If the Republicans fail to release the Epstein files, what will be the effect on the American public?

[Chasstev365]

Will there be any fallout or will they declare it's over and say case closed?

[LakeVermilion]

1. I think that getting some justice for the girls...

is more important than the files. We should focus on the victims.

[Heidi]

3. Bondi and Trump are playing a dangerous game

by waffling on whether there‘s a list and refusing to release the files. When the survivors say they‘ll compile their own list of abusers, I believe them—and I hope their courage inspires the other 300+ survivors to join in. That would be Trump‘s and Bondi‘s worst nightmare.

[paleotn]

5. Donnie's got himself in a hell of a fix. Seems he's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

[Heidi]

6. Insert a chorus of sad trombones here.

:kick:

[kentuck]

2. It could dramatically affect the mid-term elections.

In my opinion, MAGA voters will sit out the next election if Republicans continue to cover up the Epstein scandal. They have always been more interested in the story than Democratic voters.

[paleotn]

4. I seriously doubt it's going away no matter what Donnie says.

He and the Repuke machine have primed a large segment of the population for 24/7 conspiracy thinking about nearly everything. It's now endemic to a wide swath of Americans and you don't just turn it off, even when it begins to bite the perpetrators of such thinking in the ass. This one isn't just going away. The irony being, instead of the usual stupid shit that's easily dismissed with a few clicks on your favorite search engine, this one is actually a real conspiracy, with real evidence, criminal convictions and everything.

[oldmanlynn]

7. They will release them, but they will be heavily redacted

And on top of that, it will be redacted in such a way that it will essentially show only Democrats that were with Epstein

[mike_c]

8. you mean like his still hidden taxes?

Trump will never release them unless they're sanitized. Never.