The Domino Effect: When they start falling, they’re hard to stop.

By Rob C.

Art by Matt Wuerker

TL;DR: Another British elite just got arrested thanks to the Epstein files, while Pam Bondi erects a massive wall of orange-tinted redaction tape and is working overtime to scrub records—including a woman’s sworn testimony that Trump sexually assaulted her at 13. Corporate media claims there’s “no evidence” of Trump’s crimes, ignoring his own words: bragging about walking into teen dressing rooms, talking about dating his daughter, calling Epstein a “terrific guy” who likes women “on the younger side,” and the Access Hollywood tape where he admits to sexual assault. Lex Wexner’s lawyers are coaching him through depositions to avoid accidentally telling the truth, but the dominoes are falling. The cover-up continues, but cracks are forming. The dam will break. Let’s hope it’s in time for real consequences.

They say you can tell a lot about a country by who it throws in jail. In the United Kingdom, the Epstein files have become a righteous scythe. On February 19th—his 66th birthday, no less—Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of sharing state secrets with Jeffrey Epstein. A few days later, former ambassador Peter Mandelson followed him into the back of a police van. The British system, for all its faults, has decided that even “The Invisible Man” (Andrew’s email handle) isn’t above the law.

Meanwhile, back in the Land of the Free, we have Pam “Nothing to See Here” Bondi and Trump’s Justice Department are working overtime to make sure the dominoes stop falling before they reach the Oval Office.

The Cover-Up Continues

While our cousins across the pond are cleaning house, NPR just dropped a bombshell reporting that the U.S. Justice Department has been caught “sanitizing” the public record. According to the report, the DOJ has withheld or removed 53 pages of interview notes and FBI serials that specifically mention Donald Trump. One of those scrubbed records? A 2019 FBI interview with a woman, whose sworn testimony accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 years old. In 1983, Epstein introduced her to Trump, at an Epstein party, who then allegedly attempted to assault her. According to the file, she accidentally bit him, prompting Trump to punch her in the head.. With witnesses. With details. With a credible, consistent account that was filed in federal court and then mysteriously vanished from public records after Trump’s people got involved.

Pam Bondi, who took a $25,000 donation from Trump and made his fraud investigation disappear in Florida, is now running the Justice Department and personally overseeing which Epstein files get released and which get buried forever.

Gee, I wonder how that’s going to turn out.

And yet, the corporate media continues to drone on about a “lack of evidence.” If by “lack of evidence” they mean “evidence currently being held hostage in a DOJ basement by the guy’s hand-picked Attorney General,” then sure.

But here’s the thing: we don’t need the sealed files to know Trump is a predator. He’s told us. Repeatedly. On camera. In interviews. With his own words.

Let’s review the greatest hits, shall we?

On his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein:
“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

The younger side. He said the quiet part out loud. In a magazine interview. And we’re supposed to pretend that’s not a confession?

On walking into Miss Teen USA dressing rooms:
He bragged: “I’ll go backstage before a show, and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men are anywhere. And I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant. And therefore I’m inspecting it… Is everyone OK? You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible-looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”

Multiple Miss Teen USA contestants confirmed this happened. They were teenagers. Some as young as 15. And Trump walked in while they were changing, leered at them, and then bragged about it on Howard Stern’s show.

On his infant daughter Ivanka:
When Ivanka was a baby, Trump appeared on a talk show and was asked what features she had from each parent. Trump said, “Well, I think she’s got a lot of Marla, she’s a really beautiful baby. She’s got Marla’s legs. We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet,” gesturing to his chest, “but time will tell.”

He sexualized his infant daughter on national television. He speculated about her future breast size. And people watched this and still voted for him.

On Ivanka as an adult:
“Yeah, she’s really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren’t happily married and, ya know, her father...”

He said that if he weren’t her father, he’d date her. Multiple times. On multiple shows. And we’re supposed to pretend this is normal?

The Access Hollywood tape:
“I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ‘em by the pussy. You can do anything.”

He described sexual assault. He admitted to it. He bragged about it. And half the country decided that was fine because at least he wasn’t Hillary Clinton.

Lex Wexner: Coaching Through the Truth

Meanwhile, billionaire Les Wexner—Epstein’s mentor, benefactor, and the man who gave Epstein power of attorney over his entire fortune—sat for a deposition about his relationship with Epstein. His lawyers spent the entire time coaching him on how to avoid telling anything close to the truth. “I don’t recall.” “I’m not sure.” “That’s not how I remember it.” Every question met with evasion, deflection, and carefully parsed non-answers designed to avoid perjury while revealing nothing. A lawyer, who was caught on a hot mic saying, “I’m going to f---ing kill you if you answer another question with more than five words.” It turns out that the truth is this radioactive to the Epstein Class.

Unlike in the UK, where elites are starting to face consequences, America’s corrupt justice system is letting Trump and the Epstein class skate free. No investigations. No charges. No accountability.

The Justice Department that’s supposed to investigate these crimes is run by a woman who owes her career to Trump. The FBI that’s supposed to pursue predators is led by Kash Patel, whose main qualification is promising to prosecute Trump’s enemies. The courts that are supposed to deliver justice are stacked with Trump loyalists who view their job as protecting him from accountability.

The system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed—to protect the powerful and punish everyone else.

The Media’s Complicity

Corporate media keeps running the same script: “No evidence connects Trump to Epstein’s crimes.”

Except: Multiple victims named Trump in testimony. Court documents detail Trump at Epstein parties. Flight logs show Trump on Epstein’s planes. Witnesses place Trump at Epstein’s properties. Trump’s own statements admit to predatory behavior. A 13-year-old’s sworn testimony was scrubbed from public record.

But sure, “no evidence.” Just like there was “no evidence” of Trump’s business fraud until New York convicted him on 34 counts. Just like there was “no evidence” of his tax evasion until his returns leaked. Just like there was “no evidence” of anything until someone forced the truth into daylight despite his best efforts to bury it.

The Dam Is Cracking

But here’s the beautiful, terrifying, inevitable truth: the cover-up can’t hold forever.

Prince Andrew thought he was untouchable. He gave that disastrous BBC interview, denied everything, and assumed his royal status would protect him. Now he’s been arrested.

Other European elites are falling. The dominoes are toppling. Each arrest emboldens the next investigation. Each revealed document leads to more questions. Each crack in the wall weakens the entire structure.

Trump and his cronies are playing defense, but they can’t plug every leak. They can’t silence every witness. They can’t hide 2.5 million pages of documents forever. Eventually—inevitably—the dam will break.

The question isn’t whether the truth comes out. The question is whether it comes out in time for real consequences.

Will Trump still be alive when the files are released? Will he still be in power? Will he have successfully transformed America into an authoritarian state where evidence doesn’t matter and the law only applies to his enemies?

We Can’t Wait for the System to Fix Itself

The system isn’t going to hold Trump accountable on its own. It’s run by his appointees, funded by his donors, and protected by his lawyers. Pam Bondi isn’t going to release the files. Kash Patel isn’t going to investigate (he’s busy spending our money on hockey parties).

The cover-up continues, but the cracks are forming. More dominoes will fall. More predators will face consequences. The wall protecting the Epstein class is crumbling, one arrest at a time.

The dam will break.

Let’s just hope it happens before Trump finishes consolidating power and makes sure it never does.

F*CK ICE. RELEASE ALL THE FILES!

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Robert Cain, author of “Democracy for Sale: How Corporate Greed Is Corrupting Democracy and Endangering the Planet”