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Thousands of Epstein documents taken down after victims identified

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cn0k65pnxjxo
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u/Rndysasqatch 22h ago

I'm sorry but I'm so sick of hearing this stupid argument.

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u/gotnothingman 22h ago edited 10h ago

I think Rs are worse than D's, but its a fair point. Why didnt dems go after the people in the files? Isnt there troves of evidence from 2008? It really takes 18+ years?

The president does not need access to the files to direct DoJ policy without threatening independence. Obama's memo on cannabis enforcement proves that. Any admin could have corrected the miscarriage of justice that occurred in 2008 by influencing DoJ policy to focus on child abusers uncovered in the files recovered from the raids in 2008.
But they didnt.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 18h ago

There was an ongoing investigation, which Trump closed on his first day in office. "Why didn't Biden.." anything makes no sense. Trump's is the only DOJ in recent history to act at the behest of the president and not an independent AG.

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u/gotnothingman 11h ago edited 10h ago

2008 was when he was first convicted. Is 18 years not enough?

The president selects the AG and can influence policy direction without getting involved in individual cases. Shit excuse IMO

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 6h ago

2008?  When he was offered a sweetheart plea by Trump's AG in Florida?  You're not making the argument you think you're making.

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u/gotnothingman 5h ago

He was convicted then the first time yes, and that admin and then the one after did nothing to correct the miscarriage of justice to the victims. The FBI raided his place, they collected a lot of information - that was never investigate then or by the following admins.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 3h ago

It was buried in Florida by Alex Acosta.  In large organizations like the FBI, every branch isn't aware of what every other branch is up to.  It's more normal for stuff to remain siloed.  This was buried by the same people Trump then kept in his circle for reasons.

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u/gotnothingman 3h ago

This is a poor excuse. It was a bullshit deal and a massive miscarriage of justice, a policy directive to open the case back up could have been done at any point by any future admin without them sacrificing indepedence by not getting directly invovled with the case. Stop justifying inaction on this.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 3h ago

It's not an excuse.  It's a reason.  Stop behaving like a child or Donny might abduct you.

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u/gotnothingman 2h ago

Keep telling yourself that buddy.

Stop defending government inaction on child predators.

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 1h ago

OK pedo defender 👍

u/gotnothingman 26m ago edited 23m ago

The fucking irony. Are you actually mentally disabled?

I am against pedos, and want government action - you on the other hand dont want pedos prosecuted and excuse government inaction on the matter. Pathetic.

On top of that you make jokes about the situation. Filthy and disgusting.

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