U.S. Rep. Goldman reveals unredacted Epstein file that blows up Trump's story of ending his friendship with infamous pedophile, raising questions about AG Bondi

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Donald Trump's No. 1 story to counter signs that he was close with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has been that their relationship fractured in later years.  A Democrat in the U.S. House, however, has uncovered a document in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Epstein files that blows up Trump's story. In what surely will be a shock to many non-MAGAs, it now appears that Trump lied about his Epstein connection.

Hafiz Rashid, of The New Republic (TNR) has the story under the headline "Democrat Reveals Epstein File That Blows Huge Hole in Trump's story; Democratic Representative Dan Goldman reveals a previously redacted email that contradicts Trump's story on how he stopped being friends with the sexual predator." Writes Rashid:

Democratic Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) revealed an unredacted document from the government’s Jeffrey Epstein files on the House floor Wednesday, saying that it directly contradicts Donald Trump’s account of his relationship with the billionaire sex offender.

The document is an October 2009 email containing information about a conversation between one of Epstein’s attorneys, Jack Goldberger, and an attorney for Trump, Alan Garten. The email was initially released to the public in redacted form. In the unredacted version, as Goldman highlighted, Goldberger wrote that Garten said Epstein was never asked to leave Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club in Florida as he was not a member, but may have been a guest.

This directly contradicts Trump’s claim that he kicked Epstein out of the resort in 2004 due to his poaching of Mar-a-Lago employees. Goldman claimed that the document was being deliberately withheld by the Department of Justice, violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) that Trump signed into law in November.

Is this another example of Attorney General Pam Bondi acting as Trump's personal attorney, trying to protect him at all costs? That question certainly has to be asked, Rashid writes:

“This document here was redacted to the public. It was unredacted to Congress and it completely disputes everything that Donald Trump has said about Jeffrey Epstein,” Goldman said, displaying a blown-up poster of the email. “Now, why is this important? Because if the attorney general is covering up this information that she then reveals to Congress, what else is she covering up about Donald Trump’s involvement in the Epstein files?”

Put another way: How much public information under the EFTA has been kept from the public? The pressure on Bondi, who is catching heat for her bumbling performance as Trump's AG, likely will grow soon, Rashid writes:

Bondi is already under fire for allegedly mismanaging the release of the Epstein files, and has been subpoenaed by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee to appear for a deposition April 14. This latest revelation is only going to make her seem more guilty of slow-walking and covering up damning information about Trump and Epstein.