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Pam Bondi still can’t give release date for delayed Epstein files a month after missing deadline
(www.independent.co.uk)
And still no consequences.
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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I heard they're going to form a committee to write a strongly worded cake
That's crazy it's almost like she has no plans to release them
Reminds me of hearing ‘soon’ or ‘we’ll see’ as a kid. Didn’t take long to realize these meant ‘no’.
"I'll consider it."
Growing up, I realized at a very young age that all the adults in my life were full of shit.
I still haven't fully recovered. I tend to view the world as being full of lying assholes who don't know what they're talking about, and I have zero trust in any figures of authority, refuse to do anything anyone ever tells me to do simply because they told me to do it (even if I was going to do it anyway), and won't ever take anyone's word for it on anything. The combination makes me quite dysfunctional as an adult.
Unfortunately, people like the adults from my childhood are now running the government of arguably the most powerful nation of the world. Their toxicity is all too familiar to me, and it makes me sick to watch.
Like whenever tRump puts words in someone's mouth that they didn't say, to try to appeal to their authority and credibility while spewing his own inane drivel (such as "I was with the President of Finland, and he says they're a forest nation, and that they don't have wildfires because they rake the leaves on their forest floors").
That's exactly the sort of shit my dad would do. Sometimes I wonder how many people think I'm a stupid ass because all they've ever heard about me is from my dad telling people I said shit that I didn't, as a way to avoid ridicule while fielding his own thoughts. I'm not sure if he ever learned that I'm not his property to be used however seems most convenient to him at a given moment...
Anyway, seeing all these stupid magabrains in power is really nauseating on a very personal level. I left home as soon as I turner 18 so that I wouldn't have to tolerate ignorant conservatives acting like they're superior ("this is MY roof!" yeah, yeah, that's a real fucked up thing to say to a child who has no other choice but to live under it), and now a literal fascist is sitting in the Oval Office thinking it means he owns the entire country, the government, and its coffers.
Wow, reading your response felt like reading my exact experience growing up and now, except for me the abuser was my mother. I am sorry that you too went through a childhood that left you with so much mistrust, so much pain, and so much resistance and now feel yourself under the thumb again of an all too familiar oppressor (except on a much larger scale). I feel it too, internet stranger. You didn’t deserve that and still don’t, and that also goes for myself and anyone else.
Your comment gave words to feelings I’ve attempted to express but in a much more articulate manner, and I appreciate you for that.
The gaslighting and manipulation we experienced growing up, while horrible and unfair, are the very things that gave us the capacity to recognize the mass psychosis that is a direct result of the oppression and systematic violence that we and our fellow countrymen are experiencing. Under this type of abuse it is hard to understand what is real, what is true, and even what we see and hear. This is by design. We must always hold our truth, and trust it above all else.
I wish you the very best, wonderingwanderer. Thank you for sharing your story.
Thanks for letting me know. At first I was worried that I was just ranting/trauma-dumping, so I'm glad to hear it resonated with someone. It sucks that anyone goes through this, but it's nice to know someone understands.
So many people tell me "just get over it"/"move on" or "you're an adult now, stop blaming your childhood" without any understanding of trauma or the long-term impacts of psychological abuse in the formative years of cognitive and social development.
Here's another pattern, maybe you're familiar with it too: everything has to be all smiles and compliments all the time (except for when they're angry, of course), until smiles and compliments themselves become meaningless. To this day, I don't trust anyone whenever they say nice things to/about me.
My dad does it. Everything is "perfect," no matter how mediocre. In effect, nothing is perfect because the word became meaningless. tRump does the same shit, at least for the stuff he approves of or that his minions do. When you hear him complimenting anything, it's always so insincere. Like, it's so clearly a calculated PR move because he knows his fans are gonna eat it up and parrot whatever opinion he expresses, no matter how contrived and robotic.
Sooo many of his mannerisms are things I recognize from my childhood. It's uncanny.
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Still waiting on Ro Khanna to "draft" those charges against her.
At this point I think he just likes to hear the sound of his own voice.
Peter Thiel said No.
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If there’s no punishment, Congress is de facto saying that they do not consider it a crime - nor, implicitly, do they consider the events that the to-be-delivered documents detail to be crimes either.
We are very sorry, the WH dog ate all the files.
Everything bad for Trump happens at a fucking glacier’s pace, but whenever Trump wants to ruin immigrants or poor people’s lives it happens immediately.
Easier to destroy things overall. That and the American people gave all the power to Republicans knowing they'd be complicit every step of the way. Not really working out.
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Seems like she’s unfit to do her job too. Get her out of there like Kristi Noem.
Seems like she's broken the law, and has not indicated when, if ever she will comply. Time for some consequences.
I think that’s the thing that pisses me off most. Zero accountability. Everyone is a kiss ass to Trump and although the law exists, no one is upholding it.
Consequences? In the current US? LOL
Ah, so you are suggesting giving up, at this time?
I’m not American, so it’s not on me to do something.
Yes, and your suggestion to me appears to be that there is nothing to be done, neighbor. I know you've got your own situations on the other side of the border, so I suppose you'll attend to those. Funny thing about epidemics and authoritarianism, neither respects national borders. I'm wishing for the best for all of us, you, and me both. BTW I never suggested you do anything. Be well.
Ya, it’s definitely spreading, we have our own northern magats to deal with.
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Once this is over, and it will be over one day, what is going to happen with all these enablers that supported and protected trump, allowed him to continue his daily crimes and spread of hatred and violence, and just generally fucking up the world...?
Are we going to allow a "person" like this to just walk freely after being co-responsible for all the death and destruction that they caused?
We will either get Nuremberg trials...or hand maids tail timelines... thats how this ends.
Have a look at the German history. It's a glass half empty and full situation.
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More occupation of cities. More invasions and threats of invasions. Anything but releasing the Epstein files.
Pam, you've got a little shit on your nose.
It's weird to me how everyone basically assumes the Epstein files are not getting released because Donald Diddler and friends do not want to be outed as pedophiles, when additionally Epstein managed investment accounts for the private globally wealthy and world leaders...so there are like hordes of financial crimes being covered up as well.
She’s not going to because there’s no one with any power over her willing to hold her accountable.
Every day that goes by you can be certain Trump is guilty of something heinous
Wasn't there a court order? Where the fuck is the contempt?
Why would she? There's been no enforcement mechanism at all, from congress or from the electorate. To her, the consequences of being a minute late, a day late, or a year late are all the same: Bupkis. She released enough that the base will lie and say she released them.
What Bondi really means is, "Stop fucking asking about them! Jesus, how many more distractions do we need to create?!"
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Contempt of court. Put her in jail, they'll get released toot sweet.
More like "Pam who?"
Who CARES? ALL he did was Sex Traffick Children to his SECRET CHILD RAPE ISLAND!
-People who Support ICE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND BRINGING THEM TO SECRET FACILITIES!
They don't need a release date in the first place. They already released some of the files in small batches. And then they completely stopped without any explanation.
So we can see what they do when they are releasing the files. They just release batches as they finish them.
The fact that they aren't doing that means that they intend to obstruct further progress on the release of the files.
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Oh good, I was worried the other outrage on the need would be distracting from this even further.
Weren't they supposed to be held in contempt for obstructing justice if they missed the deadline?
She's got conflicted between releasing pedo files and releasing pedophiles. What a struggle.
Why would they tell you how evil they actually are??? We will NEVER see those files while powerful people have the power to keep them away from you. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER. I'm taking bets.
If there are no consequence the deadline is just a suggestion.
She keeps bondi'ing this all up!
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