by Dr. E. Faye Williams
(Trice Edney Wire)—A few days ago, I was on my way out of the country going to Ghana where I was to be an honoree at a celebration. I heard UNANIMOUS CONSENT! I had found it difficult to pack while waiting on pins and needles to find out how the vote would come out to release the Epstein files so the women who were young girls (some just 14 years old) went through hell while grown men and a woman abused them.
The woman has been convicted of her role in this tragedy. Jeffrey Epstein died at what we’re told was by his own hands—something many found hard to believe. Many I talk with don’t find that explanation credible; however, that’s what is on the record. Epstein’s friend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is serving her time in a Texas prison where it’s reported she’s serving with special privileges.
Brave women, still suffering from the impact of what happened to them have had enough of the harm caused by Epstein, Maxwell and later by Donald and his friends who’ve delayed justice by refusing to release the files we know existed. Epstein’s family was honorable enough to share what they had. From those files, we learned some important things.
While waiting for some manner of justice, these women kept up the fight; they earned a lot of support from Democrats immediately, but not Republicans, because the President held them hostage and prevented them from supporting the resolution to have the complete files released. There was even talk of Trump planning to pardon and release Ghislaine Maxwell. Naturally, when asked about that rumor, Trump sat feigning innocence by saying he hadn’t ruled it out.
Meanwhile, we went through a lot of drama where nearly all Republicans were waiting for their dear leader to give them instructions. With few exceptions, Republicans were on hold, and the fact that the bill to force the Justice Department to release the files passed the House, and sooner than we had thought, it passed the Senate where it passed by UNANIMOUS CONSENT after their dear leader released them to vote to pass it once he learned enough Republicans were already going to vote for the bill to pass anyway! That must have come as a shock to him. Never-the-less, the bill was immediately headed to Trump to sign. At the time of the overwhelming vote to pass the bill, and by unanimous consent in the Senate, Speaker Johnson appeared crushed and blamed our leader in the Senate—not the President!
For once I can say, thank you to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene who withstood Trump’s accusations and calling her a traitor. She’d pivoted too much truth telling about healthcare and how much it would cost her family. I wonder what Trump thinks about the overwhelming vote against his real wishes! We know his announcement of “releasing” them to vote came after learning how many were going to do it anyway! Are they all traitors?
We must be cautious about this seeming victory upon releasing the files. This still must stop by AG Pam Bondi. There’s always the possibility that her gross behavior will be the same she exhibited when called before Senators, after admitting the files were on her desk and she was called in to explain herself once it wasn’t convenient for her to admit she had the files, and claim she was so busy with other matters that she allowed staff to handle the biggest case of her tenure!
I guess defending Trump was just far more important to her than doing her job for the people! She’ll probably have a lot of time to look at the files now because I don’t think she will enjoy being in Washington defending Trump after the way she handled these files and how she sassed the Senators—something not in her job description!
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of The Dick Gregory Society.)
