Donald Trump‘s sudden U-turn on releasing the Epstein files is precisely as suspicious as his previous sudden U-turn when he told everyone to forget about them as they’re a “Democrat hoax”.
It’s widely considered that the Epstein files contain more information that’d be deeply damaging to Trump. What’s already been released has cemented the closeness of their friendship, indicates that Trump was aware of Epstein’s sick proclivities and that he may well have been a participant in abuse.
You might argue that Trump’s about-face is that he’s realized the writing’s on the wall. His attempts to pressure House Republicans into reversing their votes in favor of disclosure have failed, with all of them sticking to their principles. Trump still has a veto over the files’ release, but using it would make him look even more guilty than he already does.
Now, Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, says he knows the reason for ‘the flip’. Speaking on News Nation, he said:
Mark Epstein:
— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 18, 2025
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
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“I’ve been recently told the reason they’re going to be releasing these things, the reason for the flip, is that they’re sanitizing these files. There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out. That’s what I was told by a pretty good source.”
Should we believe him?
You might be wondering if Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, who features heavily in Epstein’s emails, is really a trustworthy source on this. However, his story is at least partly supported by comments made by Joseph Schnitt, Acting Deputy Chief at the Department of Justice’s Office of Enforcement Operations in September.
In a Veritas sting, he told his ‘date’ (secretly recording him with a hidden camera):
DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt was caught on hidden camera saying the government will ‘redact every Republican’ from the Epstein files.
— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) November 18, 2025
He also revealed that Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security prison ‘to keep her mouth shut.’ pic.twitter.com/csppcbXMtW
“They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person on those files. Leave all the liberal Democratic people in those files.”
It should be pointed out that we’ve already seen two huge Epstein releases from the House Oversight Committee that didn’t redact Trump’s name, but it is extremely sus that the White House has overnight reversed its position and is now confidently ordering the Epstein files to be released.
Do they know the fix is in? Whatever the case, the Epstein files will be released in some form soon. We can only hope what’s inside lives up to everyone’s expectations.
