“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying,…but they are still lying.”
So wrote Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the prominent Soviet dissident.
Courageous women who are survivors of sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein are calling for transparency from the federal government and for the release of case files. In the words of Lisa Phillips:
“We are not asking for pity. We are here demanding accountability, and I’m demanding justice. Congress must choose: Will you continue to protect predators, or will you finally protect survivors?”
President Donald Trump calls this furor a “scam” and a “hoax”. Trump’s blatant inversion of morality and truth regarding the Epstein investigation is reminiscent of his pardoning of January 6 rioters who attacked police officers.
For example, on January 6, Daniel Rodriguez repeatedly drove a stun gun into the base of police officer Michael Fanone’s skull, causing him to lose consciousness and suffer a heart attack. Rodriguez was sentenced to over 12 years in prison, and the judge called him “a one-man army of hate.”
Shockingly, after his blanket pardon of Rodriguez and his fellow cop-beaters, Trump claimed these violent felons did not attack anyone, and that, in fact, they were the ones who were attacked. He further stated that pardoning them was “a great thing for humanity.”
Trump’s relentless assault on reality and ethics has damaged America’s soul. How much longer will we tolerate his poisoning of our hearts and minds?
Terry Hansen
Milwaukee, Wisconsin