Untouchable: Trump, Epstein, and the Absolute Immunity Strategy
He won’t be prosecuted. He won’t be impeached. The only threat is the truth reaching the public.
Although Trump appears harassed and disgruntled by media attention and public scrutiny, he isn’t nearly as worried about the repercussions of his Epstein ties as you might think. His discomfort and the frantic efforts by his sycophants to rewrite history, stem more from the inconvenience of having to concoct diversions and protect the MAGA myths he’s carefully cultivated than from any fear of legal consequences.
What Trump is NOT worried about is being criminally charged for any involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s pedophilia and sex-trafficking network. That’s because the Supreme Court has now granted him absolute immunity for criminal acts committed as part of his presidential duties. And that has opened the door to a wide range of options to make the Epstein problem disappear.
After his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. But on July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority ruled that the actions behind those charges were protected as official presidential conduct, and thus immune from prosecution. 1 Trump’s attorney went so far as to argue that a president couldn’t even be charged if he ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival, and the Court didn’t reject the premise. 2 The ruling marked a stunning capitulation by the six Heritage Foundation-aligned justices,3 and my personal realization that Project 2025 was no longer a hypothetic; it had already begun.
During Trump’s first term, some of his worst impulses were restrained by patriots who, however imperfect, still felt loyalty to the Constitution. That is no longer the case. The architects of Project 2025 began preparing in 2023, quietly vetting ideological loyalists ahead of a possible Republican victory. 4 Russell Vought and Stephen Miller, now effectively running large swaths of the federal government, have filled key roles with individuals who embrace their goal of replacing American democracy5 with the so-called “unitary executive” model outlined in the Project 2025 playbook. 6
Thousands of career federal employees have been purged to eliminate potential dissenters. 7And, with the removal of the traditional separation between the White House and the Department of Justice, there is no independent mechanism left to investigate misconduct by the president or by those who carry out his orders. We have already seen Attorney General Pam Bondi and her inner circle take extreme measures to shield Trump and protect the Project 2025 agenda. 8
So no, Donald Trump is not concerned about criminal charges related to Epstein. Nor does he fear impeachment, especially with a majority Republican-controlled Congress. The frightening truth is that he can simply order his loyalists to carry out any illegal action, and they will all be shielded from accountability.
Let’s break that down:
Fabricate evidence? ✔️
Wipe out evidence? ✔️
Murder a witness? ✔️
Bribe election and government officials to change election results? ✔️
Incite an insurrection? ✔️
Assassinate a political rival? ✔️
Trump can pursue any number of measures to bury the Epstein scandal, without fear of prosecution. And, if he uses criminal tactics to ensure Republican victories in the midterms, he doesn’t even need to fear impeachment, because the Heritage-aligned Supreme Court has already ruled that “election interference” is not a crime if ordered by the president. 9
That’s why vigilance is no longer optional. It’s a civic imperative! We cannot afford to be lulled into complacency just because the machinery of accountability has been dismantled. It’s up to us - citizens, journalists, whistleblowers, and everyday truth-tellers - to document, expose, and resist the abuses of power happening in plain sight. We must refuse to let history record lies as fact, and we must challenge the illusion of invincibility surrounding Trump and his enablers. If we fail to call out the corruption, to amplify the truth, and to mobilize against the tactics that keep this regime in power, we risk normalizing authoritarianism by default.
Silence is complicity. Awareness is resistance. And public exposure is our best remaining tool. Together, we can turn back authoritarianism!
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