Again in February, the Legal professional Normal of the USA Pam Bondi gleefully informed Fox Information that she had Jeffrey Epstein’s shopper record “on my desk.” The top of the Division of Justice usually doesn’t go on cable information to brag about an investigation right into a useless man, however Epstein’s case had taken a spot within the right-wing conspiro-sphere and Bondi was prepared to exploit a couple of minutes of fame to speak in regards to the grand prize on the finish of the QAnon introduction calendar!
The “shopper record” was the fabled doc that turned Epstein from a despicable intercourse felony into the lynchpin holding the deep state collectively. The record would, in response to essentially the most addled minds on the web, lastly show that liberals run a world pedophile cult out of a pizza place. Nobody had ever seen this shopper record, however the high regulation enforcement official within the nation informed the general public that it not solely existed, however that she already had it dropped onto her desk.
And he or she definitely wouldn’t have stated something that imprudent if she didn’t even have something to report. Proper?
Having earlier launched a closely redacted set of Epstein recordsdata — together with JFK assassination supplies that more or less confirmed the Warren Commission was right all along — the Justice Division simply adopted up with a memo explaining that the shopper record doesn’t exist, there’s nothing within the Epstein recordsdata that they really feel like divulging, and he undoubtedly killed himself. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, now working the FBI, previously mused that Epstein was murdered to stop him from revealing the extent of the conspiracy. Now they’re formally backing the Justice Department’s wet blanket of a memo:
This systematic overview revealed no incriminating “shopper record.” There was additionally no credible proof discovered that Epstein blackmailed outstanding people as a part of his actions. We didn’t uncover proof that would predicate an investigation towards uncharged third events.
As exhausting as it could be, put apart the whole lot in regards to the horrific crimes concerned on this case. One in every of two issues occurred right here.
Both the Legal professional Normal is presently engaged in protecting up a damning shopper record that will expound upon allegations of the the pedophile intercourse trafficker’s ties to at least some key Trump donors. Or there by no means was a shopper record and Bondi was simply bald-faced mendacity for consideration when she explicitly stated that it was on her desk.
Neither is nice!
The previous could be a felony conspiracy run from the very best halls of presidency. The latter is that the Legal professional Normal reveals a stage of weaponized stupidity that ought to disqualify her from managing a Chipotle, not to mention the Justice Division. It’s most likely the latter, however then what, precisely, was the endgame? Baiting their most rabid and harmful followers that there was a giant revelation coming that they by no means bothered to confirm existed? Not precisely 3D chess over there.
James Comey turned a pariah as a result of he felt compelled to tell Congress that he wanted to right his testimony over in the end irrelevant and redundant paperwork that hadn’t beforehand come to his consideration. Quick ahead and the Justice Division is chatting up cable information about paperwork that don’t exist.
Or no less than they now say don’t exist.
That the AG publicly misled the nation is the true scandal that’s going to get buried as morons tweet about conspiracy theories.
Sure. Positively somebody manner above the president wielding unprecedented energy to defy Congress and the courts whereas disappearing folks to El Salvador. And if the elite pedophiles are above Trump… does that imply he’s complicit with them? As a result of if he had been combating them wouldn’t they simply do away with him with all their energy? In both case, it doesn’t seem to be a motive to help him.[1]
Occam’s Razor continues to take an undeserved beating.
It definitely couldn’t be the pure and logical consequence of an administration headed by a man who partied with Epstein and infamously phrase vomited his manner via a dialog in regards to the Epstein recordsdata, pre-butting that “it’s lots of phony stuff.”
However I digress. The Justice Division is absolutely untethered from any skilled crime-fighting requirements. Letting conspiracy theorists form division priorities, untimely public proclamations, quick and free dealing with of key proof… that is how an company squanders its credibility. I imply, they’re already making up fake quotes in court so there isn’t a lot credibility to be misplaced. However there’s one thing in regards to the very public nature of this bumbling escapade.
That is about deeply severe felony exercise. Epstein was a monster. And the AG handled it as a carnival act. Because it occurs, that chyron from the February information hit now appears weirdly prophetic: The DOJ has misplaced its mission to combat crime.
[1] Additionally, somebody actually wants to speak to Musk about his bizarre failure to understand this book series. He could be the principle villain of those books! It’s one factor for these tech bros to uncritically invent technologies that sci-fi authors warned us about, nevertheless it’s one other for the richest right-wing determine on this planet to consistently reference a guide that’s not even refined in regards to the theme: “socialism would make the whole lot higher.”
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