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AZJonnie

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3. Yes, well, I don't trust Republicans motives, ever
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 06:59 PM
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Don't forget that an absolutely HUGE motivation for Trump is to create the existence of a Deep State that he can brand as responsible for every government action against him, whether that's charging him with crimes, showing that he swings from Pootie's sack, releasing his IRS records, you name it. It's an all-purpose boogieman for the consumption of the MAGA cult.

His constructing a facade wherein the "Deep State" was "corruptly protecting" Epstein helps with that case, esp. if the CIA is even remotely "involved". Hell, just having a MAGAt like Mace make this request (which I'm sure will be all over Faux and the MAGA podcasters shows shortly) aids in that.

That goal is also why (I believe) the GQP Congress is hauling all the "Deep Staters" like the Clintons, Lynch, Holder, Barr, and Garland, before them soon. To "probe" how "the DoJ let Epstein get away with everything for so long". That is basically the committee's mission statement.

If everyone is "compromised" by ZOMG TEH DEEP STATE then nobody can trust any action anyone in government takes against him, because "Everything is rigged and weaponized against TRUMP!"

So, personally, yes I'd like the facts, but I don't trust how the GQP will handle them when they get them. They're not out to "help" ANYONE but themselves, their billionaire donors, and King Pedonald.

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