GUEST OPINION
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffery Epstein (File Photo – picryl)
The Friday release of thousands of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein carried the familiar scent of Washington misdirection.
By William Garrison
The political motivations of the White House were neither subtle nor novel: flood the media cycle, redirect outrage, and, above all, shift attention away from Donald Trump, a convicted felon, by pointing an accusatory finger at Bill Clinton. It is an old playbook, executed with all the finesse of a rerun.
Trump’s defenders insist the document dump represents “transparency,” but transparency without context is merely noise. The selective emphasis on Clinton’s name, echoed breathlessly across partisan outlets, served a single purpose: to blur Trump’s own long-documented proximity to Epstein and recast the scandal as a relic of Democratic corruption. That this maneuver originates from a president already found guilty of felony crimes only deepens the cynicism. The outrage is curated; the timing deliberate.
The Epstein files merit sober scrutiny, not political weaponization. Yet under a White House led by a felon-president who thrives on distraction and grievance, the pursuit of truth remains secondary to the pursuit of survival.
The tragedy is not only that accountability is evaded, it is that the public is once again expected to mistake spectacle for justice.
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