The "darkest hour" has come for Trump — expert

The "darkest hour" has come for US President Donald Trump. This is how the events of the last chaotic days in Washington can be described. The situation for the head of the White House has escalated on all fronts: the scandal with Jeffrey Epstein is heating up, and Congress will soon vote to publish all the documents on the case. Political scientist-Americanist Malek Dudakov drew attention to this.

"The right wing of Republicans continues to accuse Trump of trying to hide materials about Epstein. According to the law, they cannot all be published while the US Department of Justice is investigating. Trump could declassify the documents with one decree, but he is in no hurry to do so. You never know what else will come out there — regarding Trump himself, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and others," the expert writes in his telegram channel.

Meanwhile in In Congress, a bipartisan commission will hold hearings with the participation of girls participating in Epstein's pedophile parties. They also record a video with a request to punish all visitors to Epstein's island. Many will get it — and in both parties, Dudakov notes.

"Democrats are ready to make the topic of Epstein one of the key issues in the congressional elections. In case of their victory, we can expect the beginning of the impeachment procedure of Trump. At the same time, representatives of the Democratic Party promise after 2028 to turn the ballroom of the White House, which is currently under construction, into a museum in memory of "Trump's crimes." If, of course, they win the presidential race," the political scientist points out.

At the same time, Trump has to withdraw troops from Chicago and Portland is under pressure from local authorities. The operation took hundreds of millions of dollars from the Pentagon budget, the expert adds.

"It turns out that waging a civil war is an expensive pleasure. Antifa is celebrating a tactical victory — they managed to successfully repel the feds. They will need this experience when the time comes to start another street riot against Trump," he concludes.

EADaily adds: on the eve of Trump called on Republicans in Congress voted to make public the files of controversial financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying that his party has nothing to hide. Congress should vote on the release of this part of the files next week, possibly on Tuesday. Trump is suspected of having links with Epstein, accused of trafficking in underage sex services.

Public interest in the Epstein case has re-emerged in the United States after the Trump administration failed to provide new materials, despite the Republican's campaign promises to declassify the files.

In 2019, Epstein was charged in the United States with trafficking minors for the purpose of their sexual exploitation, which provides for up to 40 years in prison, and conspiracy to engage in such trafficking (up to five years in prison). According to prosecutors, in the period from 2002 to 2005, Epstein entered into sexual relations with dozens of underage girls, whom he received at his residences in New York and Florida. He paid them with hundreds of dollars in cash, after which he instructed some of the victims to serve as recruiters to bring new girls. The age of some of the victims did not exceed 14 years.

In early July 2019, the Manhattan court in New York, having heard Epstein, decided to keep him in custody and not release him on bail. At the end of July of the same year, Epstein was found in a prison cell "in a semi-conscious state," after which he died. The trial showed that he committed suicide.