"The Dog That Hasn't Barked"

Mackenzie Sheldon | Contributing Author

Office Workers Holding File Binders and Netbooks / Photo by 'GroundPicture', licensed by Envato.com

Photographs of President Donald Trump and Jefferey Epstein have resurfaced, dating back to the 90s and early 2000s, and demands for the U.S. Government to release the Epstein files have now gone international. We want answers. On November 12th, over 20,000 emails were released to the public by lawmakers, proving an undeniable friendship between the two. 

Trump consistently dismisses questions regarding his questionable ties to Epstein, almost seeming exhausted of hearing about it. Most of what we know from him is that he denies any knowledge of Epstein's Sex trafficking scheme. “Release The Files” has been an ongoing declaration, trending on social media, and even written on signs held up by protesters. If Trump truly is innocent, the files would show no evidence of his involvement in the scandal, thereby clearing his name. Withholding this information only leaves the people to question him more.

One of the emails released was a message Epstein wrote to himself, just months before committing suicide in prison. It fully contradicts Trump's previous statement, with the Washington Post stating, “Trump knew of it.... and came to my house many times during that period.” (Washington Post)

In another email between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, a woman who was convicted of sex trafficking underage girls for Epstein, spending 20 years behind bars, states, "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him."(Washington Post)

Within the following hours of the release, the House Republicans launched counter documents stating that the emails released were “a Democratic effort to “cherry-pick” documents' and “an attempt to create a fake narrative to slander President Trump". (BBC)

With new documents being released, how can anyone be 100% confident that Trump was not involved?