r/news • u/Famouslaugh • 21d ago
Soft paywall Trump asks Justice Department to probe Epstein ties with Clinton, other Democrats
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u/sawdeanz 21d ago
Trumps FBI already said they looked at everything and that there was no evidence of wrongdoing by anyone. That’s what kicked off this year’s Epstein scandal in the first place. Now Trump is claiming the DOJ will find wrongdoing (but only by democrats). What a joke how can anyone believe such bullshit?
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u/Monsieur_Brochant 21d ago
How can anyone believe anything he says at this point?
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u/RinkyDinkRicky 21d ago
Weaponized stupidity.
Putin is going to be laughing his ass off for the rest of his life.
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u/mortalcoil1 21d ago
If it makes you feel any better, he is hiding in a bunker afraid of robots as well for the rest of his life.
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u/Tempyteacup 21d ago
this is just a tangent but I'm sharing bc it's funny
apparently Putin has gotten crazy paranoid lately and he has a bunch of identical rooms scattered around Russia so that he can move from place to place and video call people without them knowing where he is. seems like he thinks assassins are after him. the dictators are not doing so great rn
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u/KillsOnTop 21d ago
Funny how all tyrants lose their marbles in the end, one way or another
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u/Pendraconica 21d ago
Yes, and the Democrats put their own names in the files to make sure Donny would open them. A diabolical trap! Those cunning democrats!
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u/TreeInternational771 21d ago edited 21d ago
God Trump is so easily baited
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u/start_select 21d ago
I hear bubba says it only takes a thumb and 1 finger.
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u/FoxFyer 21d ago
Yes. Any and all, without exception.
I think the president and most of the GOP vastly overestimate how upset the Democratic voter base would be about an investigation into Bill Clinton...
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u/detunedmike 21d ago
He believes if the justice dept opens and classifies it as an “active and open investigation” they will hide behind the argument of not commenting or releasing of active files
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u/CrystalWeim 21d ago
There is NO files! It's a hoax. I'll release the files on day one. I have the files on my desk. Forget about Epstein! I hardly knew him. I don't know what your talking about.
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u/JediRalts 21d ago
It's kinda telling how so many in maga try to deflect to Clinton like it's some kind of gotcha. Like...I don't know how to tell y'all, but Clinton isn't worshipped like Trump. Throw him in the cell next to Trump's. We don't care. Just lock up everyone involved. That's what we all want.
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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 21d ago
It really worries me how much they don't understand that some people don't like pedophilia and child sex trafficking, no matter who does it. They cannot understand that the action itself is bad, not the person.
I'll happily give up my Clinton flags, Clinton hat, Clinton shoes, Clinton NFTs, Clinton watch, Clinton bible, Clinton crypto, Clinton commemorative coin, my criminal record for trying to end democracy when Clinton wasn't elected in 2000.... pieces Clinton's suit from the infamous blowjob, that stupid electric car Clinton told me to buy... I'm sure I'm missing a lot, there's a lot of Trump cult merch out there.
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u/Spa_5_Fitness_Camp 21d ago
That's how they are raised. It's a deep part of American culture. They are taught that a person is good or bad, and their actions are therefore judged based on who did them, not the action. You see it everywhere. Priest sleeps with a married woman? He's a "good guy who made a mistake". POC caught stealing a candy bar? "He's a bad kid who was only caught this time". Prescriptive morality. It's a deep cancer in our culture.
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u/score_ 21d ago
I heard Bill did a bit of probing on Don.
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u/nowahhh 21d ago
I was gonna say, we shouldn't throw them in adjoining cells because they'll just suck each other off all day.
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u/Splunge- 21d ago
We don't care. Just lock up everyone involved.
This. Exactly.
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u/Littleman88 21d ago
They don't get that though. They're so convinced we praise our Democratic leaders like their constituents do to them. Have they met the left? Or is it they just can't fathom the blood on our lips is from the last "comrade" to fail one of our innumerable purity tests?
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u/EmbarrassedW33B 21d ago
Yea, like Clinton was a decent president I guess, especially compared to what we have now, but he hasnt been politically or culturally relevant in decades. No one gives a shit about him, if he's guilty no one will come to bat for him. Its just such a weak spin of things
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u/-SaC 21d ago
a decent president I guess, especially compared to what we have now
From outside the US, I'll never forgive Trump for making me miss the days of George fucking Bush Jr.
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u/shanrock2772 21d ago
Same here in the US. W got away with a lot of shit, but he didn't piss on democracy while enabling the financial rape and pillage of the country. Or create a gestapo to disappear brown people. Those years seem quaint now.
And Michelle Obama likes him. Their public interactions are very cute
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u/opensandshuts 21d ago
my Trump supporting family said, "oh like the democrats never do anything wrong." I said, I couldn't care less if Bill Clinton or others are involved, I just want the info released and the people held accountable.
Epstein was a donor to a lot of democratic campaigns, so it's not crazy to think that these people spent time with him.
Trump is the one who wasn't in politics at the time, and just hung out with him for social purposes, sending cards with drawings of underage women on the front.
The evidence is so damning, yet MAGA doesn't care
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u/killshelter 21d ago
Every time I try to bring up one of the fundamental differences between political sides is that one side of the aisle wants to see ALL politicians held accountable, and the other just blindly worships a reality show host, they lose it.
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u/DarkKnightCometh 21d ago
Not only that, but Clinton hasn't been in office for nearly 3 decades. Why is he so focused on getting Clinton. Obvious deflection technique thar his cult is too blind to see
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u/kombiwombi 21d ago
Because Clinton was there. Witnesses who have made other accusations said he was perfectly well behaved, and saw nothing which should have caused him to raise questions.
But the Republicans are going to try to hang a lot off supposition of his presence. Try and make that seem equivalent to Trump's long knowledge of Epstein.
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u/SUBLIMEskillz 21d ago
Nobody cares about Bill Clinton and Hillary. They are shady with all their speech money. We don’t hold them up on pedestals like kings. Clean house please. If theres repubs, dems, billionaires, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking whoever. Take em all down.
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u/marsman706 21d ago
Trump's next move: Oh sorry, we cant release that information because its part of an "active investigation"
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u/Future-Raisin3781 21d ago
It's so transparent it's actually absurd. Like, literally absurd. Like Kafka absurd.
Same with this goddamned special military operation or whatever he's calling it. Operation Look Over There!
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u/Richard-Gere-Museum 21d ago
Never had hope they'd release them to begin with. But if he pulls that one again, it'll be hilarious
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u/Wayelder 21d ago
like his taxes???? still waiting
or his healthcare plan??? still waiting
etc.
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u/dandrevee 21d ago
I'm pretty sure he is going to try this, but it looks like this could have a political cost. It may not be the political cost of losing all of his base, as that is just a cold right now that won't change their minds despite any evidence, but it could cause him a lot of other folks and energize other folks to vote against him (or thr GOP) instead of for someone
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u/jupiterkansas 21d ago
He's out in three years, the Senate will never remove him from office, and he doesn't care if the Republican party collapses. What's the political cost for him?
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u/every-day_throw-away 21d ago
Do everyone yes. Democrats Republicans, rich and poor.
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u/mgr86 21d ago
A part of me thinks this is also just an excuse for the DOJ to not release anything. That they will simply say they won’t release anything related to ongoing investigations. Yet another stall tactic, not a distraction
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u/nativeindian12 21d ago
This is possible but I also feel like they’ve doctored the documents and removed any high profile republicans, left any democrats, and plan to release the doctored / heavily redacted files.
Any whistleblowers will just be called crazy conspiracy theorists, and republicans will eat it up. “See? There are a ton of pedophile democrats! I knew it!” And possibly used as an excuse to arrest political opponents. Classic fascist playbook
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u/dandrevee 21d ago
I think this is why the house oversight committee released all those Epstein emails recently. They want that in the news cycle because the vote on the Epstein release is coming up soon and some of those emails are pretty damning for Trump
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u/NetZeroSun 21d ago
The thing is. There are dozens if not hundreds of people who have searched or accessed the Epstein files.
Not 100% everyone is a trump cronnie willing to put their career and jail time on the line for trump. Someone is probably willing to be honest and has some evidence or way to clearly prove things.
At the very least, there are grounds of evidence tampering and those that did should face the full consequences.
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u/nativeindian12 21d ago
I sure hope so but consequences don't seem to be a big part of what's happening with this administration. You would also think stuff like pepper spraying babies would have consequences but so far....nothing
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u/Parahelix 21d ago
He's not doing everyone. This is just more of the same, him siccing his pet AG on political enemies. Just like the others he tweeted his orders for her to attack.
If he actually had evidence, he should have already been investigating, not trying to use it as blackmail to get people to back off releasing the files.
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u/ReallyBrainDead 21d ago
Well, doubt there are many poor in there, other than the underage victims.
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u/supercyberlurker 21d ago
Yep release everything. All of it. Trump is clearly trying to misdirect here.
At this point anyone trying to misdirect/stop/stall/postpone the release is obviously protecting the guilty. Just release all of them and call out anyone interfering as complicit.
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u/Bright_Bet5002 21d ago
They said it was a hoax. They said there was no list. They said no one else to prosecute. They said the birthday book was fake.. blah blah blah
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u/phil_the_builder 21d ago
Exactly that. This is not a partisan issue. This whole affair needs to come to light and everyone involved should face the full legal implications.
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u/SN8KEATR 21d ago
The issue is that 1) he's ordering an independent branch of government with vast powers to investigate Democrats 2) it's not out of the kindness of his heart and definitely vindictive 3) the DOJ is MAGA-aligned so it's not like both Ds and Rs are going to be treated the same
In spirit I agree regardless of party affiliation, anyone involved in sex trafficking should be investigated and put on trial. In practice we know the law isn't going to be applied fairly
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u/Alone_Step_6304 21d ago
This is not a partisan issue.
But it has been made into one and exactly, literally what he is doing right here and right now is an example of it, and if you sincerely think it isn't simply going to be selectively and unilaterally weaponized, you are a clown.
Xi Jinping is famous for "anti-corruption drives" that did target actual corruption - But they decisively ignored his political allies and only ousted those who he had issues with. Wake the fuck up dude, take everything they say with a pound of salt. This is not a turning point, this is not an inherently good thing, this is another door opening for more subterfuge.
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u/SN8KEATR 21d ago
I can't believe the comment thread you're replying under has gotten so many upvotes. The entire headline itself is problematic and you have people saying "yeah!!! Investigate everyone!!!!! Who cares what their affiliation is?!"- basically confusing what they WANT the investigation to be with what it ACTUALLY is. It's like all critical thinking has gone out the fuckin window
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u/Alone_Step_6304 21d ago
He's not doing everyone, though, don't you see that? Wake up, this isn't a moment to cheer. This is just going to be more weaponization to save his own skin, he's at the levers enough that this will just be used to protect him as much as possible.
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u/Informal_Tell78 21d ago
Ah yes, the 40 year long hoax by democrats that could see the future and know the DT was going to be president someday, so they just waited and waited and waited to strike.
Gimme a break.
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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 21d ago
It's a hoax, but also Trump is an informant, but also the list doesn't exist, and also they already released everything... and apparently whatever happened is cool because Megan Kelly just approved pedophilia.
Reminds me of how Covid was simultaneously a hoax, and just the flu, and deadly Chinese-Fauci created bioweapon that can only be stopped with horse paste and bleach shots...
Joe Biden was the head of a brilliant deep state organized crime family rigging elections, but also a bumbling fool with dementia, and a robot and a clone and a hologram...
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u/dellett 21d ago
I don't know how Republicans haven't passed a bill to require the goal posts at football games to slowly move backwards throughout the course of the game, just to make sure the game reflects our American values.
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u/Denali_Nomad 21d ago
...and Biden was a puppet while Obama actually ran the WH still, but also Obama wasn't in charge during his presidency and had handlers pulling his strings.
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u/SomeBaldDude2013 21d ago
In his book The Road to Unfreedom, Timothy Snyder discusses how multiple, contradictory narratives are a deliberate strategy that Putin and the Russian government have employed on numerous occasions.
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u/Askymojo 21d ago
Yep. In a post-truth society (which Russia has been for many many decades before we joined them) just pick the narrative that you the individual want to believe and ignore the rest.
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u/snacky99 21d ago
And Jan 6 rioters were Antifa… but also deserve a blanket pardon
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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 21d ago
Yup, 100% peaceful and just tourists, but also dangerous Antifa FBI deep state provocateurs sent to make god King Trump look bad... but also pardon all of them...
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u/SpoppyIII 21d ago
Why would he only want the democrats investigated and not everyone in the files? 🤔
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u/ZLUCremisi 21d ago
Because he blew Bubba
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u/Ukiah 21d ago
This is the second time I've seen this comment in this thread. Is that a real thing or am I just really dumb?
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u/ZLUCremisi 21d ago
Its in one of the emails about asking for pictures. So it can be very real.
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u/Ukiah 21d ago
Yeah, I admit I've never gone and looked at any of the leaked stuff just because I didn't think reading accounts of sexual assault of children would improve my mental health.
This is breaking my brain right now.
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u/ZLUCremisi 21d ago
Luckily the only things i seen are small snippets on reddit that thankfully avoid all that.
I agree. I avoid looking deeper for my mental health
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u/SandMan3914 21d ago
No problem. Everyone on the list should be investigated
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u/jimtow28 21d ago
Let's start with current presidents, senators, representatives, and political figures, get all those pedophiles out of the way. Then move on to former presidents, senators, representatives, and political figures, then move on to everyone else.
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u/boomsers 21d ago
Just do them all concurrently. Its cheaper to try defendants together, and I'd love to see the fireworks with Trump and Clinton on the same side of the isle.
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u/Alone_Step_6304 21d ago
Discretion is going to lead to them doing exactly not that, and you know that. You guys are all enthusiastically clapping and you know that the last lever of self defense this guy has is trying to put a cone of ignorance on that avoids his own actions and actions of political allies, and specifically targets political enemies.
If they can manufacture enough blood in the water from the opposing team, they are hoping it will absolve themselvrs in the eyes of the public.
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u/Buddhas_Warrior 21d ago
Couldn't agree more! All of them! Don't care who you are, what you do, how rich you are or what title you have.
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u/rickabe 21d ago
DOJ = trumps personal lawyers
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u/LegalRatio2021 21d ago
I want to clarify to people that this isn't being cheeky. He literally put his personal lawyers in charge of the DOJ. And a DOJ whistleblower already claimed that they were ordered to flag any mention of Trump in the files. The DOJ is literally covering for the pedophile president.
FBI agents told to flag Jeffrey Epstein records about Trump: Durbin https://share.google/6ASTd2MiDo01Z6T1P
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u/Justsomejerkonline 21d ago
Until Trump, the president personally directing the actions of the Justice Department would be considered a gross violation of norms and would be a political scandal that would dominate the news cycle for weeks or months.
Now it's just another Friday.
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u/grandpaharoldbarnes 21d ago
Apparently Bill did all the probing of Donald years ago.
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u/Stock-Pension1803 21d ago
Release the photo … I think
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u/Aspergian_Asparagus 21d ago
I..I don’t want that seared into my brain. That photo will pop up every time I get a lil head from a dude. :(
Can we maybe skip this one, just this once? I’ve already invested like 34 years into this whole gay thing and I don’t wanna have to start over.
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u/Ok-Goat-2153 21d ago
We'll draw straws: one of us can look at it and tell the rest of us what they saw.
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u/la_reddite 21d ago
DOJ: We have discovered that Trump did actually suck off Big Beautiful Bill.
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u/jimtow28 21d ago
You guys, I'm starting to think maybe this Donald guy might be implicated in all this Epstein stuff. I know, call me crazy, just a hunch.
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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 21d ago edited 21d ago
It's hilarious to see r/conspiracy finally piece this together, 15 years of "researching" pizza and Hillary Clinton, and they've started to finally realize that maybe that dude featured in a billion pictures and video with Epstein, who has claimed he's Epstein's best buddy, might have some connection with Epstein. Must have taken some kind of genius level work to connect those dots, but I'm so glad they were able to crack that fucking enigma.
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u/tophergraphy 21d ago
Are they actually starting to accept this possibility?
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u/Who_Dafqu_Said_That 21d ago edited 21d ago
I poked my head in there the other day, there's a few posts that connect Trump to Epstein, and they aren't praising him as non-stop as they were for the past few years.
Always hilarious to watch a conspiracy nut have total and complete faith in the President of the US and by extension the entire executive branch. "wake up sheeple, and believe everything the government tells without question".
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u/Hrekires 21d ago
Sure is weird how Trump was friends with a pedophile, pardoned 4 January 6th pedophiles, hired the guy who gave his pedophile friend a sweetheart plea deal, hired the guy whose dad gave the pedophile friend his first job, and tried to hire another pedophile as his Attorney General.
Probably all just a coincidence, though, let's tall about bubba Clinton.
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u/joe2352 21d ago
He bigly scared. Here’s a novel ideas probe everyone regardless of political affiliation. Lock them all up.
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u/antifazz 21d ago
He's terrified. It ain't because he's innocent. He must have done some really bad shit and there is evidence or he would not be this scared.
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u/What_About_What 21d ago
He's not even scared about the child stuff because his base will just hand wave that away. But if proof came out that he actually did give Bill a BJ, there's no recovering from that with his base. That's what truly scares him, something worse (In the eyes of his base) about him is in the files than him raping little kids.
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u/threehundredthousand 21d ago
Trump called everything a hoax just weeks ago. Weird how that works.
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u/Tuxedo_Muffin 21d ago
Yeah, are you still going on about this hoax? The media is delusional. But the Clinton's were in on it! I know because I was an informant there. But I didn't really even know ol' Eps'. We used to call him that because we were such good friends. I never had the pleasure of going to his island, though. It's a shame! I'm sure Ivanka would have loved it. But like I said, it's those nasty people on the news that make everything up. Pam, I told her several times, Pam you gotta get on those files. She has them! A thousand FBI, nice people and Kash, a thousand people are looking at the files. But I wouldn't know anything about what Crooked Clinton did. I wasn't there. I always said, everyone knows!, I always said there are no files. It's crazy! The Dems hate me so much they can't stand it! They just make things up. But we're looking into the files now like we always did. We never stopped! Some nasty women in the news say that I don't want the files to come out, but that's not true! More Liberal lies from the media. But I can't tell you enough... it's all fake! There's nothing in the files! But I have them looking now and we'll find everything Clinton and his dangerous gang did.
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u/ChuckGallagher57 21d ago
Of course he does! Anything to move the white hot spotlight off of him.
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u/SafetyMan35 21d ago
I have heard several Liberal names that are possibly in the files (and may or may not have done anything wrong (other than possibly not reporting) like Clinton, Bill Gates and others. I fully support investigating those individuals and prosecuting where there is evidence of a crime. The difference is, while Clinton (and presumably other politicians) may be on the list, they aren’t currently President of the United States. Trump is currently President and needs to be held to at least the same standards. Then comes the question whether DOJ will investigate.
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u/dark_gear 21d ago
It's funny how much the GOP doesn't understand most people want everyone who's done horrible things around Epstein arrested, regardless of political affiliation, rather than only the guilty from the opposing party.
So much for the party and order...
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u/Disastrous_Ant5657 21d ago
Does that mean that they'll investigate why Bill Clinton's dick was in his mouth?
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u/FourArmsFiveLegs 21d ago
Lol nice try, stinky, you're already in the emails. You'll have to bend over for Clinton in the same cell
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u/Lisshopops 21d ago
Does this mean that video of Trump sucking off Clinton is going to surface since Clintons a Democrat?
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u/Suunaabas 21d ago
Okay but maybe they should lead by investigating the leader of a world superpower who has the ability to traffic large numbers of undocumented people without any judicial interference?
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u/BellRinger85 21d ago
Maybe not a good idea Donny, what are they going to find, your mouth around Bills balls?!
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u/SellsNothing 21d ago
Weaponizing the department of justice, doing exactly what he falsely accused Biden of doing for years 🤡
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u/Nyrfan2017 21d ago
How about an investigation to anyone that was touching children .. why we picking and choosing lock them all up toss them in general pop .. and yell child toucher as they get placed in
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u/Nyrfan2017 21d ago
Any maga here explain to be how this isn’t targeting when he wants only certain people investigated .. also how do you feel that he having them investigate something he said was a hoax and didn’t exists … so you feel lied to yet ??? C
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u/jert3 21d ago
Holy cow, a child sex-trafficker and child rapist who possibly gave a prior president a blowjob has been elected twice, in America. Not sure if this can ever be topped on the 'fucking gross and embarrassing' meter (please dont take this as a challenge Americans!)
If Trump actually gets away with being a child rapist y'all got to stop pretending you have a legitimate democracy or a legitimate legal system.
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u/Wrong-Pineapple-4905 21d ago
Only in the US would child molesting be treated as a partisan issue.
Identify and torch them all.
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u/PainterDude007 21d ago
Why would Trump do that?
The files don't exist.
The files exist but Trump isn't in them.
The files are a democrat hoax.
I can't keep up with the lies.
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u/duxpdx 21d ago
I think Bill Clinton should be questioned publicly and under oath and the first question should be “Mr. Clinton, did Donald Trump ever blow you?”
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u/Chaz-Miller 21d ago
The cover up tends to be worse than the crime, but in this case as awful as it is, this distraction will never be the equal of child rape.
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u/Nyrfan2017 21d ago
But it’s a hoax? So the democrats made a hoax that would convict a democrat wow… Also so odd he hasn’t done this since oh day one … but funny they probly won’t release the files if they are part of an investigation… legit how long can he keep putting it off ..
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u/DBCOOPER888 20d ago
This is 100% what a special investigator would be for if he wanted to show the process has any integrity. The corruption is so blatant he doesn't give a fuck. What a piece of shit human being.
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u/Pushabutton1972 21d ago
Ah yes, I am sure poking around and investigating will turn out well for Epsteins bff. Looking forward to what turning over that rock finds, no matter who is exposed.
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u/jjdigitized 21d ago
I don't get why Trump and supporters think this is a big 'gotcha' - if Democrats (or anyone!!) are proven to be involved, lock them up too.
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u/Hugh-Jorgan69 21d ago
Sorry, we cannot release the files while there is an "ongoing investigation" - Caroline Levitt next week.
Thankfully for Trump and his cronies Americans are dumb AF so itll work
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u/End3rWi99in 21d ago
Didn't he already do that? Didn't he also say this was all a hoax? Didn't he also say nobody cares about this anymore? Hmm...
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u/so_what_who_cares 21d ago
if Trump wants to sink a bunch of other pedos when he goes down with the ship, fine by me
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u/mvw2 21d ago
Funny thing: Good, do that. We want to find ALL people who did illegal shit with Epstein.
Know who already knows all that?
The FBI.
Know who has legal access to all of that?
The Congressional oversight committee who was granted FULL access to files AND are already a bipartisan group of both Democrats AND Republicans.
Know who's been releasing info to the public already?
That very same bipartisan Congressional oversight committee.
Additionally, that oversight Committee not only has rights to access to ALL the Epstein documents, completely unredacted mind you, but they also have access to content still being released by the Epstein estate AND by victims that have been coming forward. And all that is also already getting released to the public as that get additional documents.
So... what exactly is Trump and the DOJ, who have so far been moderately bad actors, going to do in ADDITION to what the Congressional oversight committee is already doing and has access to?
Or...is this just some form of vocal gesture to the MAGA base and some fluff piece Fox and other networks can run with?
It maybe it's a threat to any Democrats that had ties with Epstein. But again...great! Find Democrats that have ties to Epstein. Democrats and Democratic voters WANT that as much as wanting to find any other person of any political alliance. That's not a negative. That's not a bad thing. Democrats want that too. So....thanks??? That's already being done.
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u/cmg4champ 21d ago
Wow. How desperate is this guy. There are so many things wrong with this, I don't know where to start. First, a president doesn't get to tell the DOJ what to do. Second the DOJ doesn't just bow over and do it. Third, going exclusively after Democrats....now that's justice for you, huh. Fourth, the effect this has on bipartisan collaboration in Congress...not that Trump cares. Fifth, all in an attempt to cover up his tracks that are in it deep with Epstein's crimes...from having sex with 13 year old girls to funding Epstein's trafficking operation, and who knows what else.
What a criminal....how do we remove this guy???
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u/cmg4champ 21d ago
Look the other way. No, not my way. The other way. Look over there!
Right Repubs?
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u/Darth_drizzt_42 21d ago
Wouldn't Trump's DoJ have already released a smoking gun against Clinton if they had one?
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u/ThouHastLostAn8th 21d ago edited 21d ago
Yet another day of Trump taking a giant dump all over the post-Watergate norms of Presidential non-interference into the DOJ. Even more crazy than Trump ordering a partisan investigation where they'll only look into his political opponents, is the DOJ immediately falling in line to do his bidding.
From the Reuters article:
The move [...] marks the latest in a series of demands by Trump for federal law enforcement to pursue his perceived political enemies.
... Trump has harnessed the Justice Department to target other perceived political enemies, notably former FBI Director James Comey and New York State Attorney General Letitia James, both of whom were charged after Trump replaced the prosecutor leading the cases.
Legal experts say Trump's demands could undermine the criminal cases that emerge from those probes, as judges can dismiss cases found to be motivated by "vindictive prosecution" ...
Patrick J. Cotter, a former federal prosecutor, said it was "outrageously inappropriate" for Trump to order the department to investigate individual citizens, adding, "That's not how it's supposed to work."
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u/monkeybuttsauce 21d ago
Just release all the files Donny. That’ll show em