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There’s a notable irony hanging over one of the biggest stories in politics right now: As the women victimized by sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein gathered on Capitol Hill this week to demand the release of the files related to the case and full transparency from the various law enforcement officials who have prosecuted it, the political debates over the matter are still mostly being driven by men.

Some of those men are using the case as leverage to demonstrate their opponents’ hypocrisy. Others are trying to avoid it, in an effort to protect other, more powerful men. A few are breaking party ranks, apparently just as scared of their lunatic base as their lunatic le

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