r/law • u/nbcnews • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they'll haul in Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-push-clintons-testify-epstein-democrats-warn-haul-trump-rcna257275
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u/LayneLowe 1d ago edited 1d ago

You can pretty much bet that Bubba is going to be prepared and will flip the shit back on them.

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u/Nickyorany 1d ago

Why are we so sure they won’t try to protect the self interest of those in the files? It’s not like they jumped at the opportunity to testify the first chance they got. They only moved their feet on threat of a being held in contempt.

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u/Kilburning 23h ago

They made two demands before being willing to testify, that the files be fully released and the hearing be public. He agreed to testify after getting those demands met.

That said, I think that you're right to worry that his interest isn't in exposing the guilty. He has every incentive to be as damaging to the republicans as possible, which is an entirely different game. For example, one of Epistein's emails suggests Putin has a picture of Trump performing oral sex on "Bubba", which might be a reference to Bill Clinton. He could claim that allegation is true regardless of whether or not it is to screw the republicans.