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[**Wag the dog, for those that may be unaware**](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120885/)– **Except, for real. Could the US and Israel attack Iran?**

**Multiple times as a matter of fact**

[WSJ](https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?mod=hp_lead_pos1)

> **When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called [a “truckload” of documents](https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/doj-jeffrey-epstein-documents-7da298dc?mod=article_inline) related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times-**

**The meeting took place in May of this year.**

##### [Justice department told Trump in May that his name is in the Epstein files – WSJ](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/23/donald-trump-administration-deportations-china-unesco-trade-talks-us-politics-latest-updates-news)

> “When justice department officials reviewed what attorney general **Pam Bondi** called a ‘truckload’ of documents related to **Jeffrey Epstein** earlier this year, ***they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times,”*** [the Wall Street Journal is reporting](https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038?mod=hp_lead_pos1), citing senior administration officials.

[**Reuters**](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-was-told-he-is-epstein-files-wall-street-journal-reports-2025-07-23/)

> **The disclosure about Trump’s appearance in the Justice Department’s records on the case threatened to deepen a political crisis that has engulfed his administration for weeks. Some Trump supporters for years have fanned conspiracy theories about Epstein’s clients and the circumstances of his 2019 death in prison**

**Trump’s name appearing in the files should not come as a surprise. Friends for years. Both running “modelling” agencies. It’s been reported Melania knew Epstein prior to meeting Trump. So his name being in the files should have been expected.**

**What happens now?**

**As I’d stated in the flashback reposted here earlier today::**

> [Flashback 2019: More Intersecting Strands: Epstein, Safra, the Maxwell’s and more Oligarchs](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/07/23/flashback-2019-more-intersecting-strands-epstein-safra-the-maxwells-and-more-oligarchs/)



> ***The Trump campaign machine played the Epstein episode to their advantage- Or so they thought? Presenting themselves, through their influencers & Trump himself as a sort of bringers of justice. It’s one thing to run a campaign on that. It’s quite another to govern after having done so.***

***There is talk that Pam Bondi is going to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell.** **We’ll she spill the beans, entirely? Or will Ghislaine give the Trump administration the out they need? In exchange for her “get out of jail” free card?***