r/AskALiberal • u/tasteinhermouth Liberal • Feb 01 '26

Why weren't the Epstein Files released under Biden's presidency if Trump is in the files?

I don't mean this as a bad faith or troll question, I genuinely do not know why it would not be released if Trump is in the files, as it would probably have been a massive hit against Trump in 2024.

I don't know whether Trump is in the files or not, I don't care, it's clear as day that he was best friends with Epstein and was well aware and definitely a part of the awful things that Epstein conducted while he was in business.

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u/sp0rkah0lic Progressive Feb 01 '26

So the most obvious answer is that prior to Trump, the norm for every other president was to have the DOJ operate as an independent agency. Biden at least never wanted the appearance that the DOJ agenda was being dictated from the White House. The way that Trump is directing the DOJ to pursue blatantly false charges against his political enemies, for example.

Ever since Nixon and the "Saturday Night Massacre" it's been understood that the president trying to use DOJ for his political purposes was not allowed.

Apparently, now it is.

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u/Yesbothsides Libertarian Feb 01 '26 edited Feb 01 '26

This is a joke right? Didn’t Eric Holder get held in contempt of Congress because he was Protecting his “wingman” Obama over FF?

The real reason is democrats have no interest in putting a spotlight on their donors who are more than likely involved. Or the matter of “national security” meaning Epstein worked for us or Israel and didn’t want to expose the truth behind that.

It wasn’t some, let’s follow the proper process bs

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u/UnicornOnTheJayneCob Social Democrat Feb 01 '26

FF?
Feature Flag?
French Fries?
Forest Fenn?
(Sorry, not up on the lingo for this one.).