'Deep corruption': Trump admin 'kicking the can down the road' to hide Epstein files

19 August

Video shows Trump and Jeffrey Epstein ogling cheerleaders at Mar-a-Lago party. Image via Screengrab

Journalist Tara Pameri said Tuesday President Donald Trump and his administration are "pushing deadlines back" when it comes to the documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, only giving out "small pieces to appease their base."

During an appearance on CNN Tuesday, Palmeri, who has been reporting on the Epstein controversy, said, "I would think that these documents are going to be very limited. I obviously would love to see all of the gigabytes that they’re holding on to: The evidence, the surveillance, the photos that I’ve been told of from senior law enforcement sources that they are holding on to."

She continued: "But, as you have heard and see from your own reporters and reporting, they are kicking this down — they’re kicking the can down the road. They’re pushing deadlines back. They’re releasing limited amounts of files, and we just know that this is —this is happening in private."

She added that these should be public hearings where everyone is called on to speak, including FBI director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and even Trump.

"If they’re calling the former president, Bill Clinton — they should be calling him [Trump] as well, since he’s also in the files. So I just think, this just seems like they’re giving out small pieces to appease their base, but really, they need to come clean right now," Palmeri said.

She added that former labor secretary Alex Acosta’s deputy, Marie Villafana, would be "an excellent person to call."

"She put together over 100 pages full of testimony and testimony from victims, evidence. She suggested 60 federal charges for Jeffrey Epstein that went down to zero. How does that happen? Right," Palmeri said of Villafana.

"And she felt that she was slow‑rolled in that process," Palmeri continued. "She was not supported. She said Acosta’s response was that she was in over her skis. But we’ve never been told why the federal government just dropped that case entirely to two state charges, 13 months in a county jail."

The journalist noted that Bondi told Trump he was in the files, and the files were no longer going to be released after that.

On Monday, former Attorney General Bill Barr testified in a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee regarding Epstein’s prosecution and death, claiming that he had no knowledge of any “client list” or missing surveillance footage. He also denied discussing such matters with Trump.

Asked about Barr's testimony, Palmeri said, "Why not have Bill Barr and all the other people who have been subpoenaed speak openly? That is what the administration promised. That’s why so many people voted for President Trump. It is one of the things unifying, frankly, Democrats and Republicans, is the feeling that there is this deep connection, this deep corruption in this story that has extended across parties."

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