8 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Maybe for the same reason he's suing the WSJ for publishing a birthday wish he allegedly wrote to Epstein.  He knows they've been doctored by someone in the Biden DOJ and contain false information that implicates innocent people.  Or true information that someone (for example) just had lunch with Epstein, which by itself could ruin someone's life.   Publishing them would be irresponsible with so many people insisting that they "publish it all and let the chips fall where they will".

 

 

If he (Trump) knows that the files have been doctored then the only way out is to publish them, and prove that they have been doctored, through vigorous and thorough public investigation by a bipartisan body.

 

By the same token, innocent acquaintances of Epstein will be in the clear, the investigation will clear them.

 

The accusations are not going to go away, there is a growing body of circumstantial evidence and witness testimony. That evidence and testimony needs to be tested.

 

Flailing around on social media and chaotic statements to the press won't do that, nor will lawsuits which depend on the fundamental principle that the litigator has evidence that the the people he is suing are acting malevolently, but the litigator is not prepared to produce that evidence.

 

Now personally I have long thought that Trump is a particularly amoral and unsavoury individual, driven entirely by his own gratification and interests, financial and it seems now sexual. I have made no secret of that, you and others don't agree, fine; but the only way to escape that conclusion gaining traction and becoming universal is to put everything in the open.

22 minutes ago, JAG said:

If he (Trump) knows that the files have been doctored then the only way out is to publish them, and prove that they have been doctored, through vigorous and thorough public investigation by a bipartisan body.

 

By the same token, innocent acquaintances of Epstein will be in the clear, the investigation will clear them.

 

The accusations are not going to go away, there is a growing body of circumstantial evidence and witness testimony. That evidence and testimony needs to be tested.

 

Flailing around on social media and chaotic statements to the press won't do that, nor will lawsuits which depend on the fundamental principle that the litigator has evidence that the the people he is suing are acting malevolently, but the litigator is not prepared to produce that evidence.

 

Now personally I have long thought that Trump is a particularly amoral and unsavoury individual, driven entirely by his own gratification and interests, financial and it seems now sexual. I have made no secret of that, you and others don't agree, fine; but the only way to escape that conclusion gaining traction and becoming universal is to put everything in the open.

 

That's one opinion, and a valid one.  Some hold a different opinion.  Personally, I'd wait to see what eventually happens before I'd praise or condemn anyone.  I think we're going to get a lot better information, but it won't come out on the schedule we may wish.

 

Edit:  I'd also ask the question, "where was the lefty outrage when Biden didn't release the evidence for 4 long years?"