Frank wrote Yesterday at 5:44pm:
greggerypeccary wrote Yesterday at 1:37pm:
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
So why didn't Sleepy Joe (aka Bazza O'Bama Mark III) release the docs?
How many times do you need to be told the answer to that diversionary question?
There was an ongoing court case involving Ghislaine Maxwell until 2022, and then ongoing appeals until 2025.
Releasing investigative files, such as witness statements or grand jury testimony, could have jeopardised her conviction and violated court seals intended to protect the trial's integrity.
And, during an appeal, it is standard practice for investigative files to remain sealed to prevent claims that the proceedings were tainted by external information.
A federal judge in New York kept the documents under seal, unsealing them in batches (notably, a large set in January 2024) only as legal challenges allowed.
While some documents were released in early 2024, the broader, more sensitive investigative files remained sealed until the legal proceedings concluded, with the Supreme Court ultimately declining to hear her appeal in October 2025.
To dumb it down for you: there was ongoing legal action involving Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell while Biden was President.