While we are waiting for proof that ahead of state engaged in child rape, we should maybe ponder the fact that credible allegations of child rape means that head of state has been compromised, and isn't making independent decisions in the interests of the nation.
Not all of the people, to be sure. But a very large minority -- well over a third. And that third is pretty enthusiastic about it, despite (and even possibly because of) his crimes.
The bar to removing him from office is extremely high. It requires 2/3 of the Senate. Right now they couldn't muster so much as half. Even after the next election, it won't be anywhere near enough.
If the rest of the world feels uneasy about a country with at least 1/3 of its population enthusiastic about being run by a criminal... I don't blame them for pulling away from the country as a whole.
The good faith explanation is that one party ran on an independent DoJ and one did not. In which case it's a false equivalency if one party legitimately was letting the FBI cook.
The cynical explanation is that the people most implicated in the files are Democratic elites - that just so happens to include Donald Trump back when he was a Democratic elite.
To quote Scott Galloway - “Trump’s name is mentioned in the Epstein files more often than Jesus’s name in the bible, and this is why we’re going to bomb Iran”.
There are some really salacious things in the files that are probably not true - investigators were required to record all accusations, and there were a lot of tips provided during Trump's first run for office that are probably fabrications.
But there's some stuff that is really incriminating. Guiffre was arrested for prostitution BEFORE she was hired at Mar-A-Lago. Another underage survivor recalled a conversation with Ivana about Trump to her psychiatrist. Epstein regularly bragged about both having conversations with Trump and having dirt on him after he was elected.
The administration should not be let of the hook - they are still stonewalling on the actual FBI 302 files - AKA, the actual investigation. So far we only know the evidence the FBI collected - not what the evidence is evidence of. We don't know what accusations or stories they are supposed to validate or invalidate.
Zigurd|5 days ago
ndsipa_pomu|4 days ago
jfengel|4 days ago
The bar to removing him from office is extremely high. It requires 2/3 of the Senate. Right now they couldn't muster so much as half. Even after the next election, it won't be anywhere near enough.
If the rest of the world feels uneasy about a country with at least 1/3 of its population enthusiastic about being run by a criminal... I don't blame them for pulling away from the country as a whole.
awnird|4 days ago
harambae|5 days ago
noman-land|5 days ago
legitster|5 days ago
The cynical explanation is that the people most implicated in the files are Democratic elites - that just so happens to include Donald Trump back when he was a Democratic elite.
xenospn|5 days ago
Can’t really argue with his logic.
treetalker|5 days ago
legitster|5 days ago
But there's some stuff that is really incriminating. Guiffre was arrested for prostitution BEFORE she was hired at Mar-A-Lago. Another underage survivor recalled a conversation with Ivana about Trump to her psychiatrist. Epstein regularly bragged about both having conversations with Trump and having dirt on him after he was elected.
The administration should not be let of the hook - they are still stonewalling on the actual FBI 302 files - AKA, the actual investigation. So far we only know the evidence the FBI collected - not what the evidence is evidence of. We don't know what accusations or stories they are supposed to validate or invalidate.
shablulman|5 days ago
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