In the end, #Trump did not want to lose.
Trump denounced calls for the release of the #EpsteinFiles as a Democratic hoax. He dispatched aides to warn #Republicans that backing it would be seen as a “hostile act.” He placed personal calls to those who dared to do so, & even dispatched his AG & FBI dir to meet with one in the White House #SituationRoom in efforts to get her to flip.
None of it worked.
#House #DOJ #law #criminal #Epstein #rape #SexTrafficking #CoverUp
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-epstein-republicans-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#situationroom so she could not record it...
Well, there WAS that one time..... #Omarosa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarosa_Manigault_Newman
But Newman had secretly taped her firing, and gave the tape to #ChuckTodd to play on his #NBC program #MeetThePress on August 12, 2018. This tape caused some controversy, as Newman had brought a recording device into the highly secret #WhiteHouseSituationRoom
>> #Trump Ramps Up Pressure on #GOP to Thwart #Epstein Vote
>> #LaurenBoebert, one Republican pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the #WhiteHouse #SituationRoom.
More importantly, if #Boebert is successfully intimidated, then #Grijalva's vote will NO LONGER BE THE 218th VOTE needed to release all the #EpsteinFiles.
This is another way #Biden fucked us up by protecting Trump. #MerrickGarland could have easily and legally released but didn't
Top ofcls met in the White House #SituationRoom on Wednesday with Rep #LaurenBoebert (R-CO) who is backing an effort to force a House vote on whether to demand the release of the files.
She was *summoned* to sit down with top #DOJ & #FBI ofcls, acc/to 2 people familiar with the matter. One of the people said the session included AG #PamBondi & FBI Dir #KashPatel.
#Trump #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #EpsteinFiles #CoverUp
More on the #LaurenBoebert #SituationRoom meeting. Shocker, it wasn’t about the #Trump admin being transparent, but pressuring her to back down from voting to release all the #EpsteinFiles.
Trump & his admin on Wednesday ramped up a pressure campaign on congressional #Republicans who are pushing for a full release of the #DOJ’s files about the convicted #SexOffender #JeffreyEpstein, rushing to head off a #House vote on the matter.
#criminal #law #rape #felon47 #CoverUp
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-epstein-vote-boebert.html?smid=url-share
In tales from the surreal:
Just now White House press sec Karoline Leavitt appeared to confirm to reporters that Rep #LaurenBoebert met Wednesday in the #SituationRoom to discuss the #Epstein case & demands for the public release of the investigative case file.
“Doesn’t that show the level of transparency, when we are willing to sit down with members of Congress & address their concerns?” Leavitt said
#Trump #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #EpsteinFiles #CoverUp
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