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."
This question was put to Khardori about the Epstein files: "How likely is it that there will be some big revelation or smoking gun?"
And here is Khardori pretty much extinguishing all hope for those poor souls out there still seeking Epstein files salvation:
It’s unlikely. But it’s important to separate two very important concepts: criminal misconduct versus highly embarrassing or evilly, morally-offensive conduct.
I think the odds that we find some potent new evidence of criminal misconduct are low.
Another factor for Khardori putting out the Epstein files prayer candle is the revelations have boomeranged horribly on the Democrats as he points out the sad fate of Larry Summers: "But I expect a whole lot of embarrassing stuff to come out. And we got a preview this week with the stuff on [Former Treasury Secretary] Larry Summers."
Khardori then pretends that the Epstein-files damage will probably be limited to Summers while conveniently avoiding the deep embarrassment also caused by the files with revelations about associates of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries inviting Epstein to a fundraising dinner after his first sex-crimes conviction. And let us not forget the revelation about Epstein texting advice to Democrat House Delegate Stacey Plaskett during a House hearing, advice she accepted.
That is why this Khardori observation has already been proven to be laughably erroneous:
The investigation [into Democrats] that Trump has spun up is not real. You know how we know that? Because several months ago, this exact same Justice Department told us that there was nothing else to investigate.
File the above under "Wishful Thinking" which is why Khardori has already begun downplaying the significance of the Epstein files with the rest of Politico likely to follow suit.
