How did they not already figure out a response to this completely predictable outcome?
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since trump, republicans and politicial and financial backers are in it, its unlikely they ever plan of exposing them.
Of course they are. Anyone who expected something different is unbelievable naive.
There is a provision in the law that they can withhold anything related to "national security", so they can basically filter at will. You can't claim something you'll never see not to falling under that provision...
But they didn't say the redactions were due to national security. It'd be bullshit if they did, yeah, but they didn't. So they're still not complying.
Of course they're missing, did anybody thing anything else would happen? They'll release just enough salacious material to keep the voyeurs satisfied, but none of it will be actionable, at least not against MAGAs or Oligarchs. They'll keep the good stuff quarantined, or perhaps it's already been burned.
They even reported how FBI agents were taken off regular assignments to comb through for any mention of Dear Leader and rack up overtime. That was months ago.
Yep. I bet the released materials cover a) Democrats and b) anyone else Trump dislikes.
Not surprised and always disappointed with this kind of shit. Everything blackened out has a name of a fucking politician or oligarch. Sick bastards!
Since we only know of a few "politically exposed individuals", I'm just going to have to assume that all the redactions are pertaining to them. Probably, primarily, Trump...since I doubt, if the rumors are lies or exaggerations, that Trump would go through so much trouble to protect Clinton.
In which case, why is Trump so afraid of all of these documents, to the point he has to black out nearly everything?
If he's truly innocent he shouldn't have any problem proving it, right?
If you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to fear, right?
Right, Taco?
So c'mon. It should be easy to weasel yourself out of this.
Unless...it's not.
They just didn't had enough time to photoshop Obama on the island. Seriously who knew that the country that invented "step"-familly porn was full of pedophiles?
Remember kids, every black line says the word Trump over and over and over. Spread the word.
Supposedly there was about 300Gb of material, compared to about 3Gb released so far, so it's fair to assume the other 99% is videos of Trump fucking kids unless/until they release the rest to show otherwise.
FYI: Little 'b' means bit. Big 'B' means byte, a factor of eight larger. Basically, there's eight times as much Pedonald.
I have no idea how the retractors live with themselves. What the fuck.
They're probably in on it, too. This administration surely drew like-minded people.
FYI a retractor is a surgical implement. I believe the word you were looking for is detractor.
the word is redactor. a detractor is someone who disparages someone/thing. The commenter made a new definition of retractor by turning the verb retract into a noun that describes someone.
Such a didactic response
You're such a smelly poopoo-head. You wouldn't know what a detector was if they were talking directly to you!
Aaaaand scene
Trump, active politicians, wealthy CEOs, connected public figures, and even Israeli spies and handlers.
Take your pick of Epstein associates that the US govt would opt to protect for reasons other than the public good or national security.
Why did all these people allow their photos to be taken? Like Clinton and Gates... "sure take my photo with this young woman so we can all remember what a great time we're having"
That was part of the deal. Mutual blackmail. It's been alluded to several times in the Maxwell testimonies.
This is supposedly where the phrase “thick as thieves” comes from. If thieves were working together, they’d share stories of some of their previous crimes. So the group would all have blackmail on each individual member. The idea was that no individual person would rat, because then everyone they’ve worked with in the past would rat on them.
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Due to a system specifically designed by and for them and their fellow economical and political elites, they consider themselves untouchable by the consequences meant for mere mortals.
The worst part is that this megalomaniacal assumption is almost invariably proven correct 🤬
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Every deletion is an admission.
That's incorrect. They DID release all of the most important and incriminating documents, 119 pages of them bundled in a single file. Here they are:
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%203/EFTA00005586.pdf
When I first saw these pop up, I thought my phone was having connectivity issues and couldn't download the images fully.
🎶 No colours anymore, I want them to turn black 🎶
Is this for real?
Yes. You can go browse the released files yourself
Jesus fucking christ. Our govt is run by elementary school bullies. And they're just getting away with it.
I opened this in a a couple of text editors on the off chance, unfortunately its just a black rectangle graphic with no text to be recovered.
Why hasn’t the actual document been leaked yet? At first I thought it was because it couldn’t be used if it was. But there’s literally a law ordering its release, so just dump it.
I think Americans should assume every politician who takes money from AIPAC is involved and we should remove them all from office immediately throw them in prison without bail and try them for treason
Dems have access to all the files and can release them by reading them into the Congressional record.
Referring who for prosecution by who? Are the fascist child rapist protectors going to prosecute themselves?
"Ha, suckers" -Donvict Drumpf
Firstly: the partial / redacted release was entirely predictable.
Secondly, I dont understand where we are at now.
Is this impeachment going to be like all the others and be meaningless?
If JD Bimbo lady was charged and convicted wouldn't Trump just pardon her?
US Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 1:
...he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
"Obviously the founding fathers meant to exclude ilegal impeachments. And since it would be from the crooked democrats and RINOs, any impeachment at this point would be an ilegal one." (Says Trump and the Supreme Court probably.)
I can at least answer this one
Is this impeachment going to be like all the others and be meaningless?
Yes. No impeachment has ever had any teeth to it. This man broke the record for being the first to be impeached his first term. Then he broke another record by being the first to be impeached twice. Why not a third?
Impeachment of Trump is not yet on the table, but impeachment of Bondi and Trump's personal lawyer currently acting as Bondi's deputy, that's on the table and could result in a removal.
While it's true that no impeachment of a president has succeeded, the process has succeeded several times.
Also remember that while Trump is somehow bulletproof, his hanger ons enjoy zero protection.
They don't have protection when they stop being useful to him. They're still useful.
Impeachment of Trump is not yet on the table, but impeachment of Bondi and Trump’s personal lawyer currently acting as Bondi’s deputy, that’s on the table and could result in a removal.
Impeachment, maybe. Removal of any Republican would require too many Republican Senators to ever be feasible.
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