Key Takeaways
- No Trump Connection: Barr told investigators he never saw evidence linking President Trump to Epstein.
- Biden’s Silence Speaks Volumes: If anything existed, Barr said the Biden administration “would have leaked it.”
- Focus on Government Failures: Comer’s probe centers on DOJ incompetence and accountability, not political theater.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer isn’t wasting time. His committee is digging into the federal government’s botched handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case—and Monday’s star witness was none other than former Attorney General Bill Barr.
Barr, who served under President Trump, shot down media fantasies about Trump being tied to Epstein’s sordid world. “He said that he had never seen anything that would implicate President Trump in any of this, and that he believed if there had been anything pertaining to President Trump with respect to the Epstein list, that he felt like the Biden administration would probably have leaked it out,” Comer told reporters.
That’s the crux of it: if Democrats had dirt, you’d have heard about it before Election Day. Barr confirmed he never saw a so-called “client list” and never had conversations with Trump about one. Democrats in the room, of course, tried to spin the moment as Republicans being “too soft,” but Comer fired back, calling their posturing “unfortunate” and political.
Barr also revisited Epstein’s suspicious 2019 jailhouse death, calling it a “perfect storm of screw-ups,” not foul play. He insisted he personally reviewed the security tapes, which showed no intruders entering Epstein’s cell that night. Translation: the scandal is about incompetence, not conspiracy theories implicating Trump.
This isn’t just about Epstein. It’s about accountability in government. How did one of the most high-profile prisoners in America slip through the cracks of a New York jail? Comer’s probe promises to expose not just what happened, but how federal agencies handled—or mishandled—the fallout.
And while Democrats throw stones, Republicans are pulling back the curtain on a system that too often protects elites while average Americans would face full justice. Epstein is gone, but the rot in government oversight remains.