US congressman makes bombshell allegation about Donald Trump's involvement in the Epstein files
US President Donald Trump’s involvement and relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has long been speculated, yet one sitting congressman might just have exposed a number of shocking accusations that could have significant consequences.
There’s no hiding that Donald Trump was in some way associated with Jeffrey Epstein, as there is strong evidence of their friendship for a number of decades.
Friendship, however, is not an admission of guilt when it comes to associations with the convicted child sex offender, yet that hasn’t stopped many from speculation regarding the sitting president’s involvement.
This isn’t just your average conspiracy theorist on social media either, as Elon Musk dropped a bombshell last June that Trump was present in the Epstein files – although he later redacted the statement – and emails released by House Democrats continued to implicate the president alongside Epstein.
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By far the biggest allegations so far have come from inside of congress, as Democratic politician and California representative Ted Lieu made a number of shocking allegations after viewing redacted content inside of the Epstein files.
Speaking on Wednesday, February 18, Lieu criticized his Republican peers for trying to distract people from Trump’s involvement in the Epstein files, levying a number of accusations his way.
“Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times,” outlined Lieu in what would end up being a long string of concerning claims.
“In those files, there is highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children,” Lieu continued, “of Donald Trump threatening to kill children.
“So I encourage your press to go look at these allegations, and I’m highly disturbed that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche just got the law wrong.”
Lieu notes that Blanche’s claims that there’s nothing illegal about attending a party hosted by Epstein are misguided at best, alleging that many of his events ran adjacent to the sex trafficking of women and underaged girls.
“You show up and patronize the party at that establishment? Yes, you’re guilty,” Lieu proclaimed, revealing that patronizing is part of the federal sex trafficking law.
He also hit out against the Department of Justice’s mishandling of redactions for victims of Epstein’s crimes, of which it took several days for highlighted files to be taken down with many likely still accessible and breaching the privacy of survivors.
Two victims of Epstein’s crimes pointed out the hypocrisy when it came to the redactions too, as while countless women were given no thought upon the release of the files, every name that might have been associated or involved with the crimes has been conveniently hidden from the public.