We already know that Donald Trump's name comes up many, many times in the Epstein files, but the biggest story at the moment is the times his name reportedly is missing.
"It is well known that big, incriminating stuff has been redacted from what Pam Bondi released," says Stephen Colbert in the Late Show clip above. "And yesterday we got confirmation that the DOJ has withheld or taken down more than 50 pages of material from the Epstein files related to Donald Trump. And it's totally on brand for the DOJ — this DOJ especially — to be protecting Trump. It's the least surprising headline since 'Youngest Child Becomes Theatre Major'."
Colbert goes on to say that we don't know exactly what's in the files, and that whatever it is Trump denies wrongdoing. "But it's weird that these files specifically are missing, because the law prohibits redacting anything on the basis of embarrassment or reputational harm. And according to the New York Times, the missing files are FBI memos summarizing interviews they did in connection to claims made in 2019 by a woman who alleged she had been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein when she was 13 to 15 years old," Colbert says.
"Holy unholy, this would be the worst scandal in presidential history. That the files are missing should be the biggest story in the world, but we're all so worn down by this turd in a tie we go, 'Oh no that's terrible, I wonder if that baby monkey made friends yet.'"
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