Having to defend POTUS at Christmas with family instead of being on attack, against the enemy sucks balls.
The Hill 12-24-2025
President Trump is grappling with a new disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein-related material that hit him much harder than the initial batch of documents released last week.
The new tranche of almost 30,000 items released late on Monday was worse for Trump in part simply because the president’s name was mentioned more frequently.
But the second round of disclosures also raised new questions about a Trump narrative that has tended to play down the president’s association with the disgraced financier and sexual predator, who died of an apparent suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial.
Trump has never been accused by law enforcement of criminal acts relating to Epstein, and he vigorously denies any wrongdoing. His previous friendship with Epstein is a matter of public record but appears to have ended around 2004. Different explanations have been given about the exact reason for their estrangement.
Skeptics will wonder about the timing of the new release, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced as public attention in politics ebbs and the holiday season hits its peak.
When the first batch of material emerged amid a higher level of expectation, there was little mention of Trump. In that instance, White House officials instead emphasized several photographs of former President Clinton.
A Clinton spokesperson on Monday called for the full release of all the Epstein files, saying in part: “Someone or something is being protected. … We need no such protection.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5661849-the-memo-latest-jeffrey-epstein-files-hit-trump-harder/