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Because of course he has.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 69 points 6 days ago (1 children)

in case of unredacted Epstein files leak

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's exactly it. He needs to keep his document washers quiet.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Basically doing the job that Winston had in 1984

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wonder what took him this long?

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is an explicit warning regarding would-be Epstein file whistleblowers.

The entire regime are treasonous domestic terrorists, so any whistleblower should already be well aware that any pre-existing protections are irrelevant (if the leak were not beneficial for the regime).

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Oh right, just in time for the loooong awaited Epstein files. NOW it makes sense.

Look at that, history can be fun.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 13 points 6 days ago

Trump hates the first amendment.

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow, talk about blatant corruption.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

I think I hate the way the media tiptoes around it and pretends things are normal even more than the actual corruption.

[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 7 points 6 days ago

As always, there's zero legal basis to override laws passed by Congress.

[–] henfredemars 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you’re going to work for me, then you need to protect the PHILES!

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Surprised it took so long.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is this much different than Obama directly targeting government whistleblowers? Until him no other president had targeted whistleblowers to such a large extent as Obama despite his campaign promise of strengthening protections.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That makes it alright for Trump to do the same.

/s

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml -3 points 6 days ago

Nope, but as usual there's selective outrage