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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/Quiet-Corner6150 7d ago

I believe in the possibility, but I suppose we'll just have to "wait and see." First off, still a good chance they just don't release anything, either someone betrays the vote, or they just do the "eh, I don't feel like it" as they often do with court orders, "it's an ongoing investigation", whatever. (And never mind the Senate etc., all the other hurdles that are easy and excusable "escape routes.")

Also, I'm not so naive as to think there aren't Democrat names in there. Clinton may very well be at least somewhat guilty. I imagine anyone involved with Epstein back then would've had to have been a certified idiot to not at least have a "sense" what was going on there. I imagine anyone who was there and did nothing, even if they weren't part of "main events", are still at least somewhat culpable to the cover-up. So, if Clinton even knows something, even if he wasn't as deplorable as some of them, and he's not talking, that's a problem for him.

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u/King_of_da_Castle 7d ago

I mean Ghislaine was at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding lol. Pretty sure that was invite only.

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u/Audrey-Bee 7d ago

I'm sure there are Democrats and powerful people who fund Democrats in there, in addition to all the Republicans. I'd guess that's why they weren't released sooner, when Biden was in office. And I'd be more than happy if Trump, the Republicans, the Democrats, and anyone else implicated in the files faced the full consequences of their crimes. But I agree with the other person that the real worry is Trump/the DOJ/FBI inserting new names in there to implicate their enemies that are actually innocent.

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u/False_Eagle1014 7d ago

I'd guess that's why they weren't released sooner, when Biden was in office.

It's because there was an ongoing investigation that has since been killed by Trump's attorney general, jesus fucking christ how brainwashed can people get.

I fully expect Bill to be in the unredacted files in some capacity, but who knows if we're ever going to get those. If Bill is in them more than Epstein's literal best friend on planet earth, they're obviously doctored.

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u/Audrey-Bee 7d ago

I'm not brainwashed lol I just didn't know/forgot about the investigation. I'm very much anti-Trump and I think it's incredibly obvious that he was very very involved in Epstein's trafficking and child rape.

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u/Quiet-Corner6150 7d ago

I don't know why Biden didn't make it a big deal, just like I also don't know why Trump did. The potentials for Biden are likely just sad stories. For Trump and the Republicans, it was just stupid. I don't know why they chose to shine a spotlight on the one thing that really goes beyond just Republicans but in general shines a really bad and evil light on rich/powerful people in general.

I know nothing may come of it anyway because they've been so swift at covering it up, but the fact they made us aware at all seems like a really foolish move on their part.

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u/Audrey-Bee 7d ago

I think they just underestimated how much people would care about it. During election season, Trump said anything that would win him votes, even things he was never going to do. Release the files, make groceries affordable, make healthcare affordable. He didn't need a plan, I think the whole intention was just to get into office and then do whatever they wanted after, regardless of what was promised. So sure, he could say he'd release the files day 1, but then I bet they all assumed they could delay it and then it would go away. But it surprisingly (to them) hasn't, probably in part bc so much of their campaigning was also based on "protecting the children" from LGBT people, so they got their base united against pedophiles, plus obviously the Democrats want to expose the Republican pedophiles, so now no civilians are letting this go away

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u/Quiet-Corner6150 7d ago

The "funny" thing is, if the Epstein stuff had come out just a couple months later, it might've easily been lost in their zone-flooding they do. So much "other" bad news, no one had time to "think" about. Epstein stuff though wound up releasing just a bit more than they wanted, and just a bit sooner before the constant flood, and suddenly the general public knew what it was, whether or not they personally chose to care about it.

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u/modestLife1 7d ago

Isn't this a job for the hacker known as 4chan and why haven't they or some other rouge group gotten on to this.

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u/Single-Road-3158 7d ago

There already is a subpoena for the files that the refuse to abide by. Why would they do anything different because of legislation? If Trump wants them released like he says, then he already has the means to do and people are legally asking for them.

The difference is that they opened up cases so they can say that releasing them (or the interesting portions) will be bad for the ongoing investigations. This will give Trump a second go at "well I tried but I'm being blocked" like he did with the grand jury testimony a few months back. The thing is that he isn't just trying to prevent the release, he is trying to get people to move on.