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The Dog That Didn’t Bark—and the Story That Did

A House vote tomorrow could crack open the full cache of Jeffrey Epstein files—right as Donald Trump says he’s asking the DOJ to investigate Democrats’ ties to the disgraced sex trafficker.

Last week, Democrats tried to get ahead of the story by releasing three cherry-picked emails from Epstein in what looked like an attempted “gotcha” aimed squarely at Trump. But in my view, the boomerang effect was immediate—and brutal. Because here’s what their own releases actually revealed:

For starters, disgraced New York Times writer Michael Wolff—yes, the same Wolff who cashed in by smearing Trump with a 2018 “book” that has aged like unrefrigerated milk—was secretly coaching Epstein on how to gain leverage over then-candidate Donald Trump. And in another batch of documents, we learned Epstein was communicating directly with Democrat Rep. Stacey Plaskett during a 2019 congressional hearing while she questioned Michael Cohen. Epstein was influencing the questions she asked. Why was Plaskett taking direction from Epstein—especially while sitting on the very committee overseeing the Epstein files?
Then there’s the email Democrats wanted everyone focused on.

Epstein wrote:

“I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump… VICTIM spent hours at my house with him”

Sound damning? Actually, no—not even close.

That “victim,” whose name Democrats conveniently redacted, was Virginia Giuffre—who has never accused Donald Trump of wrongdoing. In fact, she publicly supported his presidential run and even wrote in her book that Trump “did nothing wrong.” Democrats hid her name because revealing it would annihilate their narrative.

So what did Epstein mean by calling Trump “the dog that hasn’t barked”? Epstein expert Barry Levine has thoughts—none of which support the left’s storyline.

Contrary to the insinuations, Trump and Epstein weren’t allies—they were adversaries. Trump cut Epstein off in 2007 after learning Epstein was recruiting young women at Mar-a-Lago. One of those young women? Virginia Giuffre. Trump banned Epstein from his property and later cooperated fully with the attorneys representing Epstein’s victims. According to those lawyers, Trump was one of the only people who didn’t stonewall them.

And under President Trump—not under Obama, not under Biden—Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were finally arrested.

If anything, the evidence suggests Trump helped take down Epstein—not protect him.

But that hasn’t stopped Democrats or media allies from tossing out baseless accusations like confetti at a parade. When NBC once tried to get Epstein victims to accuse Trump, they didn’t get what they hoped for.

That didn’t stop Senator Chris Murphy, who recently lobbed his own wild smear on national television.

The irony? He accused Trump of “craven immorality.” The projection would be funny if it weren’t so vile.

Even CNN seems worried about liability—which is why they keep inserting lawyer-approved disclaimers every time the topic comes up.

Yet Murphy’s smear isn’t even the most ridiculous one going around. Democrat Melanie Stansburg went on CNN and claimed—without hesitation and without evidence—that there were photographs of Trump with underage girls on his lap.

Excuse me? No—there are no such photos. None. Zero. The only picture of Trump with a girl on his lap is one of his own daughter, which dishonest actors love to pretend is something else.

Meanwhile, the American public has seen Joe Biden get handsy with young girls—on camera, for decades, in full view. Perhaps Democrats should be a little more careful with this particular line of attack.

And that raises the question: why release these documents now, after sitting on them for four years?

Because so far, everything implicates Democrats—and nothing implicates Trump.

Even CNN’s Scott Jennings is trying to gently remind the panel that the emperor has no clothes.

This is Russiagate 2.0—loud allegations, zero evidence.

Democrats aren’t acting like people seeking justice for Epstein’s victims. They’re acting like people desperate for a political weapon.

Republican Rep. Tim Burchett agrees. He tried to release the full Epstein files on the House floor, and Democrats blocked him.

For months they demanded transparency—until transparency was finally on the table. Then suddenly they wanted anything but the full truth.

Democrats chose to leak three selective, misleading emails instead—hoping the media would run with them. And for a few hours, they did. But when Republicans responded by releasing roughly 20,000 pages of documents, the whole narrative fell apart.

The full record showed no incriminating Trump connection—none. Just context-stripped scraps propped up to generate headlines.

And ultimately, that’s what this was all about: headlines. Not justice. Not victims. Not truth.

Just politics.

And now, in my opinion, the Democrats’ hand is fully exposed.