Don’t Die. They Get Paywalled
Justice is nice, but extortion pays better.
Republicans can’t seem to escape a simple truism — the internet is forever. Every interview, social media post, or offhand remark has permanence.
So naturally, watching them try to outrun their past selves has become an entertaining blood sport. Sort of like the Hunger Games without the plot twists.
The latest televised battle royale is the supposed “Epstein list” — the client list of convicted sex offender and Trump’s bestie, Jeffrey Epstein.
Throughout the 2024 campaign, Republicans rage-baited voters, promising to release the Epstein files. In June 2024, Trump reassured Fox News viewers he would declassify Justice Department and FBI files related to Epstein… if re‑elected.
Now? The election is long over. Trump wants everyone to stop talking about Epstein and “wasting time.”
J.D. Vance is also haunted by his past comments. In 2021, Vance fumed on X. “And then that guy [Epstein] died mysteriously in jail? And now we just don’t talk about it.”
Now? Vance has a bad case of lockjaw.
And then there’s Kash Patel, who may be the first man in political history to pre-roast his future self. In 2023, on…
