December 19, 2025 10:12 AM UTC

It's Epstein Files Day, And The Joke Is On America

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• by: Colorado Pols

Politico reports on what was supposed to be the big day, but we’re sorry to disappoint:

The Department of Justice will not be releasing all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by Friday’s deadline, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday morning…

The delay means the White House is in apparent conflict with a law President Donald Trump signed in November that mandated the wholesale release of all of its non-exempt Epstein information within a 30-day period.

A spokesperson for the Department of Justice declined a request to expand on Blanche’s comments, saying they speak for themselves.

“President Trump signed that law 30 days ago,” Blanche told Fox News. “And we have been working tirelessly since that day to make sure that we get every single document that we have within the Department of Justice, review it and get it to the American public.”

Although the law that President Donald Trump signed after making every possible attempt to stop the discharge petition that forced a vote in the House on the matter clearly says that today is the day for the full, final release of the files, CBS News reports that Trump’s former personal lawyer-turned deputy attorney general Todd Blanche claims the Justice Department still hasn’t finished protecting every billionaire “victim” whose name might be in them:

“So, today, several hundred thousand, and then over the next couple of weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more,” Blanche said. “There’s a lot of eyes looking at these, so we want to make sure that when we do produce the materials that we’re producing, we’re protecting every single victim.”

But GOP Rep. Tom Massie, credited with resisting at considerable personal risk and eventually defeating Donald Trump’s attempt to jam the “Jeffrey Epstein hoax” down the memory hole, isn’t about to let the administration off the hook now. The Hill:

[Massie] said there was no ambiguity with the law and what the law requires to be released. Trump “has agreed to comply with this law” and Bondi “has to comply with it,” and there will be penalties if she does not, Massie said.

“This is a very unique situation. … This is a case where the president who appointed the attorney general and for whom the attorney general works has signed the law and the ink is not even dry yet on his signature on this law,” Massie said. “There’s nothing subject to interpretation.”

What happens next is not easy to predict, mostly because there is no reason to assume that an administration that defies court orders, legislation, and even the Constitution whenever they become a hindrance will behave differently in this case. The latest polls show clearly that most Americans do not approve of the administration’s handling of the Epstein case, and fully 60% of the public believes Trump at least knew about Epstein’s sex crimes before the public did. 70% say the administration is hiding information to protect predators, not victims.

What we do know is that every Colorado Republican in Congress, Reps. Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, Jeff Crank, and especially Rep. Lauren Boebert, have all paid lip service to full disclosure.

If any of them give the Trump administration a pass today, skeptical voters will know they never meant it.