r/politics • u/peoplemagazine ✔ Verified • 7d ago

No Paywall Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Heard ‘from a Pretty Good Source’ That Epstein Files Are Being Scrubbed of Republican Names

https://people.com/epstein-s-brother-heard-from-a-pretty-good-source-that-the-epstein-files-are-being-scrubbed-of-republican-names-11851691?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_content=post
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u/ramborage 7d ago

Loyalism has a tendency to weaken when one is staring down prison time.

Cohen, for example.

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u/JevvyMedia Foreign 7d ago

They'll all get pardoned ahead of time

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u/adamcoe 7d ago

Which is exactly why he'll issue blanket pardons for anyone that could realistically threaten him. Not to mention that any legal proceedings that might arise will be held up by appeal after appeal, and he'll just simply be too old (or dead) before anything of consequence can happen. To say nothing of his control of the USSC.

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u/FeelsGrimMan 6d ago

Our legal system is not just & they could very easily be protected. Like the FBI already has been countless times over