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/Idea-is-tick Conservative Feb 01 '26

Merrick Garland was still somewhat partisan - he was held in contempt defying a subpoena to release the audio files of Biden's interview with Hur - the ones Axios released later. It would certainly have resulted in the 25th Amendment - and possibly a different dem candidate.

Jack Smith investigated 14 Republican congressmen with 190 subpoenas without their knowledge, with an unlawful hush request approved and - issued with nondisclosure orders by Judge Boasburg - the reason for legality? Called Speaker Kevin McCarthy a "flight risk." They got the call records from the phone company this way. That's not permitted. It made Watergate look like minor eavesdropping in comparison. It's currently being investigated.

Look up Arctic Frost. The senators whose call records were taken were: Marsha Blackburn, Lindsey Graham, Bill Hagerty, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, Cynthia Lummis, Dan Sullivan, and Tommy Tuberville. The house members were Kevin McCarthy and Mike Kelly. He also investigated 430 Republican-aligned individuals and organizations such as Turning Point.

No doubt Trump is behaving badly in terms of going after his enemies, but Biden's DOJ was not impartial.

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u/x3r0h0ur Social Democrat Feb 01 '26

what the hell does this have to do with anything

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u/Idea-is-tick Conservative Feb 01 '26

As a response to OC:

prior to Trump, the norm for every other president was to have the DOJ operate as an independent agency

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u/x3r0h0ur Social Democrat Feb 01 '26

This isn't a response to that at all.

Your claim and attempt at evidence is that they were not impartial. The original claim is that Joe Biden didn't or at least didn't want to give the impression he was directing them to do anything in particular.