The Epstein Files will eventually prove to be the most politically defective hand grenade in recent memory. Everyone who picks it up as a weapon has eventually had it explode in their own faces. The Trump administration has already learned that lesson the hard way.
Now, apparently, it's the Democrats' turn. After demanding the release of all material related to the investigations of Jeffrey Epstein, they are about to find out why one should be careful about what one wishes for. It turns out that Democrats kept engaging with Epstein long after his plea deal for sex crimes in 2007. One e-mail connects a Democrat fundraising group's efforts on behalf of Hakeem Jeffries and Epstein himself in 2013 (via Twitchy):
BREAKING - A newly revealed email shows Democrat-funding group Dynamic SRG contacting Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 to promote then freshman Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, calling him “Brooklyn’s Barack,” while urging Epstein to support a major Democratic fundraising push. pic.twitter.com/LhSBjOI4yb
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) November 16, 2025
That has reminded some of an earlier revelation from almost two years ago about the Pritzker family. The cousin of Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker got named by one of the victims in the investigation:
Wait?!
— C3 (@C_3C_3) November 17, 2025
This is Governor Pritzker’s cousin Tom Pritzker?
Poor Virginia Giuffre testified she was with him once.
Another major Democrat implicated.
This might explain JB Pritzker’s unhinged hate for President Trump.
This will not work out the way the Dems and media thought… pic.twitter.com/FwYrkL4dpb
The story on Tom Pritzker came out during the 2023-24 holiday doldrums, and has been mainly forgotten since. A federal judge had ordered the release of Epstein investigation documents, and this story emerged shortly after New Year's Day:
There is no ambiguity. pic.twitter.com/WtRcc4Z2Aj
— I Love America News (@ILA_NewsX) November 17, 2025
Hyatt Hotels billionaire Thomas Pritzker, a cousin of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, is among the names of more than 100 people connected to Jeffrey Epstein in documents made public on Wednesday, following a federal judge's December ruling that the information be unsealed. ...
In a deposition, Giuffre accused Thomas Pritzker, a Chicago businessman and Hyatt Hotels executive chairman, of serious sexual allegations, naming him as one of several men she was trafficked to have sex with.
A spokesperson for Pritzker told Reuters that Pritzker "continues to vehemently deny" the allegation.
Gov. JB Pritzker's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the documents listing his cousin.
Furthermore, Tom Pritzker's contact with Epstein continued until at least 2016. An email exchange shows JB's cousin discussing James Comey, Bill Clinton, and disgraced financier Marc Rich:
They were buddies. pic.twitter.com/E2aNe4IwNq
— Patsy (@Patsy3217091888) November 17, 2025
So let's recap. The Pritzker family -- who provide massive amounts of resources for Democrats and progressives, and now hold the governor's office in Illinois -- kept close contact with a known and notorious sex trafficker for years after his conviction in Florida. Democrat fundraisers tried to woo Epstein to support their candidates, including the current House Democrat caucus leader, who has been lecturing everyone on the moral stain of Epstein. It's exactly the kind of hypocritical projection that has left everyone else vulnerable to the Epstein grenade.
Allow me a prediction: We will shortly find plenty of material that will implicate fundraisers and organizers, plus Epstein's connections on both sides of the political divide -- at least until Donald Trump's first-term DoJ initiated a new prosecution of Epstein that finally took him and eventually Ghislaine Maxwell down. I'd guess that these revelations will embarrass Democrats more than Republicans, given Epstein's political connections, but I won't be surprised if there are some on both sides. I'll also predict that no one of any real political standing will be directly implicated, because those connections would almost certainly have leaked waaaaay before now.
In the meantime, the real entertainment will come from watching people continue to pick up the Epstein grenade. I think we're gonna need some reinforcements out here ...
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