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Politico Senior Writer Now Admits Epstein Files Release Unlikely to Harm Trump
Newsbusters ^ | November 21, 2025 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 11/21/2025 4:35:33 PM PST by PJ-Comix

Very sad news for those of you who have become connoisseurs of the hilarious inadvertent comedy provided by Politico's over-the-top obsession with the Jeffrey Epstein files the past few months. Those good times might soon be gone.

No more laughs provided by a panicked Politico publishing FIVE stories last July 18 solely on the topic of the Wall Street Journal possibly tossing President Donald Trump a "lifeline" in the form of a probable fake news story about a birthday letter supposedly sent by Trump to Epstein. Yes, the fun has continued for months culminating with Wednesday's Politico announcement of a possible Ukraine-Russia peace deal framed as a "distraction" from the Epstein files.

This news about the end of Epstein files entertainment comes from a rather unlikely source. Someone who is completely obsessed about doing anything, absolutely anything, to take down Trump. None other than Politico's extreme TDS senior writer, Ankush Khardori. His Trump antipathy bonafides have been thoroughly established over the years to the extent that in July 2024 Khardori urged, even after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump on presidential immunity, that Trump's J-6 trial be placed on speed dial just to tie him up and put him at a political disadvantage in the weeks leading to that November's election.

And now Khardori is telling us that there is really is no there there in the Epstein files as you can see in this Wednesday Politico West Wing Playbook, "How to prepare for the Epstein release."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


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Yeah, the Big Boomerang on Democrats NOT Trump means Politico and much of the rest of the media will be dropping Epstein files like a hot potato.
1 posted on 11/21/2025 4:35:33 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Well….DUH!!


2 posted on 11/21/2025 4:36:07 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: PJ-Comix

Just Damn!


3 posted on 11/21/2025 4:43:32 PM PST by JZelle
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To: PJ-Comix

LOL! And just like that, it’s over.


4 posted on 11/21/2025 4:44:47 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: PJ-Comix

They are panicking because the files will show the many many democrats on it


5 posted on 11/21/2025 4:49:45 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: PJ-Comix

The Dems and their asswipe media will just make up sh*t about Trump and other Republicans and that will be the national narrative for all of 2026 leading up to the midterms.


6 posted on 11/21/2025 4:53:36 PM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: PJ-Comix

they had four years...

they have no answer.


7 posted on 11/21/2025 4:57:07 PM PST by epluribus_2 (!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Sorry Dems. Not even close, and No, you don’t get a cigar either, not even a disposable Vape from 711 !
Stop listening to neighborhood hysterics (aka Paid Liars) like
Jasmine Crockett, Joe Scarborough and Jen Psaki.


8 posted on 11/21/2025 5:00:37 PM PST by lee martell
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To: PJ-Comix
Imagine thinking there was solid evidence implicating Trump in the worst of Epstein's sex crimes and Biden's Justice Department just sat on the files, even as Kamala flailed in the water and drowned as the joy left her campaign.

"Throw me a lifeline, Joe! Please!"

"No."

It never made any sense.

9 posted on 11/21/2025 5:06:46 PM PST by Drew68
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Re: "Politico's extreme TDS senior writer, Ankush Khardori, is telling us that there is really no there there in the Epstein files..."

Be careful saying that on Free Republic.

Every time I say there is no Epstein Client List, and no Epstein Files, I get swarmed with verbal abuse!

Epstein was a bad person who paid dozens of under age female prostitutes for sex.

Epstein also gave lots of money to Democrats.

End of story.

10 posted on 11/21/2025 5:20:12 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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“Every time I say there is no Epstein Client List, and no Epstein Files, I get swarmed with verbal abuse!”

You mean like, ‘You’re wrong.’? Maybe you are too pure for this world. lol


11 posted on 11/21/2025 5:30:43 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice
Too pure?

More like, too obvious.

The Epstein Case has been investigated non-stop since 2005.

Dozens of local Police, state Police, FBI, Intelligence Agencies, Congressional Committees, journalists, lawyers, on, and on, and on.

Still no list.

Still no files.

12 posted on 11/21/2025 6:16:20 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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