A TRUE KING WOULD RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

Why is that England, home to an actual king, has managed to exact at the least a powerful social shunning and public exposure of a participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s vileness? But here, in America, where Jeffrey Epstein flourished, got rich, and led a life of depravity, investigated more than once by a justice system that has in its possession a voluminous amount of info, can’t do the same. Or won’t do the same. King Charles has “initiated a formal process to remove the style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew” over his relationship with Epstein and participation in activities surrounding Epstein. Andrew will be stripped of his title of “prince” and even forced to leave his royal home. The palace said: “These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him.” Here, in America, survivors of Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise have written a letter to Speaker Johnson demanding that Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) be sworn into office. Voters elected Grijalva on September 23, but Johnson has refused to swear her in. Grijalva has said she will provide the last signature necessary on a discharge petition to force a vote on the public release of the Epstein files. The survivors write that Johnson’s “continued refusal to seat her is an unacceptable breach of democratic norms and a disservice to the American people. Even more concerning to us as survivors, this delay appears to be a deliberate attempt to block her participation in the discharge petition that would force a vote to unseal the Epstein/Maxwell files. The American public has a right to transparency and accountability, and we, as survivors, deserve justice. Any attempt to obstruct a vote on this matter—by manipulating House procedure or denying elected members their seats—is a direct affront to that right and adds insult to our trauma.” Trump wants to be a king. Apparently a king wants people, even his own brother, to be held accountable for their actions. So Trump should be kingly, do what he said he would, and release the Epstein files. And Speaker Johnson should man up and do his job.