Mr. President, we know you are not a saint and more than 77 million Americans were fine with that on election day. As bad as the Epstein files may be for you, it is more important to “let it go” and trust that the American people will judge you appropriately. But a word of caution: Don’t insult the intelligence of the American people.

When, without much dispute, one of the worse creatures to ever walk the face of the earth, Jeffrey Epstein, says in one of his emails that “someone else” is the worst person that he (Epstein) has ever known and that person’s name happens to be the current president — Donald Trump — it is troubling.

Today, it is the U.S. Attorney General in the “hot seat.” During the Watergate saga of former President Richard Nixon, the attorney generals were the key players. One of three former attorney generals for Nixon in less than a three-year period was John Mitchell. For Trump’s second presidency it is Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Among other related crimes, Mitchell was convicted and served 19 months in jail for obstructing justice. Yes, the top law enforcement officer was arrested, convicted and jailed for supporting his boss, Nixon, over the Watergate scandal.

Releasing tapes were involved then and releasing the Epstein files are involved today. Before Mitchell could be arrested, convicted and jailed, he had a successor. Former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst failed to last a year before he resigned in disgrace due to Watergate.

Then you had the attorney general who told Nixon “no.” Attorney General Eliot Richardson resigned when asked to dismiss the Special Counsel Archibald Cox who wanted the release of nine tapes that Nixon still held. The probe was getting eerily close to Nixon.

In a panic, due to Richardson’s refusal to comply, to break the law, Nixon tried to fire others. Nixon asked Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox. Ruckelshaus also refused and resigned. Nixon finally got Solicitor General Robert Bork to fire Cox.

It became known as the “Saturday Night Massacre” over the Watergate tape recordings. This made Richardson a hero for standing up to Nixon and it marked the beginning of the end for Nixon in the White House.

Today, Attorney General Pam Bondi is in the hot seat. She should recall history. Hiding incriminating Watergate tapes and potentially incriminating Epstein files have one common thread — both Trump and Nixon fought for months to not release the information under any circumstance with the latter stepping down from office.

The continuous “games” Trump and his administration have played regarding the Epstein files are not fooling anybody. If Trump truly wanted the files to be released he only has to ask the DOJ to do so — period.