Ah, the Epstein Chronicle. The one thing that brings all sides together. If this is the kind of slop that's needed for large scale "unity", it's a good thing we don't get more of it.
I like how Gates and Clinton are absolutely guilty because there's pictures of them hanging out with Epstein and women when we know Trump did that for decades but he's perfectly innocent.
The effort by some to uniquely exculpate Trump or even portray him as the hero who actually helped bring down Epstein (something alleged victims lawyer Bradley Edwards bizarrely insinuated in the September Capitol Hill conference) is silly because it makes it out like everyone else is guilty of something when there's as much evidence of that as there is re: Trump: Zero.
But I also want to see all of the other people who are tied up in this punished just as much, regardless of whether they are in office or not. That's how victims get justice.
Common sense question that few have asked themselves or have answered straight when had it posed to them:
Why are the victims not just saying it? Why are they counting on the public release of files the basis on which multiple admins have found to be insufficient to indict anyone else? They're making all of these vague aspersions against anyone that isn't conveniently dead like Epstein, as if they are not living repositories of Epstein trafficking ring information. Many big names from Peter Thiel to Noam Chomsky have been thrown into the pot; if Bill Gates did something illegal, why doesn't one of these myriad self-identified victims say what it is?
And no, "they'll get sued" doesn't cut it. Putting aside that the pattern of lawsuits has actually been the reverse throughout this, and that they have together most of half a billion tax-free dollars in settlement cash to fall back on, we're now over three months removed from when Thomas Massie and MTG pledged to pull a Nancy Mace and speak the names of The (non-existent) List on the House floor with protection from suit from the speech and debate clause.
There is indeed a correct answer to this question that has been slyly or grudgingly admitted to by multiple unrelated and even adversarial parties.
I see so many people using this case to virtue signal about which political party is better or worse and it's pretty disgusting. People have gone full blown retarded with contrived political purity tests over this. It's clear from what we've seen so far that the common bond here isn't politics. It's money.
Money and politics are inherently linked. Most of the politically power have high net worths; most of the wealthiest people have disproportionate political influence.
You're right, people are being dumb about making this a party vs party issue, but that's by design. This whole thing is kabuki theatre. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna drafted this legislation giving Bondi the power and in some ways the obligation to do EXACTLY what she's done with these redactions thus far. As usual, the rest of congress didn't actually read the bill.
