'Is he a rat?' Ex-GOP analyst floats theory about Trump as Epstein's emails revealed
A former GOP analyst floated a theory about President Donald Trump's relationship with disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after a new tranche of documents was released on Wednesday.
Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee released emails between Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, describing Trump spending time with one of Epstein's victims at Epstein's home. The email, which is from 2011, also adds a curious note that Trump has not been named by the "police chief, etc." That line piqued the interest of Tim Miller, host of "The Bulwark Podcast," who discussed it during a new episode on Wednesday evening.
"I read that as, 'Why hasn't he been mentioned?' Like these other conspirators mentioned," Miller said. "Is he a rat? That's what I read this as: Is he a rat?"
Other experts have speculated that the emails show Trump was aware of Epstein's activities, yet continued to socialize with him anyway.
The documents also renewed calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aise to release all of the Epstein files.