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The laughter in the room wasn’t mockery—it was incredulity. People often laugh when confronted with something absurd, something that strains belief. And in that moment, Kamala Harris’s confident assertion collided with a historical record that many Americans remember all too well. To the casual observer, it might have seemed like a simple political talking point. But for anyone paying attention to the timeline, the implications were far more serious. Here was a high-ranking official attempting to restore faith in a federal institution that, for millions of Americans, had been deeply compromised—or at least perceived to be compromised—by partisan pressures. And she chose to cite the release—or selective withholding—of the Jeffrey Epstein files as the cornerstone of that argument. It was a choice that immediately amplified skepticism rather than quelling it.
