RELEASE THE FILES: Epstein, Bondi, Pizzagate, Qanon and the Destruction of Donald Trump

Qanon invented the issue. Donald embraced it to reel in the Manosphere. Like Anthony Weiner, Trump couldn't resist the exhibitionism. Here's the history.

As the Epstein crisis deepens—and Trump threatens Chicago, fires on the Caribbean and a Venezuelan ship and gets blindsided in Qatar—here’s a history of what’s gone down and why MAGA is furious.

Joyce Vance (National Treasure) points out in a Substack e-mail.

The FBI put 1,000 personnel on 24-hour shifts to review about 100,000 Epstein-related records. It’s an unprecedented use of expensive overtime resources that takes away from other matters and smacks of politics and protecting the president, especially since there is no ongoing prosecution of Epstein here. And it’s telling that after that review, which presumably gave FBI, DOJ, and the White House a comprehensive picture of all of the information gathered during the investigation that resulted in Epstein’s indictment, the only thing Trump was willing to release publicly was “pertinent” grand jury material. I’ve never been more curious.

Oh, me, neither, Joyce!

So Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, had his staff review 100,000 letters—at least one with a lewd, woman-degrading drawing by The Donald himself—tapes, flight logs, photographs, and complaints filed by women and girls as young as 13, one of which accused Donald Trump of rape.

And what did they find? Apparently, so much that was incriminating that the only things they would release to the public were the transcripts of the extremely limited grand jury transcripts with the bare-bones evidence to indict Jeffrey Epstein, not Donald Trump. And only the parts of that which the Donald Trump (or mouthpiece Pam Bondi) deems “pertinent”—and the term pertinent will not be a single sentence that mentions Donald Trump’s name.

Epstein got “The Deal of the Century” in Florida …

In 2006, a Palm Beach Country grand jury charged Epstein with a single count of solicitation of prostitution despite having heard from only two underage victims. Writes the Palm Beach Post:

Then-State Attorney Barry Krischer's prosecutors had tanked their own case during the secret proceeding, telling the girls during questioning that they themselves were the criminals, the transcripts show. The Palm Beach Post fought in court for nearly five years to make the transcripts public. They were released in July 2024.

Note: Tell me again why women don’t report sexual abuse when the prosecutors themselves tell the victims they are criminals????????

But here’s the clincher:

Palm Beach police had found dozens of girls and young women who told similar stories of sexual abuse at Epstein's island mansion. When then-Police Chief Michael Reiter saw that Krisher's prosecution was not in line with the case his department had built, he sent his evidence to the feds.

HAD THE CHARGES REFLECTED THAT EVIDENCE, EPSTEIN WOULD HAVE FACED DECADES IN PRISON.

This begs the speculation that Krischer’s behavior towards victims and the subsequent gnat bite on the wrist that Epstein got may have to do more with the vast ring of powerful men availing themselves of Epstein’s pleasures than it had to do with Epstein himself. Writes Yahoo:

In the end, Epstein pleaded guilty to only two prostitution-related felonies in 2008 in a "deal of the century" arranged by both Krischer and federal prosecutors. He was sentenced to 18 months in the county jail, of which he served 13. He was out in July 2009.

Note here that Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter forwarded all the evidence to the feds to protect it from the sweetheart case that Krisher built against Epstein. Krisher couldn’t let Epstein off entirely, but he let him down with a fraction of the punishment a fair indictment would have threatened.

Police Chief Reiter made certain that Epsteins full records couldn’t be wiped out by corrupt authorities in Florida. Well, done, chief. Well done. Thank you.

Enter Pam Bondi

Pam Bondi was Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019.

Bondi defended Donald Trump in his first impeachment case in 2019. It’s interesting that this woman, who, as attorney general of Florida for eight years, would have had access to every single file any court had on Epstein for her entire time in office.

But the huge favor she did Donald Trump before that is almost certainly why she’s attorney general of the United States and head of the U.S. justice department today. By not bringing any further investigations into Epstein’s criminal actiivit ies, she in effect ensured no charges further charges would be brought against him in Florida, while; in doing so, she covered not just for Epstein but for Donald Trump, whose name is all over flight logs and whose pictures with Epstein at parties are in the thousands, and known to have been Epstein’s best friend for 15 years.

Could Bondi have investigated and/or indicted Epstein? Yes. Was she legally bound to do so? No.

Though a moral responsibility to investigate would seem the minimum of requisite ethids, Pam Bondi looked the other way. Meanwhile, the feds are holding hundreds of thousands of pieces of evidence sent to them by the Palm Beach police chief, and Trump-I attorney general Bill Barr isn’t about to kick over that ant hill and investigate Trump’s longtime best friend.

Now, in Trump-II, the Teflon Don installs the woman who defended him against impeachment—and who, not incidentally, ignored a decade of evidence that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were running underage girls to rape island and serving rich predators with apparent impunity. So, after Bill Barr ignores staggering levels of evidence that the worst pedophile in American history is still out there snaring young girls and setting them up to be assaulted, we get Pam Bondi, who did the same thing in Florida. And for her efforts on behalf of powerful men, Bondi became attorney general.

Bondi Plays Both Sides and Gets Burned

Having been covered for by everybody from Krischer to Barr to Bondi, Trump makes the ultimate Mafia move, his usual, following the ever-effective cartel binding agreement called MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

So what’s Bondi got on Trump? Everything. Between Bondi and the craven and unqualified Kash Patel, they have Trump’s destruction in the palm of their hands. But without Trump, they have no power—and without Trump, Bondi especially has a target painted on her the size of Kansas. She just lied to the American people after pumping one of the nastiest, most vile conspiracy theories in all of the MAGA world for all time—and that’s saying something.

Pedophilia Agitprop, Pizzagate, Qanon and the MAGA Elevation of Donald Trump

In short, Bondi, like Trump, has been fueling MAGA’s favorite conspiracy theory—that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party’s alleged deep state, were and are part of a Satanic child pediophilia ring that engages in child rape and the murder and ritual cannabalizing of children.

Of course, Bondi doesn’t come right out and say that, but in her multiple statements in recent months, she’s code-signalled the most rabid part of MAGA conspiracy web that she has the Epstein Files “ON HER DESK”—files that will link (allegedly) the worst of the Satan-linked acts of inhumanity to the Democrats, the most prominent highborn of which would be known serial philanderer Bill Clinton.

Add to that the wholesale pardon of every person—including the most militant and violent of the Qanon supporters—for trying to overthrow the government of the United States on January 6.

Spectacular Agitprop. What is the Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory?

Agitprop is a political strategy in which the techniques of agitation and propaganda are used to influence and mobilize public opinion. Invented by the Soviet Central Committee of the USSR.

The shortest possible version of this I can manage is:

Pizzagate is a conspiracy theory, viral during the 2016 Presidential election, that claims that the NYPD discovered a pedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party while searching through Anthony Weiner's emails.

Next, the personal email account of Clinton campaign chair, John Podesta, was hacked in in March 2016 and published by WikiLeaks. Proponents of the Pizzagate theory falsely claimed that Podesta’s emails contained coded messages linking several high-ranking Democratic Party officials and U.S. restaurants with an alleged human trafficking and a child sex ring. The “pizza” part comes from the targeting of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C.

This gave the alt-right conservative journalists a juicy—and Satanic—conspiracy theory to use against Democrats. And it fit hand in glove:

Conservatives with a strong fundamentalist religious bent see politics in a thoroughly Manichaean, good vs. evil, light. Something Satanic had to be attached to the Democrats in order for Donald Trump to win.

There is not, nor has there ever been, a shred of evidence of a child porn, rape, murder or cannabilization ring connected to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party, John Podesta, or any other Democrat. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

From Pizzagate to QAnon

The QAnon movement began with the Pizzagate conspiracy theory in 2016, and in 2017, an anonymous poster called “Q” began leaving cryptic conspiracy posts on boards like 4chan and 8kun, echoing the false claims of the Pizzagate agitproppers about child trafficking, rape, murder and cannabalistic ritual abuse.

Now here’s the clincher:

QAnon followers perceived Trump as a messianic figure working to expose this child rape cabal in a climactic reckoning known as “The Storm” – a moment when mass arrests would finally bring justice.

MAGA, dragged around by Qanon by means of a ring in its nose, believes Trump will bring about a “Great Awakening,” a reference to the religious revivalist movements of the 18th and 19th centuries. In this context the phrase described the supposed political and spiritual enlightenment that would follow “The Storm” – a moment of mass realization when people would “wake up” to the truth about the “deep state.” [see The Conversation on this point.]

Why Trump is now in a serious bind:

Epstein’s arrest and death became a central focus for QAnon followers, who saw them as proof of a hidden global elite engaged in child trafficking and protected by powerful institutions. The withholding of the Epstein files is often cited within QAnon movement circles as evidence of a broader cover-up by the so-called “deep state.”

Some followers of the MAGA movement and the Republican Party believe in the false claim that the United States is secretly controlled by a cabal of elites who are pedophiles, sex traffickers and satanists.

Over time, what started as a baseless conspiracy on obscure platforms has migrated into the mainstream. It has influenced rhetoric and policy debates, and even reshaped the American political landscape. The foundational belief of many of the QAnon followers is that Trump is a heroic figure fighting the elite pedophile ring.

Trump reposted an image of himself wearing a Q lapel pin overlaid with the words ‘The Storm is Coming.’ Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

In 2019, the FBI identified QAnon as a domestic terrorism threat, and major social media platforms began banning related content, but by then, QAnon had bled into mainstream conservative politics. Q-endorsing candidates, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, ran for and won elected office a year later. [The Conversation]

Trump-II and QAnon

Trump’s departure from the White House in January 2021 created a crisis for QAnon, which was one of the five major groups to storm the White House on January 6th. QAnon went quiet, but its screed had already infected the alt-right mindset, winning over criminals like Michael Flynn. Some QAnon communities merged with or were absorbed into broader anti-vaccine, anti-globalist, and Christian nationalist movements.

Yet Qanon’s vast spread netted 15–20% of Americans, who now believe some of QAnon’s core claims about the existence of a secret group of Satan-worshipping elites controlling the government. Among Republican voters, the percentage may be far higher.

Trump as Child Savior

The foundational belief of many of the QAnon followers is that Trump is a heroic figure fighting the elite paedophile ring.

The operative term her is foundational because Trump’s power will disintegrate from the bottom up. When the backlash from having been deceived begins, it will begin in flames. The more craven his lies, the most desperate and despicable they sound. Writes sociologist Art Jipson:

Trump has publicly dismissed demands for the full release of the Epstein Files as a “hoax.” He has also made false claims. On July 15, 2025, Trump said: “And I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama.”

Is Trump the Pedophile Qanon and MAGA are searching for?

Let’s look at it this way. Out of more than 100,000 pieces of evidence cached by the feds through the efforts of a Palm Beach police chief and an honest newspaper …

Only a few sentences, from an extremely terse grand jury transcript, can be allowed into the American public’s awareness without threatening a fatal-level exposure of Donald Trump’s criminal vulnerabilties and the wholesale destruction of his career, leading inexorably to his indictment — which he can’t pardon himself for — on child rape, child-trafficking and assault charges as well as obstruction of justice.

And that’s if he’s not run down by volcanically angry MAGAs before he can get aboard that plane Qatar gave him and get the hell out of Dodge.

Endgames

Trump can pardon Bondi. My guess is that he will. But her career is over.

Another prediction: the Democrats will sweep 2026 if it’s allowed to proceed honestly—and Trump will do everything he can to prevent that. Election obstruction or cancellation is the one to watch out for.

Republican Congress persons will continue to flee Trump like rats fleeing the worm-ridden vessel Trump’s ship of state is and always was.

The Republicans, now with the excuses of Trump’s declining physical health and long-established dementia, will remove him from office on medical grounds, and strut around saying they were good enough to do with Trump what Biden’s family and party did not have the honor to do with Biden.

Vance will, as we have predicted for two years, be installed as president. But he has a problem … called Pope Leo, who’s no fan and who is, I believe, completely capable of ex-communicating Vance, who is, hands down, the worst Catholic I’ve seen outside the Supreme Court.

And the Supreme Court is next—maybe in 2027, and if not then, absolutely in 2029. Five of the sitting Justices went to Catholic school and six are Catholic, but Sotomayor breaks rank and stands with Kagan and Jackson. But they are NOT following Catholicism that has existed since the election of Pope Francis. They are certainly not the Catholic Church of Pope Leo.

Guilty of actions against the Constitution, Justices Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, Kavanaugh and Thomas, plus Chief Justice John Roberts, may be taken down via impeachment by a solidly Democratic Congress that will then restructure the Supreme Court to more closely reflect the will of the American people.

MAGA was duped. It remains to be seen if they’ll get it.

Let’s hope they do. They always deserved better, and so did everyone else.