Staff Reports
For years the Epstein scandal has been a swampy, bipartisan embarrassment; now Republican investigators are finally demanding answers from the people at the top. The House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas for depositions from former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of a broader effort to obtain the so-called Epstein files and unredacted records.
The Justice Department also conducted interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s convicted associate, and released transcripts that have only added to public confusion rather than calming it. In those interviews Maxwell said she knew Clinton socially, insisted he never visited Epstein’s private island, and described him as someone who was friendly with her but not an independent friend of Epstein.
At the same time, the paper trail that conservatives have long pointed to remains plainly troubling: multiple flight logs and related documents show Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane dozens of times during the early 2000s, even as questions about Epstein’s network swirled. Those flight logs and contact lists, now slowly being made public, are exactly the kind of records voters deserve to see in full.
Washington’s defenders point to a July DOJ memo that said investigators found no evidence of a formal “client list” or actionable proof to open criminal cases against uncharged third parties, and Democrats use that to declare the matter closed. But conservatives have ample reason to be skeptical: the memo raised as many questions as it answered, and the political establishment’s habit of protecting insiders is well documented.
Even the president has weighed in, urging Attorney General and law enforcement to follow the evidence and investigate everyone named in the files, including those on the left. That pressure is part of a larger, long overdue demand for accountability that shouldn’t stop at grand pronouncements—if there are crimes, they should be prosecuted regardless of party.
Americans are tired of one rule for the powerful and another for everyone else, and the Clintons are emblematic of that double standard. Maxwell’s assertions that Clinton never set foot on Little Saint James and Clinton’s many trips on Epstein’s plane don’t line up neatly for the public, and those discrepancies deserve real answers from law enforcement, not spin from partisan lawyers.
Congressional subpoenas, released documents like Epstein’s “birthday book,” and the drip of disclosures from the estate are forcing this issue into the open, and patriots should applaud any move toward transparency. If the DOJ and the FBI are serious about equal justice under law, they will follow the records wherever they lead, not shield the connected; hardworking Americans will be watching to make sure they do.
