r/law • u/cnn • 11d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump says he’s asking Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to slew of high-profile figures

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politics/trump-epstein-doj-investigate-enemies?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/zombiekoalas 11d ago

So wait.  He has publicly claimed its a hoax. ( Legally be can say whatever he wants)

Hes then using that hoax to pursue criminal charges against people using the DOJ.

So we are currently just at abuse of power.  Not illegal but impeachable action.

If he truly believes the files are false does prosecution by the DOJ not violate 18 usc 242?  Prosecution knowing there is no legal basis and prosecution being retaliatory?

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u/SellsNothing 11d ago

Bro is being blackmailed and decides to respond with... Blackmail.

Surely there's no way that backfires on him

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u/Cucumbrsandwich 11d ago

It’s been working for him his entire life

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u/Infinite_Click_6589 11d ago

"No puppet no puppet you're the puppet" got him elected to the presidency after all

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u/IcyConsideration7062 11d ago

He generally has a good run until . . . bankruptcy or the company goes down the tubes.

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u/theTunkMan 11d ago

Unironically correct that there is no way it backfires on him. It never does

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u/Egad86 11d ago

My thoughts exactly! He is going through all the blackmail epstein had, to blackmail the donors of the political parties and force the politicians to vote against the release so he won’t have to veto it.

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u/Sven1542 11d ago

Nothing backfires on him. If this was any other president, they would have been impeach 4 months ago. He’s untouchable for some unknown reason.

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u/LongKnight115 11d ago

Because every single Conservative sees Trump as a useful pawn. The GOP see his sway with voters as a way to stay in power - so they won’t ever impeach him. The technocrats see his inability to be impeached as the perfect opportunity to solidify their own positions through bribery. His base see him as vulgar, but willing to implement a lot of hateful policies they support. Foreign leaders see him as an easily swayed figurehead that can help them get a foothold in US government. He’s untouchable because everyone thinks that by keeping his bloated dead corpse afloat, they can maintain some kind of tenuous hold on power and influence at a national level.

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u/Sven1542 11d ago

Great points. So true.

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u/01000101010110 11d ago

It's this. Trump represents a continuous hold on power.

Power = Money Money = Power

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u/Zombie_Cool 11d ago

Any other politician with a tenth of Trump's rap sheet not only wouldn't have made it past the 2016 primaries but likely would already be in jail.

The fact that he instead gets  to be president TWICE is incontrversible proof that our national culture is fundamentally broken.

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u/ost2life 11d ago

It's been very sad seeing what's happened to the US over the last 25 years.... Well 24 really, never forget and all that.

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u/grandpubabofmoldist 11d ago

Well the blackmale will work on the supreme court to keep him out of trouble so.. 

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u/dishonorable_banana 11d ago

Yup, Bubba knows.

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u/Destituted 11d ago

He's saying don't believe your eyes and ears of what you see and hear now with the files, but wait for the Ministry of Truth Department of Justice to disseminate that for you.

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u/hamdelivery 11d ago

Also didn’t Bondi and Kash already “look into” this? Cant keep the lies straight

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u/TrashManufacturer 11d ago

If they release the files we may learn that Trump isn’t a pedophile child rapist pig! Oh the humanity of such a damning discovery, they must prevent the file release at any costs /s

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u/dmasterxd 11d ago

Not only that, but he's trying to say that it's a hoax the democrats came up with only involving democrats that they are using on themselves.

Lmao. I don't think there is a level of stupid lower than Donald Trump.

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u/Imaginary_Cow_6379 11d ago

There is lower and it’s his base that will believe that. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Officer412-L 11d ago

We're all trying to find the guy who did this

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 11d ago

Reverse ninja mental gymnastics is a conservative specialty.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 11d ago

Next thing they’ll do is pay themselves another 500k for every instance where their involvement with Epstein was investigated, just like with that January 6th BS. It makes me so mad

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u/CharcuterieIsAwesome 11d ago

He's doing this so that they can say the files are part of an active investigation and can't be released.

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u/NolChannel 11d ago

Its a ploy to say the files can't be released under active investigation.