Leading Lights Of MAGA Dodge Accountability For Epstein Ties — So Far

As Epstein’s former acquaintances around the world face consequences, people around Donald Trump have not.

The Justice Department’s release of millions of its files from a criminal investigation into sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has toppled high-powered careers, spurred new investigations around the world and led to the arrests of royals. Throughout it all, however, one group has remained totally unscathed: President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

The past week has driven home the double standard, with both one of the Democratic Party’s most powerful policymakers in former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and one of the richest men in the world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, facing consequences for their sleazy friendships with Epstein.

Congressional depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton only further highlighted the pattern, with House members grilling the former first couple about their relationship with Epstein and the pictures of the former president enjoying himself in the financier’s company. The pictures, videos and correspondence showing the current president’s relationship with Epstein have not prompted similar congressional scrutiny.

Before Bill Clinton’s deposition on Friday, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) lamented how powerful people who’ve associated with Epstein “haven’t been held accountable and they haven’t even had to answer questions about what they knew and when they knew it.”

The release of the Epstein Files — spurred in part by Comer’s committee — has finally brought some accountability, Comer said: “We’ve already seen a lot of very powerful people who have been held accountable by having to resign in disgrace from various boards all over the world.”