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THE EPSTEIN SAGA PARTS 6-10

 

6.  Trump’s response to the Epstein case has been an exercise in self-incrimination. On the campaign trail he hammered about the Epstein coverup and how Clinton was in big trouble. In 2019 he said, “I want a full investigation, and that’s what I absolutely am demanding.”

 

7.  As everyone knows, Pam Bondi, Trump’s choice as the most high-ranking attorney in the entire country, first said the files were on her desk; then they magically disappeared. And remember they magically disappeared based not on a DOJ statement but on a DOJ memo which was not signed by Bondi. Or by anyone.

 

But that blew up on social media. And more importantly it may have incensed some of his MAGA base. So damage control went into full swing.

 

8.  Immediately fire the prosecutor in Giselle Maxwell’s case. You can bet every nickel that the appointment for her replacement will only have to answer two questions correctly: “Will you cut a deal to get Maxwell released and expunge her record?” That’s to insure Maxwell’s silence. “Will you also swear any grand jury transcripts that are released won’t include the name Trump?” That will put the final nail in the snake oil scam that is Trump’s tweet from Thursday.

 

9.  Why is Trump’s tweet a scam. Because it looks like he is bowing to public pressure and releasing Epstein files but, of course, he’s not. It’s a con. Allow me as an attorney to explain.

 

First, courts almost never release grand jury transcripts. They are sealed for very, very good reasons.

 

But let’s just say the court goes way out on a limb and agrees to unseal them. Or some of them. Under Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the court then must notify everyone involved. Not just those whose testimony will be released, but everyone involved.

 

Ready for the list.

 

Every grand juror

 

Every court reporter involved

 

Every interpreter involved

 

Every government attorney involved

 

Potentially every person who ever worked for the government who assisted any of the attorneys involved

 

And, of course, every witness who appeared and testified

 

All of these people must be given an opportunity to object. The court then must schedule those objections for hearings. And then the court must hold those hearings.

 

So we are talking about many months down the road, if ever.

 

10.  Remember Trump’s grand jury tweet? He directed Bondi to produce any and all "PERTINANT" grand jury testimony. Well, who decides what is pertinent? Pam Bondi and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. (See number 6 above.)

 

Deny. Deflect. Delay. Rig the game.

 

Don the Con at it again.

 

(For a fascinating coincidence, from 2021 until Trump appointed Jay Clayton as the current head of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York this year, Clayton was serving as “lead independent director of the Board” at Apollo Global Management. Apollo Global’s founder and CEO Leon Black had to resign as CEO in 2021…because of…”sexual misconduct allegations and revelations that he had paid $158 million to Jeffrey Epstein.”)