According to the Republicans, no one should be held accountable for their actions, but in the worst-case scenario, if they are found guilty, they should just blame the Democrats.
James Comer, a member of the United States House of Representatives and a long-time Trump supporter, is taking a page from the same rule book and doing exactly what is expected of him. Recently, while talking to the press during the ongoing government shutdown, Comer discussed the Epstein case, as he leads the committee investigating it. He mentioned that Trump’s involvement in it was minimal, but stressed that former US President Bill Clinton had “far closer ties to Epstein”, in an effort to shift blame once again. He said:
