Tim Kaine says Bill Clinton 'should address' photos in Epstein files: Full interview - NBC News

[TexasTowelie]

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) reacts to the partial release of the Epstein files, which included multiple photos of former President Bill Clinton, and criticizes the Trump administration’s military advances in Venezuela.

[Alpeduez21]

1. Capitulating homunculus says what?

Go after a washed up politician but won’t protect healthcare. Guess if all you can reach is low hanging fruit that’s what you go for

[dutch777]

2. Old news and to what end? Bill is probably the least of most people's surprises in the Epstein files.

I suppose if people equivocate Clinton to Trump as the representatives of Dems and Repugs within the Epstein sphere, you can say Bill should speak to it. (Although at the time of the Trump/Epstein connection, Trump was claiming himself a Dem). But Bill's likely claims of ignorance and innocence vis a vis Epstein's dark side will likely fall as flat as many others. For most people, it will likely make no nevermind and certainly so to the loyalist MAGA base who probably secretly, or not so secretly, envy Trump's naughty boy ways in all things.

[rampartd]

3. clinton should either sue them all for defamation

or, and this is my first choice. STFU

'don't ask me ask trump. he knows everybody in those files."

[Bobstandard]

4. The headline of the NBC clip and this post unfairly characterize what Kaine said.

Kaine correctly spends most of his Epstein remarks condeming Trump and his administration for hiding the Epstein files. His Clinton comment was essentially began a pivot back to Trump and the DOJ.

I think Kaine is wrong about not persuing contempt charges for the minimal release and overly redacted files. He and other Democrats should at east be loudly threatening contempt both to put the fear of God into administration officials and to simply make tough sounding headlines. Saying there are other avenues—which we have seen not working in the past—is lame, old school Democratic comity speech that doesn’t help.

[Wiz Imp]

5. Kaine is an idiot. There is nothing to explain.

Clinton is in some pictures. Big fucking deal. Get back to me when you identify one scintilla of evidence he did anything wrong.

[oldmanlynn]

6. This would be a stupid maneuver

What would happen is if Bill Clinton did this then he would be the only guy talking and he would be the face of the scandal. Tim kaines suggestion is stupid.

[Cirsium]

7. He did - see edit

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On edit: Watching the video now (which I should have done before I posted) I can see that the headline is very misleading. Kaine did not throw Clinton under the bus, in my opinion. My bad.

Clinton did "address" the issue.

“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton.This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be.”

"There are two types of people here. The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after. We’re in the first. No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially MAGA, expects answers, not scapegoats."

Clinton’s spokesperson Angel Ureña

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/bill-clinton-white-house-epstein-files

Tim Kaine should STFU.

[NotHardly]

9. Yes, Bill did & yes Kaine STFU

[KPN]

8. Not a fan of Tim Kaine -- this only cements that for me. He didn't by any way focus his comments on Cllinton, but

nevertheless. He strikes me as one of those "holier than thou" goody-two-shoe folks.

[BeyondGeography]

10. Tired as hell of defending Bill Clinton

I’ve played along for 30 some-odd years just like the rest of you. Kaine is correct; he’s on his own this time. We’ve got much more important things to do.