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Situation Room, July 2025: Vance proposed Tucker Carlson interview Maxwell in prison to clear Trump's name. Wiles shut it down. The discussion then turned to whether Maxwell might receive a pardon for cooperation. Multiple officials were alarmed. Per Haberman and Swan, Regime Change, NYT today.
Regime Change, Haberman and Swan: Situation Room meetings "to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself." Vance presided. Bondi and Blanche in the room. Trump tried to kill a WSJ story about a letter he allegedly signed to Epstein. This morning he attacked the reporter who raised it.
Trump complaining about Platner is akin to to the Marquis de Sade complaining about the debauchery of Jeffrey Epstein.
Gates met Epstein in 2011, three years after his felony conviction. In sworn testimony today he called it "a grave error in judgment." He also testified that Epstein attempted to use knowledge of Gates' affair as leverage to maintain their association. Epstein failed. The testimony is under oath.
Sexual misconduct by men in power is not a Democratic or Republican problem. A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, resigned from Congress in April after a former 20-year-old intern accused him of assault. Both parties. Both documented. See something,say something.
I would not vote for Graham Platner and do not support him. But Collins publicly commented on his treatment of women while supporting a president a federal jury found liable for sexual abuse in 2023. Collins chose which men's conduct warranted her concern. That choice is documented.
Trump: we don't need Canada's cars, energy, or lumber. Canada supplies 64 percent of U.S. crude oil imports per CRS. Canada is the top destination for U.S. exports. Auto parts cross the border multiple times before a vehicle is assembled. The USMCA is up for review in July. Negotiating.
Speaker Johnson on California election fraud, CNN Monday: "You tell me, Manu." Pressed for evidence: "So diabolical it's impossible to prove. Everybody knows instinctively something is wrong." California law: 30 days to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. Evidence provided: none.
Groff's appearance was confirmed as a closed door, non sworn, non televised transcribed interview. Gates appeared under sworn testimony. The committee chose not to swear Groff in.
Maxwell is serving 20 years for sex trafficking children. The Vice President proposed using her as a PR prop. When that was rejected, the room discussed pardoning her. Every word is sourced to Haberman and Swan's reporting, confirmed by CNN, Daily Beast, Axios, and Mediaite
