The same David Brooks who wrote a column just one month ago claiming that people are paying too much attention to Jeffrey Epstein?

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/18/david-brooks-jeffrey-epstein-photos/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/epstein-trump-conspiracy.html

FYI the vote did happen a few days ago. It just had the entirely predictable result of failing, since there was no longer any leverage for Republicans to vote for it