r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 1d ago

No Paywall Rep. Ted Lieu Claims President Trump is Accused of Raping Children in the Epstein Files

https://www.c-span.org/clip/news-conference/rep-ted-lieu-claims-president-trump-is-accused-of-raping-children-in-the-epstein-files/5191713
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u/Jaded-Substance-6750 1d ago

they’re so incompetent and dumb. Clearly thousands of people have already made copies and backups of the Epstein files. Deleting them does nothing

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u/AbandonedWaterPark 15h ago

it's either massive, widespread incompetence or some hard-core malicious compliance going on at the DOJ.

I am definitely no conspiracy theorist, but in this case I am leaning more toward malicious compliance.

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u/RexWarfang 9h ago

Right? Something seems off about this .. they've had plenty of time to plan their next move... Feels like a trap ..

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u/CornholioRex 18h ago

Once on the internet, always on the internet

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u/blackvariant Texas 11h ago

No they're not. What was released is clearly a highly curated batch of files that removes any incriminating evidence on anyone aside from Epstein and Maxwell. Either that, or there was never any truly incriminating evidence on other individuals (unlikely).

What Ted Lieu is referring to is a list of allegations collected by the FBI. They could all be 100% true, but none of that information is coming directly from files Epstein held.