DNC targets Republicans with ads calling for Epstein files’ release
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching digital ads targeting a dozen Republican-held House districts, calling for the release of files related to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
One ad features Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) calling the controversy a “serious issue” and saying that the highest volume of calls to her office have concerned the Epstein files, while another calls out the House GOP with the caption “House Republicans shut down Congress to bury the truth.”
A clip of President Trump standing next to Epstein plays in the background of the latter.
Both ads tell viewers to call their representatives and demand that the Epstein files are released.
Momentum had been building among Democrats and some Republicans for Congress to vote to force the Trump administration to release the documents related to the case. But House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the body would start its summer recess a day early as Democrats sought to force votes in the Rules Committee to release the files, dividing Republicans.
Democrats have sought to use the lingering controversy as a way to go on offense against Trump and the Republican Party, accusing them of protecting pedophiles. The topic of the Epstein files has received significant national attention for a few weeks since the Justice Department memo stating the Epstein didn’t have a “client list,” as has been alleged, and that the department wouldn’t release additional documents to protect alleged victims.
Trump has expressed frustration at the continued focus on Epstein and called for people to move on, but The Wall Street Journal report that Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump that his name appears in the files added a new dimension to the controversy. Being named in the files is not itself an indication of any wrongdoing.
Democrats have sought to use the opportunity to go on attack and keep attention on the story.
“Democrats are going to continue to hold the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress accountable for their failure to release the Epstein files and the cover-up that we are witnessing in real time,” said Tim Hogan, the DNC’s senior adviser for messaging, mobilization and strategy. “The American people deserve full transparency, and Donald Trump and his sycophantic enablers are twisting themselves in knots trying to distort the truth.”