Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said the Jeffrey Epstein scandal could surpass Watergate and Iran-Contra in scale, noting that the case spans multiple presidential administrations and involves a broad group of individuals.
Massie made the remarks during an appearance on Kibbe on Liberty while discussing the Justice Department’s latest release of Epstein-related documents, which totaled roughly 3 million pages, according to a DOJ announcement.
The Justice Department released the files following public requests for transparency surrounding Epstein’s criminal network. Massie noted that the release does not clearly identify alleged participants while potentially disclosing information about victims.
“Historically, when we look back at the Epstein scandal, it’s gonna be bigger than Watergate,” Massie said. “It’s gonna be bigger than Iran-Contra… It spans four administrations. It’s deeper than any political thing on the surface.”
.@RepThomasMassie: "Historically, when we look back at the Epstein scandal, it's going to be bigger than Watergate, and bigger than Iran-Contra…it's longer in time, and involved multiple administrations, and that's why we have to get to the bottom of it."
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Massie compared the Epstein case with earlier political scandals, observing that Watergate and Iran-Contra involved a finite number of officials, while Epstein’s network appears to involve a larger group of people whose full extent is not yet known.
“Here we have what seems to be almost an infinite number of people involved with Jeffrey Epstein, and at least we don’t even know yet how many there were in the criminal enterprise or the seedy part of it,” he said.
Massie described the current state of public attention on Epstein as a cycle of mutual finger-pointing among prominent individuals, referencing a popular Spider-Man meme in which identical characters point at each other.
“You’ve got all these billionaires pointing at each other,” he said. “‘You’re in the Epstein.’ ‘No, you’re in the Epstein.’ ‘No, you are in the Epstein files.’ ‘You went to the island. I didn’t go to the island.’”
Massie said the scale and duration of the Epstein network distinguish it from past scandals and emphasized that additional transparency is needed to understand the full scope.
“It’s a scandal that is longer in time, involved multiple administrations, and that’s why we have to get to the bottom of it,” he said.
