Donald Knows He’s Guilty

It’s more obvious every day.

by Bob Cesca

WASHINGTON, DC – You know how I know Donald Trump is terrified of what’s in the Epstein Files? Two reasons.

First, he decided to stumble into his own propeller again by stupidly reviving the investigations into the Russian attack on the 2016 presidential election. It’s an obvious attempt at a (serious) diversion away from his own problems by manufacturing a problem for Barack Obama, accusing the ex-president of “treasonous conspiracy” based on how the Obama administration handled the Russian attack.

Make no mistake: even though it’s a diversion, it’s a serious one, illustrating yet another abuse of power by a petty tyrant who’s long since abandoned constitutional strictures. That said, it won’t likely go anywhere for a couple of reasons: 1) the Department of Justice will need to convince a grand jury to indict Obama, and 2) according to the Supreme Court, presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts. Sorry, Donald.

Nevertheless, as we’ve repeatedly established, Trump always makes things worse for Trump. In this case, he’s breathing new life into “Trump/Russia” during the same week in which Sen. Ron Wyden revealed that Jeffrey Epstein deposited at least $100 million into two Russian banks, thus linking the Epstein story with Russia.

The second reason I know he’s terrified is because he sent his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, into the White House press room on Wednesday to spread disinformation in the context of announcing that she has some sort of evidence against Obama on the same day the Wall Street Journal posted yet another bombshell report about Donald’s connections with Epstein.

When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials.

In May, Bondi and her deputy informed the president at a meeting in the White House that his name was in the Epstein files, the officials said.

Several weeks later, the Department of Justice issued a memo announcing it wouldn’t be releasing any files, there is no “client list,” and that Epstein did, in fact, commit suicide. Throughout the 2024 campaign and on into his second term, Donald promised to release the Epstein files. Presumably, that all changed in May when he was informed by Bondi that his name was in the documents.

Let’s pause on that for a second. Donald’s name is all over documents pertaining to a convicted sex trafficker who had a taste for raping girls. It’s also presented in the context of the dozens and dozens of other allegations against him, including a civil case in which he was found liable for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll. Likewise, among many other cases, the New York Times reminded us of this story in a recent piece about Epstein’s friendship with Trump:

Months after the 1992 video, when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest, according to George Houraney, a Florida-based businessman who arranged the event. Mr. Houraney recalled being surprised that Mr. Epstein was the only other person on the guest list.

“I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with V.I.P.s,” Mr. Houraney told The New York Times in 2019. “You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein?’”

Mr. Houraney’s then-girlfriend and business partner, Jill Harth, later accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct on the night of the party. In a lawsuit, Ms. Harth said that Mr. Trump took her into a bedroom and forcibly kissed and fondled her, and restrained her from leaving. She also said that a 22-year-old contestant told her that Mr. Trump later that night crawled into her bed uninvited.

Based on this and everything else we know, are we seriously expected to believe that Donald’s name is all over the Epstein files but for completely innocent reasons? I guess we are, but we’re definitely not.

Once he learned he was named in the files “multiple times,” it’s extremely likely he ordered the DOJ to spike its review of the documents – a process, by the way, that apparently included a thousand agents examining the evidence and flagging mentions of Donald’s name. I’m speculating here, but during the weeks between May and July, there may have been discussions among his inner circle about altering the documents or redacting his name. Once it was determined that it would be not unlike erasing 18 minutes from Nixon’s White House tapes, they might’ve opted to issue the memo.

By the way, how many times is “multiple”? A dozen times? A hundred times? More? Here’s what we know: Epstein kept not one, not two, but more than a dozen points of contact – phone numbers, email, and addresses (see page 80) – for Donald in his infamous black book. Donald is also listed eight times over four years in the flight logs for Epstein’s “Lolita Express.”

Imagine if Barack Obama had merely been seen in the same room with a sex trafficker (other than Donald, allegedly). His 2008 presidential campaign nearly ended because he occasionally attended services at a church where one of the ministers spoke the words “goddamn America” when Obama wasn’t even there. He wore a tan suit one day. He thought the Affordable Care Act would allow some people to keep their doctors but was proven wrong. Shocking, I know. We could do this all day.

And yet Donald’s fascist reign continues onward, despite millions of us knowing there are countless photos and video of him partying with the sex trafficker, multiple mentions of his name in the Epstein files, multiple mentions in files that are already public, a private gathering with the sex trafficker in which Donald is accused of sexually assaulting more than one woman, and the list goes on and on. When will the growing mountain of evidence be sufficient for guilt in the court of public opinion? The world’s most notorious con-man keeps getting away with this and countless other alleged crimes. When will Americans finally draw the line?

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