Epstein files release stirs uproar among lawmakers
Fox News’ Madeleine Rivera, Republican strategist Ron Bonjean and Democratic strategist Al Mottur join ‘Fox News Live’ to react to the heavily redacted release of files related to the Epstein case and more.
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EXCLUSIVE: A BURIED FBI file PROVES the system let a predator run free for DECADES. Maria Farmer’s shocking 1996 complaint—featuring allegations of stolen child photos and death threats from Jeffrey Epstein—was IGNORED by the FBI while Epstein’s network flourished. This isn’t just a failure; it’s a WILLFUL BETRAYAL of the innocent for thirty agonizing years.
The newly released document, labeled a possible “child pornography” case, reveals Farmer accused Epstein of stealing and selling nude photos of her TWELVE and SIXTEEN-year-old sisters. Yet, the FBI’s response was to BURY IT. This explosive evidence wasn’t acted upon until an act of Congress FORCED its release, raising the terrifying question: HOW MANY OTHER WARNINGS WERE SMOTHERED?
The Department of Justice’s “transparency” is a SHAM. The files are HEAVILY REDACTED, with key names and details scrubbed clean. It’s a classic cover-up tactic, releasing just enough to feign compliance while protecting the powerful. Victims like Farmer, who says she was threatened with having her house BURNED DOWN, have been gaslit by the very institutions sworn to protect them.
This is a SCANDAL that transcends party lines and pierces the heart of American justice. The FBI ignored pleas under BOTH Clinton and Bush administrations, allowing a monster to prey on countless more young women. The so-called “VIP pedophile ring” wasn’t just enabled by socialites; it was SHIELDED by systemic inaction at the highest levels of law enforcement.
Every redacted line in these documents screams a name they refuse to reveal. Every year of delay represents a life shattered. They thought we would forget, but the truth is a toxin that seeps through every crack in their facade. The question is no longer what Epstein did, but WHO THE SYSTEM WAS REALLY PROTECTING—and who it continues to protect today. The walls are not closing in; they are being PAINTED OVER before our very eyes.
