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Why did Biden's DOJ do nothing on this? And why do you think Kamala's would have acted any differently?
The victim claims, FBI interviews, and the now-missing files took place/were created in mid-2019. You could also read the articles more closely. Start there.
We excuse the democrats for failing to fix anything, like they are powerless as the head of the executive branch of government to make sure executive branch agencies fulfill their statutory duties.
It would be improper for Biden to have freed a captured agency, because republicans projected their modus operandi on biden.
It really is beyond ridiculous at this point, stop covering for them, Biden didn't pursue it because the donors are implicated and he's a creature of the oligarchy. We all know it, lying about it doesn't help anything, it hurts as it destroys your credibility.
Telling someone to look at the dates in the context of what was happening at the time is in no way covering for anyone. When these files were created, and for a year and a half past that date, Trump was president.
You're both assuming those files outlasted the first term and made it into Biden's presidency, as well as into the open and ongoing investigations that were happening at that time. I've been through the files at length, and while I'm no expert there is a lot from the open investigations that made it across into related docs: this set never did. Nor did Trump suddenly just become guilty both in deed and in association, nor corrupt, in his second term.
Dems are guilty of a great many things, but neither of you have presented ANYTHING but accusations, not just at Biden but at me for saying look at the dates, read the articles, think about what was happening at the time.
If saying that destroys my credibility, if that makes me a liar in your eyes, I'm glad, because you and I are by nature oil and water: I have a great love of fact and contempt for mere accusation. You've handed me a brief op-ed with insults attached, and I am not impressed. It's past time you block me, and I will be doing the same.
We all know that's bullshit, on this and everything else, democrats always plead powerless to upset the rich. As if. Powerless to play realpolitik, powerless to use the bully pulpit, to call out rich people cheating us, to lead the party into investigating and going after villains for other things they've done, powerless even to let the public know they are foreign intelligence agents compromising our politicians and that the information is in the public domain. Powerless to fix the post office. Powerless to undo tax cuts, to save social programs, to do any project without 4 years of set up first.
Just give it a rest, they were chosen because they are weak, and won't upset the super rich that control them. We all know it, lying about it won't help. The only thing that will help now is strong aggressive popular reform minded leadership, and the establishment won't provide that no matter what. Their mission is crushing that, not winning against republicans or undoing their actions.
Are you saying Trump took the files away and brought them back with him in his second term? Why would his admin bring them back at all?
Even if this insane world you're pitching is true, that makes Biden's lack of investigation even more egregious since it should be obvious if this key evidence was missing.
Even funnier that you're claiming to only care about facts when you're the one spinning some wild accusations to go out of your way to clear Biden's DOJ of basic responsibility.
That's not even close to an answer. You're the one who started this trying to say the Democrats would do better to address this pedophile ring. By your own comment you understand that this was a highly active case already by the time Biden took over. Why was nothing done from January 20, 2021 through January 20, 2025?
They did nothing, because the donors wanted him to do nothing. Biden was a failure on all scores, not the least on Epstein. Allowing federal agencies to fail in their statutory duties isn't noble, it's a failure. Stop covering for them, it destroys your credibility, but you guys don't think you need that, only we are not the other guys arguments to browbeat everyone into voting for your oligarch's pet.
Look again.
Yep, I'm looking. Starts with your snide comment that says:
Not too closely, apparently.
Son, that's someone else, and I don't run alts. Give @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world credit for his own comments.
Ah sure you got me. Your names are similar at a glance. Doesn't change the fact that you're reply is just apologist bullshit.
It wasn't a trick question, lol.
Well, they do have some alphabetical symbols in common. I can see how that threw you.
At this point that's pretty rich, but I can see how you're reduced to ad hominem. It's not like you have anything else, or ever did. If being told to heed the dates and read the articles more closely got your panties in a twist, god help you with reality.
Heed what dates? The ones that place the evidence firmly in existence for the entirety of Biden's term?