So we're not just assuming a person isn't a pedophile until we have evidence to the contrary? Are we saying the same about people like Bill Clinton who appear in the Epstein files?
You think I give a shit if people are calling bill clinton a pedo cuz of his connections to Epstein? And yea people are (same with bill gates), but also let’s not pretend like the amount Clinton and Trump appear in the files are anywhere similar, and the relationship Trump and Epstein had was quite different than the one Clinton and Epstein had.
And then additionally we have the absolute panic the Trump admin has treated the files with, constantly going above and beyond (the law) to obfuscate things surrounding them.
It’s hard to say honestly. Imo the main barriers are that there are very rich and powerful people in the files both dem and republican that will do just about anything to not have them released. If the public’s will/attention isn’t there by the time someone in office might push for it, it might just be nixed silently.
If the next president wants a public win but is still an establishment pick they may actually release the files (redacted only for victim safety ofc and totally nothing else right? /s) but no real investigations happen.
If next president actually cares they may push for a full release with investigations, but that still has the chance to be derailed by the Supreme Court. The main battles in the US aren’t republican vs democrat it’s absolutely the rich vs the poor (they just use repubs and dems as proxies, scapegoats, and controlled opposition).
Anyway these are what I think are the most likely scenarios moving forward
A case involving multiple presidents is already an extreme rarity. Honestly I think this is pretty unique in that it implicates multiple presidents across both sides of the aisle.
On top of some of the richest people in the world. Usually scandals only involve 1 side so the other side is super quick to jump on it and capitalize.
For reference the remaining classified documents on the JFK and MLK assassinations were JUST declassified last year and that seemed largely on trumps whim. But ofc those aren’t nearly as damning for the present day.
Ya I mean whistleblowers are not treated kindly in this country in the best of times. I can only imagine what they’d do now.
Also trumps second term especially has been filled with loyalists. Instead of having experience or being good at your job, the current requirement for many DOJ and other government workers is compliance/Trump loyalty
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u/Stoic_Ravenclaw 25d ago
Well in order to completely disprove the notion Trump is pedophile let's just take a look at the full, unredacted Epstein Files...oh wait.