House Oversight Committee Democrats tried relentlessly to connect President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, but committee chairman James Comer says their pursuit went well beyond aggressive questioning. According to Comer, Democrats selectively released documents, imposed misleading redactions, and manipulated evidence to manufacture a damaging narrative.

Comer accused Democrats of devoting more energy to targeting Trump than obtaining justice for Epstein’s victims. The committee chairman singled out Robert Garcia, who is expected to become chairman of the Oversight Committee in January, as a central figure in that campaign.

In a section titled “Democrats Focused All of Their Efforts on President Trump—Not on Justice for Survivors,” Comer detailed what he described as a sustained effort to place Trump in a compromising position. Witness after witness was pressed about Trump, but the hoped for bombshell never materialized.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett pursued that line while questioning Les Wexner. She asked whether he had seen Trump in a sexual relationship with anyone introduced by Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell, whether Trump discussed Epstein, and whether Epstein discussed Trump.

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Wexner answered no when asked whether he had seen or learned of such a relationship. When Crockett asked whether Epstein had specifically mentioned Trump, Wexner replied, “No. I'm saying he could've, and I don't remember.”

Wexner also answered no when asked whether Epstein shared information about Trump’s sexual activities. He further said he did not have a relationship with Trump, leaving Democrats without the damaging testimony they were plainly fishing for.

Former President Bill Clinton also declined to implicate Trump. After Garcia did not ask a follow up question, Clinton volunteered that Trump had never said anything that made him believe Trump was involved in improper activity connected to Epstein.

Clinton said, “I hate this, but -- because I don't believe I should inject anything, but I do not want to leave the impression, but since there was no follow up question, he never -- the President [Trump] never -- this is 20-something years ago -- never said anything to me to make me think he was involved in anything improper with regard to Epstein either.”

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Clinton said Trump had described a friendship with Epstein followed by a falling out involving a property deal. That was hardly the anti Trump testimony Democrats appeared determined to extract from the former president.

Comer concluded that “every witness examined before the Committee” said that “President Trump––to their knowledge––was not involved in any crimes committed by Epstein and Maxwell.” He also said the committee’s document review produced no material implicating Trump in criminal activity connected to Epstein or Maxwell.

That review included documents from the Epstein estate, the U.S. Virgin Islands, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and the Justice Department. With testimony and documents failing to deliver the desired result, Comer said Democrats turned to selective leaks and unnecessary redactions.

According to Comer, committee Democrats released three emails from more than 20,000 pages produced by the estate. He accused them of selecting narrow batches of documents and applying redactions designed to create an anti Trump narrative while misleading the public and the media.

Comer said CNN questioned those redactions, prompting Democrats to claim Republicans were responsible. After committee Republicans released more than 20,000 pages, Democrats claimed the broader disclosure was intended to “disorient” and “distract” from their narrative.

The same pattern appeared with photographs obtained from the Epstein estate. Out of 95,000 photographs, Democrats posted only 19, representing just 0.02% of the records received, and four of those photographs concerned Trump.

Comer said Democrats made targeted redactions covering the faces of adult women pictured with Trump. One unredacted photograph showed Trump standing beside adult female Hawaiian Tropic models, and public reporting cited one pictured woman calling Trump a “gentleman” who ensured the group enjoyed its evening at Mar-a-Lago.

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The controversy also reached Democrat delegate Stacey Plaskett, who texted Epstein during a congressional hearing to seek advice about questioning what Comer called a “discredited witness with a vendetta against President Trump.” Comer’s account paints a committee minority consumed by chasing Trump rather than following evidence wherever it led.

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