Why the Clintons' ordeal might end up backfiring on Trump

[Uncle Joe]

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And the testimony of the Clintons is raising uncomfortable parallels that will discomfit Trump and his inner orbit. For instance, if the standard for required testimony is being mentioned in the Epstein files, why are prominent Republicans also mentioned in the files not being hauled before the committee? Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s descriptions of his past interactions with Epstein were undercut by files released by the DOJ — but he has not so far received a subpoena to match those sent to the Clintons. There is no allegation of criminal wrongdoing against Lutnick.

Bill Clinton’s past contact with Epstein will surely interest the committee. But isn’t there a double standard if Trump, who was mentioned in the files numerous times, is not also put under oath?

And former Secretary Clinton’s appearance — although, in her telling, she had no information about Epstein’s conduct — creates a model of a spouse being asked about her husband’s links to the accused sex trafficker. Some observers might wonder whether first lady Melania Trump might have similar insight about the times her husband and Epstein moved in similar orbits before and after their marriage in 2005. While there would surely be a mighty constitutional fight over an attempt to compel testimony from a sitting president, the first lady has no formal constitutional role, and there appear to be no legal barriers to such a summons.

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Trump refused a subpoena to testify to the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, riot by his supporters at the US Capitol. He sued to block the summons amid a fierce constitutional dispute over the separation of powers, and it was eventually withdrawn when the committee’s work ended.

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/politics/clinton-epstein-investigation-trump-analysis

[Layzeebeaver]

1. An long as the republicans are in power...

Then anyone who thinks that anyone mentioned in the Epstein file that is a republican will at any point actually be sat in front of a republican investigation committee is clearly smoking something.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I think it's inevitable

that Lutnick will be called in front of the committee, and the Republicans on the committee won't hide as they did when they had Les Wexner in front of them.

I think they will ask *rump and Melania to appear, but they won't accept, if they push it too aggressively *rump will wage war against Iran as a desperate attempt of distraction.

If the Congress has any plans of doing the right thing by the nation and the world, time is of the essence.

[Aristus]

3. Nothing ever seems to backfire on Trump.

He's still in the Oval Office, tacky and gaudy as it is. Still making brain-dead pronunciamentos every day, and seemingly every hour. He is not in prison for felony convictions. And that motherfucker just won't die! Even his own spectacularly unhealthy diet isn't backfiring on him.