This is C.I.'s "The Snapshot:"
Thursday, July 31, 2025. Chump remains entangled with the late pedophile Epstein, a victim's family calls out the way he speaks of their late loved one, another Chump supporter is exposed as a pedophile, Senator Ron Wyden actually works to end crimes against children, Loose Lips Hegseth continues to flounder, and much more.
Agree 100% with Rebecca and her post "bobby scott's 78 and senile." Are there other issues beyond Epstein and Chump? There certainly are. Here we are giving serious attention to immigration. We put Loose Lips Hegseth on hold last week -- might pick him up this snapshot, might not. We're also covering the economy. It's all connected. Chump does not serve the American people. He mocks them and makes fun of them. He only serves the super wealthy. That's why the Epstein files are still not released. That's why the big ugly bill attacks the poor, the working class and the middle class while giving huge tax breaks to the super wealthy. His war on immigration is about the super wealthy as well.
It's the immigrants who are targeted. As he notes repeatedly, he keeps hearing from farming corporations and other big business about how they need immigrant workers. This doesn't lead him to order an investigation or arrests for those employing undocumented immigrants. No, they're free and remain free.
Here's one of the video reports on this issue from CBS NEWS.
On THE LAST HOUR WITH STEPHANIE RUHLE (MSNBC) last night, Stephanie and her guests discussed some of the latest developments in the Epstein scandal.
Two senior-level staffers from President Donald Trump's first administration are now saying the president's constantly shifting explanations on his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein suggest he's withholding significant details.
During the Wednesday episode of Jim Acosta's Substack show, the former CNN host interviewed both Olivia Troye and Miles Taylor, who served in the office of former Vice President Mike Pence and the Department of Homeland Security, respectively. Both agreed that Trump's continuously shifting story on his association with Epstein raise a number of red flags that merit further investigation.
Taylor — who famously authored the anonymous New York Times op-ed about the "resistance" inside the Trump White House — said that the endurance of the Epstein scandal in the media is likely weighing heavy on the president's mind. He further argued that Trump's recent suggestion that his name was "planted" in the Epstein files is a sign that he's "spiraling."
"He's getting really paranoid here," Taylor said. "There's no supporter of his that's going to buy the idea that his name was simply planted in the files given everything that's come out, given the revelations that Trump was briefed by his own attorney general that his name was really found in the files. And so he's getting really anxious here."
Troye agreed with Taylor's point, and made the argument that Trump wasn't "behaving like someone who is innocent." She further suggested that Trump's "lashing out" makes him look "really guilty."
And he appears to assist the guilty, doesn't he? The Deputy Attorney General goes to visit Maxwell for two days, visit her in prison, brings her some form of a gift in a box, offers her limited immunity, etc, etc. This is Epstein's partner. She's a pedophile. She engaged in the sex with children. She's a pedophile. She's a sex trafficker. And the administration goes out of their way to make nice with her but they're not speaking to any of the victims or the victims' families.
Khaleda Rahman (NEWSWEEK) notes:
The family of Virginia Giuffre has responded to President Donald Trump's recent comments about her.
The president told reporters on Tuesday that Jeffrey Epstein "stole" Giuffre, one of Epstein's most well-known accusers, from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where she worked in the summer of 2000 when she was 16. Giuffre died by suicide in April.
The family of Virginia Giuffre has responded to President Donald Trump's recent comments about her.
The president told reporters on Tuesday that Jeffrey Epstein "stole" Giuffre, one of Epstein's most well-known accusers, from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where she worked in the summer of 2000 when she was 16. Giuffre died by suicide in April.
Giuffre and her family didn't have money. Maxwell was raised in the lap of luxury. Who is Chump playing footsie with? The super wealthy. Always and forever.
In related news, Ailia Zehra reports:
Scott Soucek, from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was arrested last week, according to a report by The Daily Beast. He is accused of downloading hundreds of illicit images via a file‑sharing network.
Back in October, Scott posted on Facebook a list of roughly two dozen reasons why he intended to vote for Trump.
“I’m
voting to fight against human/child trafficking,” he wrote, adding that
he was voting “for my children and my grandchildren.”
More than fifteen years prior to that post, in 2009, Door County investigators examined his laptop after he admitted to downloading illegal images involving children, but for reasons that remain unexplained, the case was never sent to the district attorney’s office.
According to the report, the newly filed 12‑page criminal complaint describes graphic content that was allegedly downloaded in March of this year. It linked to an IP address believed to be associated with Soucek.
Soucek's wife, Stephanie Soucek, serves as chair of the Door County Republican Party and was a delegate at the 2024 Republican National Convention, per the report.
So instead of going to prison and being put on a sex offender registry in 2009, Soucek's influence and money got him a sweetheart deal. Just like Epstein's money and influence got him a sweetheart deal in 2008. Something about Chump certainly attract the pedophiles.
While Chump encourages the exploitation of children, Senator Ron Wyden works to end it:
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called for an immediate investigation of reports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has drastically diverted resources away from investigations into serious crimes against children, including child sexual abuse and human trafficking, in order to devote more resources to rounding up immigrants.
“Instead of locking up rapists, child predators and other violent criminals, Trump appears to be diverting investigators to target cooks, farm workers and students. Congress and the American people will not tolerate the Trump administration ignoring the ongoing sexual abuse of vulnerable children,” wrote Wyden in the letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) at DHS is responsible for investigating serious crimes, and is one of the leading agencies charged with investigating child sexual abuse materials online. The 7,000 HSI agents are supposed to focus on investigating drug smuggling, human trafficking, and child sex trafficking, among other crossborder criminal activities. According to DHS, HSI arrested over 3,000 individuals for crimes against children and rescued over 1,000 victims of child exploitation in 2020 alone.
Wyden’s letter cites a recent report published by the Atlantic, which stated that HSI “supervisors have waved agents off new cases so they have more time to make immigration-enforcement arrests,” and quoted one agent describing the impact: “No drug cases, no human trafficking, no child exploitation.”
Wyden has been a staunch advocate in the Senate for increasing resources for investigating sex trafficking and prosecuting predators to protect vulnerable children. In January 2024, Wyden introduced bipartisan legislation to protect children from online exploitation. In June 2024, he released information from his investigation into child abuse and neglect in youth residential treatment facilities across the United States. In September 2024, he urged existing authorities to protect and strengthen services for children susceptible to abuse enrolled in Medicaid in the child welfare program.
The full text of the letter is here.
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This morning, Ben (MEIDASTOUCH NEWS) discussed the many, many ways in which Donald Chump is failing the American people.
The email was labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” a classification level at which unauthorized disclosure could be expected to cause serious damage to U.S. national security. The “NOFORN” label means it also was not meant for anyone who is a foreign national, including senior officials of close allies of the United States.
Hegseth’s account on Signal shared similarly sensitive details with at least one other group chat that included his wife, Jennifer; his brother, Phil; and a personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, people familiar with the matter have said previously.
The situation could mark a test of whether Hegseth will follow through on past promises to allow the inspector general’s office to carry out its work independently. During his bruising confirmation process, Hegseth promised Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) that, if confirmed, he would commit to “protecting the DoD IG’s independence,” according to a copy of the questionnaire reviewed by The Post.
Days after Trump returned to office, he fired the Defense Department inspector general, Robert Storch, and at least 14 other leaders with similar watchdog responsibilities at other government agencies in a purge. Steven A. Stebbins, who took up the case against Hegseth, was selected as Storch’s replacement on an acting basis. A onetime Army officer like Hegseth, Stebbins retired from the military in 2015 and joined the inspector general’s office later that year, according to his official biography.
Let's wind down with this from Senator Patty Murray's office:
***WATCH: Senator Murray’s remarks on Senate Floor***
Washington, D.C. —Today,U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke out on the Senate floor against the nomination of Joe Kent to lead the National Counterterrorism Center. Senator Murray slammed Kent for his lack of experience and long history of promoting conspiracy theories and white supremacist views, and urged her colleagues to vote against his nomination.
Senator Murray’s remarks, as delivered on the Senate Floor, are below:
“Thank you, M. President.
“The National Counterterrorism Center plays a crucial role keeping our country safe. The agency is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence to help protect our nation from terrorist threats. It is sober, serious work that requires a level head and a commitment to putting the mission before politics.
“Which is why I am deeply alarmed that Republicans are charging ahead to put it under the thumb of a conspiracy theorist who espouses white supremacist views, and is patently unqualified for this important role in just about every way imaginable. You are supposed to pick people with qualifications, but just about everything we know about Joe Kent is disqualifying for this role and alarming.
“There’s his track record chumming it up with white supremacists, from discussing campaign strategy with avowed white supremacist Nick Fuentes, to giving an interview to a guy who has defended Hitler, to rallying with the founder of a far-right paramilitary group, and let’s not forget the Proud Boy that he hired as a consultant!
“And it’s not just his connections, there’s his own deeply bigoted statements like: claiming Islam is ‘based on conquest at its core,’ and pushing racist ‘replacement theory’ rhetoric.
“That is alarming stuff. Let’s be frank here: These are white supremacist views—and they should have absolutely no place in our federal government.
“And then there is his track record of politicizing intelligence, like when he was caught red handed pushing to change intelligence reports—facts be damned—so they would agree with Trump and attack Biden.
“Joe Kent also has a track record of peddling conspiracies and attacking law enforcement, from saying our country is at war with ‘leftist cabal,’ or calling to completely defund the FBI and ATF, agencies that keep Americans safe from foreign and domestic threats, or pushing the offensive and false conspiracy that the January 6th insurrection was somehow a deep state plot.
“You want to know who in the federal government was behind the insurrection? How about we start with man in the White House who promised to march to the Capitol with them? How about we start with the President who calls rioters patriots? How about we start with the guy who pardoned violent cop beaters—en masse?
“If you cannot be honest with the American people about January 6th—you have no business being trusted with protecting our democracy. It should be that simple.
“And let’s not forget—Joe Kent was on the infamous Signal-gate chat—where classified attack plans were discussed with no regard for security, or law, not to mention the safety of our servicemembers.
“You know what he had to say about that? He said no classified information was discussed. That was the answer he gave at his Senate confirmation hearing.
“Now it’s obvious that answer was a complete lie. Last week, the Pentagon’s watchdog confirmed there was classified information in that Signal chat.
“So, was Kent being intentionally dishonest? Or does he not understand what classified information is?
“Either way—it is completely disqualifying. Which—as I think I’ve made clear—is pretty much the pattern here.
“So here is my warning to Republicans, confirming someone like Joe Kent to lead the National Counterterrorism Center makes about as much sense as putting Donald Trump in charge of releasing the Epstein files after all that we have learned.
“We have all the evidence we could ever need—in the public record, right now—that he is not going to do the right thing. And we have no reason to believe he will do this important, high-stakes, work in a serious, impartial manner—let alone a competent one.
“So, M. President, I am here to urge all of my colleagues to join me in doing exactly what people back in Washington state have done each time they were asked to trust Joe Kent, vote no.”
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