I just don't expect anything substantial to come of it. Seriously, they've been so blatant with the corruption, why quit while you're ahead?
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2025
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They seem sad about it - "admitting"?
Both a blessing and a curse. Bye-bye Donnie, hello little Vance, who does the Peter Thiel dance.
Nah they've been planting the seeds that Trump was planted in the files and is completely innocent, nothing will happen to him, again
The senator observed that when Bondi said in February that a list of Epstein’s clients “is sitting on” her “desk right now to review,” she created a huge expectation that the administration would reveal the names of the well-connected and wealthy men who participated in Epstein’s sexual exploitation of girls and teenagers.
“That was really unwise,” the lawmaker said.
It was really unwise for the person leading the department of justice to imply she could somehow bring justice?
It is when her boss is almost certainly someone who deserves to have justice rain down on him.
I'd bet some or all of them have been outright destroyed by now, since there's no respect for procedures or the rule of law in any branch of the US govt any more and whomever has actual physical access is probably a stooge loyal to the regime by this point.
Your saying the people that providing doctored video evidence might destroy said evidence? 🤔
Do you remember how Trump tried to take control of the National Archives as, like, his first action in office? The idea that he just wanted to display the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office never seemed like enough to me. I think the files have already been copied, and there was a copy in Biden's presidential records. Who knows where else they've been sent?
If they're released in an edited or heavily redacted state, I bet we'll get the real ones shortly thereafter.
I’ll laugh when they release the files and it conveniently only names Democrats
That's not even a question, a top DOJ official straight up told a date that's exactly what they were going to be doing.
It is filled with the name "Bill Clinton" over and over again over white-out.
Did you know the names "Bill Clinton" and "Donald Trump" have the same number of letters? Pretty handy.
As far as I'm concerned, they release it unredacted, or else we get to assume every redacted name is Donald J. Trump.
But I'm also in camp, "We'll never even know about all the shit they had time to destroy."
AND I'M ALSO IN CAMP, "I heard Trump would really be getting sent to jail any day now for about four years, so maybe nothing will happen."
Have there ever been more cowering cowards cowering at the boots of the most cowering lying coward amongst cowards?
"now appears certain" is not the same thing as inevitable.
Can't wait for absolutely nothing to come of it
This one has legs. They're trying to quash it for some reason. I'm not saying it'll bring down Trump, even though he's obviously in there, but it'll probably bring down at least a few senators.
And Trump's base is breaking with him on this like they haven't done in a decade. This is bigger and worse than I've ever seen. If it shifts the balance of power in Congress, I could see something happening to him too.
That's the thing about Teflon. If you keep using it over and over, it eventually wears off. Given enough time, something will stick.
I hope you're right
Me too.