After nearly a year of back-and-forth, the House of Representatives is expected to vote in favor of releasing the Jeffrey Esptein files on Tuesday. What they'll contain isn't quite known, and the phrase "Epstein files" can be rather ambiguous, but the expectation is that it'll be more of the same—namely, email chains from the now-deceased sex-trafficker that don't provide anything definitive.
Ironically, after so much wailing and gnashing of teeth from Democrats, the most salacious revelation in the lead-up to this vote actually involves one of their own. As RedState reported, House Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) was exposed as having coordinated with Epstein in 2019, after all his disgusting crimes were exposed, to try to influence a hearing. She also accepted tens of thousands of dollars in donations from him and refused to return any of it.
SEE: Democrat Received Texts From Epstein During 2019 Congressional Hearing
But while I'm not a believer in a major conspiracy involving the blackmail of hundreds of rich and powerful people around the world (I do think there were likely some others involved, though), I'm willing to keep an open mind. If there's anything that indicates wrongdoing by someone, I'll be the first to call them out, no matter who they are. Yet, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-4), who has made this a central issue, seems to be backtracking a bit just before the clock strikes midnight, and to be frank, his latest claim is too cute by half.
Appearing with Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) on CNN, the Kentucky representative claimed that if the released files don't fit his narrative, that must mean another conspiracy is afoot.
Rep. Thomas Massie lays out for Anderson Cooper the one unmistakable sign to watch for when judging the “release” of the Epstein files.
— Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 18, 2025
“Some people have said, ‘Well, how will you know that he’s released the files?’ We will know when rich and powerful men are implicated. So… pic.twitter.com/PTjgmhNJT2
MASSIE: Some people have said, ‘Well, how will you know that he’s released the files?’ We will know when rich and powerful men are implicated. So they’ve claimed that they’ve been releasing thousands, tens of thousands of documents to Congress already. But what we’ve discovered is there’s not a single new name in those documents. We know because we have survivors through their lawyers who’ve told us that they have names. We know, they know who’s in those files, and we’ll know if he’s given us a complete release.
Let me stop him right there because that's not how this works. The absence of evidence is not evidence in and of itself, and it's a logical fallacy to assert that unless the files tell him what he wants to hear, that must indicate there are more files. If there's not a "single new name," it is perfectly possible that's because there are no more names. Suspicions of a broader conspiracy, and I've had my own over the years surrounding this case, are not sufficient in this context.
As to the claim that there are survivors who have "told us that they have names," that is hopelessly ambiguous. What if the names are just the names we already know? Regardless, at some point, and that point was a while ago, if they aren't willing to release the names and make their accusations public, then there's nothing else to be done here. I realize the response will be that they signed NDAs, but NDAs can not legally be used to cover up criminal activity, and in such a situation, can be broken to report the crime to the police.
This entire thing has turned into a game of circular logic, where a lack of evidence is treated as evidence, and the best sources (the victims) aren't expected to actually be sources. Why would I care what Epstein's emails say if almost all the women he trafficked are alive and able to testify? If rich and powerful people committed sex crimes in conjunction with Epstein, then they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Turning this purely into a political issue, absconding from any attempt at legal justice against these suggested other perpetrators, is just a bit too convenient for me. I think Massie knows that, but he's so deep in his own sauce that he can't be objective anymore.
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