Epstein Shutdown: When Releasing the Files Costs More than Closing the Government
Epstein Shutdown
When Releasing the Files Costs More than Closing the Government
Nick Bryant, the journalist who acquired and published Jeffrey Epstein’s Black Book and flight logs in 2015, is available for interviews to discuss what he calls the “hidden engine room” of current political behavior in Washington: the unresolved Epstein network, the discharge petition to release the remaining files, and the powerful interests demanding silence.
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While the public sees headlines about budget battles, shutdown threats, and inter-party fighting, Bryant points to a much more specific catalyst: Representative Thomas Massie’s discharge petition to force the release of the Epstein files. Massie is one of the few members of Congress openly pushing to make the full records public — names, movements, communications, and institutional enablers.
In response, President Donald Trump is now aggressively raising money for Massie’s primary opponent in Kentucky. On the surface, Trump and Massie are aligned ideologically. So why target him? Bryant argues the answer is straightforward: Massie is threatening to detonate political relationships that cross party lines — including Trump’s.
Bryant notes that Trump has repeatedly shifted his explanations for his relationship with Epstein over the years. If Massie succeeds in forcing full disclosure, the narrative is no longer controlled. That risk appears to be shaping high-level political behavior — including the leverage games driving the shutdown.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s continuing refusal to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva fits the same pattern: reduce the votes available to support Massie’s discharge effort. Johnson has made erratic and contradictory statements before — including suggesting Trump had once served as an FBI informant — but Bryant warns the real story is strategic, not emotional. It’s about numbers. It’s about pressure. It’s about the vote count.
Bryant says: “The Epstein scandal didn’t disappear — it metastasized into political currency.”
This isn’t speculation. Bryant has the archives, the logs, and the paper trail. He has reported on networks of elite abuse, cover-ups, and intelligence intersections for two decades. And he is one of the few voices who can explain how the Epstein files are actively shaping legislative maneuvering right now — including the shutdown strategy.
Nick Bryant is available for TV, radio, print, and podcasts immediately.
Relevant Article(s):
President Donald Trump Demands Jeffrey Epstein-Obsessed GOP Congressman Thomas Massie Be Removed
Lawsuits could finally expose Jeffrey Epstein’s network as Congress continues stalling – Raw Story
Republicans refuse to swear in Adelita Grijalva, delaying Jeffrey Epstein petition
The Alpha & Omega of Jeffrey Epstein
The Epstein Scandal Explained – Epstein Justice
Optional Q&A:
- What is the connection between Thomas Massie’s discharge petition to release the Epstein files and the sudden surge of political pressure being applied against him?
- Why would Donald Trump, who has aligned with Massie on most policy issues, go out of his way to raise money for Massie’s primary opponent?
- Do you believe Trump’s motivations are ideological, strategic, or rooted in personal risk tied to what the unreleased Epstein files may contain?
- How does Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva impact the vote count on the discharge petition?
- To what extent is the current government shutdown being driven or influenced by efforts to suppress the Epstein files?
- How much of Congress, in your estimation, is vulnerable to political, personal, or reputational fallout if the remaining Epstein records are made public?
- What do the Epstein flight logs and black book that you released in 2015 still not reveal — and what remains sealed that could fundamentally change the public’s understanding?
- Is the Epstein scandal ultimately about individual crimes, or is it about a system of leverage and control that continues to operate inside government today?
ABOUT NICK BRYANT…
Nick Bryant is an investigative journalist and director of www.EpsteinJustice.com 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 is the Associate Director of www.EpsteinJustice.com and 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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