REPUBLICAN CALLS IT THE "EPSTEIN ADMINISTRATION" - Decoding The Rhetoric

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A Republican congressman just went on national television and said something no Republican has dared to say out loud about Donald Trump.

“This is the Epstein administration.”

That wasn’t a Democrat. That wasn’t MSNBC. That was Rep. Thomas Massie, a conservative Republican from Kentucky, on ABC’s This Week.

Massie says the Trump DOJ is illegally redacting powerful names from the Epstein files while exposing victims. He says at least six “likely incriminated” men were hidden in just two hours of review. He says documents were taken down before Congress could examine them. And after pushing for transparency, he posted publicly: “I am not suicidal.”

Meanwhile, Trump called him a “moron” at the National Prayer Breakfast, backed his primary challenger, and attacked his wife.

So why is a Republican accusing a Republican president of protecting the “Epstein class”?

In this video, we break down:

The “Epstein administration” quote from ABC

What Massie and Ro Khanna found inside the unredacted files

The six names that were allegedly hidden

The DOJ redactions that appear to violate the law Trump signed

Trump’s escalating attacks on Massie

The “I am not suicidal” post and why it matters

Why other Republicans are now speaking out

This is unprecedented. Republican vs Republican. On national TV. Over the Epstein files.

Watch. Share. And decide for yourself. - 02/15/2026.