Invisible Elephants: Establishment Republicans Smearing Their Own To Keep the Files Sealed?
The Government Shutdown has a hidden dynamic at play. There is an elephant in the room, but it may be invisible. There is a very public “ethics” controversy being pushed right now against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) over an alleged airport incident between her and TSA / police. But the volume and speed at which Republican Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham have amplified the story raises a far more important question: Why now? Why are two senior South Carolina Republicans escalating a narrative designed to isolate and weaken a member of their own delegation?
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The answer may very well be the discharge petition to force the release of the Epstein files.
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Rep. Mace is one of four Republican members — alongside Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) — who have not backed down from demanding full transparency on Epstein’s network, its protectors, and its beneficiaries. This petition bypasses committee chairs and leadership protection structures. If just a few additional Republicans sign, it forces a floor vote. No more delays. No more hiding. Names, logs, associations — in daylight.
That is the real “threat.”
The airport story is a pressure play — standard Capitol Hill mechanics. You don’t need to flip all four members standing behind the petition. You just need to peel off one. If even one steps back under pressure, the momentum collapses. And with likely incoming Rep. Adelita Grijalva adding a Democratic vote, the numbers tighten further.
This is where Jim Renacci and Nick Bryant each offers separate, though complementary viewpoints.
Nick Bryant, founder of Epstein Justice, was the investigative journalist who published Epstein’s black book in 2015. He is positioned to explain the architecture of the network, how the protection worked, who benefited, and why establishment figures — in both parties — still fear sunlight.
Jim Renacci, former U.S. Congressman, is uniquely qualified to explain the internal mechanics: leadership pressure, donor leverage, committee threats, and why some Republicans are working harder to suppress the release of the Epstein files than Democrats. He can explain what is happening behind the curtain — how these pressure campaigns are coordinated, who directs them, and how narrative attacks are deployed.
Complicating this further are new revelations from Epstein survivor Juliette Bryant, who has reported not only sexual trafficking and abuse, but psychological and medical experimentation. The stakes here are not political theater — they are moral, legal, and historic.
This is not about an airport. It is about who fears the truth.
Nick Bryant is available for TV, radio, print, and podcasts immediately.
Renacci has limited availability. For inquiries, contact BOOKINGS@SpecialGuests.com
Relevant Article(s):
The Alpha & Omega of Jeffrey Epstein
The Epstein Scandal Explained – Epstein Justice
Optional Q&A:
- What do we actually know about the coordinated push against Rep. Nancy Mace, and why is it happening now?
- How does the discharge petition process work, and why is it so threatening to congressional leadership?
- What role are Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham playing in shaping or amplifying pressure on members of their own party?
- How common is it for leadership to use personal smears or orchestrated controversies to peel support away from a critical vote?
- What makes the release of the Epstein files so uniquely dangerous to both political parties?
- How does Nick Bryant’s work in publishing Epstein’s black book inform our understanding of the network and its protectors?
- From the vantage point of someone who served in Congress, what pressure tactics are likely being used behind closed doors against members like Mace, Massie, Greene, and Boebert?
- How do new revelations from Juliette Bryant about psychological and medical abuse change the stakes of transparency and accountability?
ABOUT JIM RENACCI…
On a wave of Tea Party sentiment in 2010, Renacci ran for U.S. Congress in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District, taking on a well-funded Democratic incumbent. Jim won the election by 9 percent.
While in Congress (2011-2019), Jim earned a reputation for being a principled conservative and effective legislator. He quickly rose through the ranks to serve on the Committee on Financial Services, as vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and as a member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. After just two years, Jim was named to the powerful Ways and Means Committees and Budget Committees.
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.
To Schedule an interview with Nick, send an email to Bookings@SpecialGuests.com or call 512-966-0983
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