Birthday Sketch, Old Russia Hoax Bait, and Bondi’s Coming Redactions all throwing MAGA off the Scent
The Epstein scandal started to crack the surface of the MAGA base—but not without a rapid and coordinated effort to contain the damage. At the center of the distraction is a familiar sleight of hand: “protecting the victims.” Donald Trump, through his handpicked Attorney General Pam Bondi, has now ordered the release of Epstein case files—but only after a review. The review will inevitably result in redactions, which will no doubt be framed as necessary to shield victims. Yet nearly all known victims are now well into their 30s or 40s. This isn’t about protection—it’s about control. Once redactions begin, entire names, connections, and even contexts can be blacked out. Victim shielding becomes the pretext for perpetrator protection. Nick Bryant, the journalist who published Epstein’s Black Book in 2015, is warning that this is the same playbook used before—and this time, the stakes are much higher.
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Bondi’s involvement isn’t incidental; it’s foundational to the cover-up. As Florida’s Attorney General from 2011 to 2019, Bondi did nothing to investigate Epstein, even as he resumed his predatory behavior after a joke of a jail sentence that allowed him daily release. Her inaction during that critical window makes her compromised—or, at the very least, conflicted. MAGA should be demanding she recuse herself. Now she’s in charge of curating what the public gets to see.
Just days before Bondi’s announcement, the Epstein scandal had begun bubbling up among MAGA loyalists. At Turning Point USA’s recent summit, attendees pressed conservative influencers for answers about Trump’s links to Epstein. Charlie Kirk played along at first—until something happened. Then he abruptly pivoted. Dinesh D’Souza followed suit. MAGA influencers began falling in line, parroting each other’s dismissals, even as Trump mocked his own supporters for their curiosity.
Then came the conveniently timed distraction. The Wall Street Journal published a 2003 birthday letter allegedly sent by Trump to Epstein, complete with a crude drawing of a naked girl attributed to Trump himself. The letter surfaced just as momentum around Epstein-Trump scrutiny was building. Trump immediately claimed it was fake and threatened to sue Rupert Murdoch. MAGA influencers, who had briefly gone off-script, suddenly had a new rallying cry: defend Trump from the media. Just like that, focus shifted from holding Trump accountable to portraying him as the latest victim of a coordinated smear.
Trump and Murdoch are both in Epstein’s Black Book. This letter, real or fake, is a distraction either way—one that neatly resets the MAGA narrative just as uncomfortable questions start circulating. Bryant has been following this network for over a decade, and he warns that these diversions aren’t coincidental. They are carefully timed resets designed to pull the plug on momentum and drown real scrutiny in noise.
To top it off, another distraction appeared just in time. ODNI Director Tulsi Gabbard announced that Obama, Clapper, Brennan, and Comey are under investigation for treason. It’s a retread of the John Durham probe that produced nothing after years of slow walking, but it’s working. MAGA, which had started demanding answers about Epstein, has returned to the familiar turf that doesn’t provoke cognitive dissonance.
MAGA was finally asking the right questions—until the same tired distractions were wheeled out to herd them back into line. Trump’s inevitable claim of victim protection is a redaction ruse. Bondi’s sudden involvement isn’t justice—it’s damage control. And the birthday letter is just one more page in a much larger playbook of misdirection.
Nick Bryant saw this pattern long before most. He’s not just naming names—he’s naming the strategy. And he’s warning: if this tactic works again, real accountability will slip through the cracks once more.
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Relevant Article(s):
Pam Bondi ‘could have tried Epstein’ while Florida AG, law professor says | The Independent
Trump files $10B suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter
Tulsi Gabbard says Obama led a “treasonous conspiracy” to “usurp” Trump’s 2016 win
The Alpha & Omega of Jeffrey Epstein
The Epstein Scandal Explained – Epstein Justice
Optional Q&A:
- Why is Pam Bondi, who failed to pursue Epstein during her tenure as Florida Attorney General, now in charge of reviewing and releasing the case files?
- Who are the real beneficiaries of the redactions in the Epstein files—victims or perpetrators?
- How does Trump’s sudden claim of “protecting victims” justify redactions that could conceal the names of powerful abusers?
- What role did the release of the alleged 2003 birthday letter play in redirecting MAGA attention away from Trump’s ties to Epstein?
- Why did influencers like Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D’Souza suddenly reverse course after initially entertaining questions about Epstein?
- How does Nick Bryant’s publication of Epstein’s Black Book in 2015 challenge the idea that the public is just now learning who was involved?
- What does the timing of Tulsi Gabbard’s announcement of a treason investigation into Obama-era officials suggest about coordinated distraction tactics?
- Why has there been no real legal accountability for others named in Epstein’s network, despite years of evidence, flight logs, and victim testimony?
ABOUT NICK BRYANT…
Nick Bryant is an investigative journalist. He spent seven years investigating a child sex trafficking network that was covered up by state and federal authorities, culminating in The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse, and Betrayal. The trafficking network I wrote about in The Franklin Scandal has been the focal point of considerable misinformation and/or disinformation on the Internet. Individuals who, perhaps, suffer from psychiatric disorders have woven the Illuminati and shape shifting reptilian ETs into the narrative.
But the book’s foremost transgressor has been Wikipedia. The “Franklin child prostitution ring allegations” Wikipedia page has been under siege by unscrupulous Wikipedia “editors,” and they’ve intentionally made it nonsensical.
The Franklin Scandal and the Epstein scandal are quite similar in the sense that both child trafficking networks were covered up by state and federal authorities and the mainstream media has been complicit, because it never demanded justice for the children whose lives had been disfigured. I started investigating the Epstein network in 2012, when I acquired his “Little Black Book”—seven years before the case broke nationally. I pitched an article on the Little Black Book for three years to mainstream media outlets, but, like The Franklin Scandal, my pitches were met with unbridled skepticism and incredulity. In 2015, finally, Gawker published the Little Black Book and accompanying articles. I found it ironic that Gawker, considered to be the mean kids in the media, had the fortitude to publish a story about children whose lives have been disfigured with impunity, whereas media outlets ostensibly immersed in integrity had rejected the story.
His latest book, The Truth About Watergate: A Tale of Extraordinary Lies and Liars, details the false narrative that our history books have imparted about the infamous Watergate affair.
ABOUT PETER SHINN…
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Pete Shinn has an extensive background in the U.S. Air Force as a trainer, journalist, and adult educator. He also served as an executive officer for the Continental NORAD Region Air Operations Center, and as a liaison between the Secretary of the Air Force and U.S. Senate Appropriators.
Beginning in 1989, Shinn began providing interactive diversity and inclusion training to Air Force audiences. In 2008, Shinn was selected to provide leadership, communications, problem solving, and critical thinking skills training at the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School. In 2010, he deployed with the Iowa National Guard to provide agricultural training to farmers in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province.
After returning from Afghanistan, he provided interactive training on the intersection between agriculture and national defense to a variety of organizations, including the National Agri-Marketing Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Pork Board, and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, among others. Pete retired from the Air Force in October 2020 after 36 years of service. He is currently a co-creator at Shinnfluence LLC, a family media and training business.
Pete’s major military awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and the U.S. Army Combat Action Badge. His major civilian awards include the 1998 Nebraska Broadcaster’s Association Gold Service to Agriculture Award, the National Association of Farm Broadcasting President’s Award in 2004 and 2005, and an Emmy Award in 2012 for Best Military Program.
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