One Republican senator has had a change of opinion on the Epstein files thanks to the latest document dump.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyoming, revealed that she supports the full release of the files relating to Jeffrey Epstein after discovering there may have been a victim as young as nine years old. This is a departure from her previous stance on the matter, where she had “intentionally deferred to others.”
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GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”@PabloReports pic.twitter.com/aHBx36oguw
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 9, 2026
“I’ve not been one of the members who has glommed on to this as an issue. I’ve sort of intentionally deferred to others to find out about it. But nine-year-old victims—” she told Congressional reporter Pablo Manríquez on Monday.
“All over the world—Moscow is saying it was sort of like a real global network that they’re now getting to see on these four terminals they have,” Manríquez pointed out, referring to the Department of Justice computers where members of Congress can view the files.
“Wow. Well, initially, my reaction to all this was, ‘I don’t care. I don’t know what the big deal is.’ But now I see what the big deal is, and it was worth investigating. And the members of Congress that have been pushing this were not wrong. So that’s really my only reaction,” Lummis said.
X users reacted to Lummis’s statement, noting that she has announced her intentions to not seek re-election:
They do manage to do the right thing only when they’re retiring. Do they think it redeems them from their past actions? because it doesn’t.
— Butter Emails 🌻 ☀️ 🌻 (@NicoleL333) February 9, 2026
I… I cannot imagine saying this out loud. “I don’t care about child rape or sex trafficking. I don’t see what the big deal is.”
— JennX (@JennX0608) February 9, 2026
Well, she already announced she is not running for reelection. That’s the only reason she felt free to say this.
— JODI SMITH (@JodiMapwife1) February 9, 2026
This is the reason why people drive as fast as they can through Wyoming.
The entire state is creepy and weird.— Popular Monster (@Doxy6661) February 9, 2026
Wait, what? Your first reaction to kids being raped, beaten, and killed was what now?
— PhillyGuyinMD (@PhillyGuyMD22) February 9, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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