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As the 2026 political cycle takes shape, this exchange encapsulates the administration’s broader struggle with credibility. When an administration runs out of excuses, it often resorts to a “final spin”—recasting its most significant failures as principled triumphs. Harris’s defense of the Epstein file suppression is a textbook example, asking the public to believe that silence is transparency, delay is progress, and protecting the powerful is essential for a functional democracy.
