More likely Epstein was an OP by the Mossad and Barak was checking in on his assets. |
I don’t know any democrat in real life who would have the slightest hesitation about dem names being published. Of course there are dems implicated-throw the book at them! Would it be very discouraging to find that a dem that shocked me was on the list (meaning not Clinton, etc)-yes! But of course they should still be named. I feel like that’s a key difference between democrats and republicans at the moment. (For example, I don’t know anyone who wasn’t completely disgusted by the Hunter Biden pardon.) |
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Speaking of Hunter could it be that he is in the files and that’s why the Biden administration didn’t release them? I know there were other reasons but this just crossed my mind. Hunter seemed like Biden’s Achilles heel. |
Of course but I find the self-congratulatory crap about this so pointless. Yes. I’m not Trump or MAGA, yes, release all the names. I don’t think there’s a point to your point. PP talking Dershowitz also had no fundamental point. |
The answer is simply "to protect powerful people." |
This has nothing to do with "the files". |
| Johnson saying he won't block an Epstein vote, which makes me think they bought someone off. Sad. |
The point is republicans are obstructing while also implying there are tons of democrats in the files so the louder democrats say “Roger that, let’s see those files!” the more ridiculous their position looks. And since this is the only thing thing maga people seem to care about I think that’s a worthwhile goal. |
I guess the shutdown will end now. I mean that was the whole point, right? Buying more time to threaten someone enough to get them to cave. |
| Release the Epstein Files and the only names that should be redacted are the girls who were abused. All the men should be exposed regardless of citizenship, job, title, or political affiliation. |
Nah sounds like they’ve redacted enough to only expose Democrats. |
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A few pages back someone asked if a poster had prosecutorial experience. I do, and I was specially trained on sexual assault prosecution and handled more than a few such cases. I call BS on Acosta’s assessment of the case, not least because I’ve followed the reporting closely and it is universally acknowledged that Acosta never met with any of the victims and never even read their statements. He is misrepresenting the assessment of the line prosecutors in his office were ready to move the case forward.
All prosecutors know that sexual assault cases have the lowest conviction rate, it IS a crap shoot no matter the strength of the evidence because jurors bring ugly biases to these cases that are part of our societal sickness regarding crimes against women and children, who are the primary victims of sexual assault. They also disbelieve male children when they testify about sexual assault. Diddy’s case is one recent example but there are many others. SA cases have only a 50% conviction rate and only 1% of cases ever go to trial. It’s awful. As a society, we essentially condone the sexual exploitation of women and children. And yes, I have zero doubt that there are men from all along the political spectrum in those files and that we will all be dismayed if we ever get to see them. As a prosecutor I lost all my remaining illusions about people when I saw the kinds of upstanding citizens grandpas who were molesting and raping their own granddaughters and how communities would rally around such people and vilify the victims because most people DON’T REALLY WANT TO KNOW. Anytime I had a SA case, I would have a brutal heart to heart with the victim. I would tell them the odds and the reasons for them. I would tell them that the trial process would be like being raped again even if I did my very best to enforce all rules of procedure designed to protect victims. I would promise to fight like hell and always have their backs, win or lose. And I would ask them to go home and think about it, talk to their family, their therapist, their confidants and then come back and give me my orders and I would follow them as they wished. I don’t believe that all the victims refused to cooperate - they weren’t even given the option if you believe what they are saying now about how it all went down - and I for one DO believe them. They were sold out because at very least, Acosta is the kind of man (like SOOOOOO many men) who believes teen girls want it and are lying when they say they don’t. Especially poor white trash teen girls. I suspect there is some truth to the conspiracy theories about next level dealings, possibly including intelligence assets, in the Epstein trafficking scheme. But even if not, it’s very much like the sexual abuse scandals of the Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Boy Scouts of America, etc. There are a LOT of predators in our midst, some of them are in our own families, and predators cover for other predators because they don’t want it coming home to roost. |
If there were big Democrats to be exposed they would have already released the files. |
Thank you for your work. The bolded is key. I too have lost my illusions. But it means a lot to know there are people rowing against the tide. |