Amid Epstein fallout, the Trump administration turns to MAGA's other greatest hits
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Trump Admin Releases Clinton Files Amid Epstein Controversy
Above: The Department of Justice building on July 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Eric Lee/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
The newly declassified documents show that the Clinton email investigation was botched from the start, with FBI leadership under James Comey deliberately ignoring key evidence and failing to search crucial thumb drives containing classified information. On issues of such importance, the American people deserve transparency, which is what this administration’s releases deliver.
Anti-Trump narrative
Trump’s document releases are nothing but desperate political theater designed to distract from the administration’s failure to deliver on its Epstein file promises. The timing is obvious - release old grievances and conspiracy theories to fool the MAGA base while avoiding real accountability for their errors. This smoke machine approach insults the intelligence of his own supporters.