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Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him. The case went nowhere for years.

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[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago

So when will they actually release it?

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The NYT, CNN, Fox News, WaPo, etc criticizing the Epstein files is the equivalent of finding a lone roach in your house.

It's not just one.

It's a sign of something much, much worse

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago

odd as these MSM were bending over backwards SANEWASHING him.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He said the government until now has denied the existence of the Ms. Farmer’s report, and that it was “shameful” that it was kept secret. “There should be a full fledged investigation into every government employee who knew about this document and allowed a narrative to be publicized that it did not exist,” Mr. Edwards said. An internal investigation of the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein case, released in 2020, made no mention of Ms. Farmer’s original complaint.

Absolutely Bonkers

“There should be a full fledged investigation into every government employee who knew about this document and allowed a narrative to be publicized that it did not exist,”

And may I add, "and then hang every damn one of them as traitors."

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"and then hang every damn one of them as traitors."

Normally, aid agree 100%, being a Traitor is about the lowest form of scum there is, but there is something worse - a pedophile, and they're all pedophiles.

So hang them as both Traitors AND Pedophiles, and make THAT their permanent legacies.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And most pedophiles don't do shit, most suffer their entire life with their sexuality but would never hurt a child - those are a different kind and more often than not- not actually pedophiles

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't excuse MAGAs. They unapologetically support and provide cover for people they know are pedophiles. That makes them pedophiles.

If you had a roommate who was bringing home children to molest, and you refused to address it, lied to people about it, provided alibis for the offender, misdirected investigations, etc., guess what? You're a pedophile, too.

ALL MAGAs are pedophiles. Every last one of them.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They are enablers, apologists or such but not pedophiles, a lot of them did molest teens or children, but you don't have tp be a pedophile for that.

Look, I am not tryong to cover for them or any such thing, all I am saying is, is to use words correctly, espescially psychological diagnosis such as pedophelia in the right amd defined way. MAGA is already blurring the language with their blantantly wrong use, let's not do it ourselfs, otherwise pedophilia won't mean anything and all.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not interested in scientific accuracy. We've been getting bludgeoned by, and losing to, vicious propaganda for decades, and you want to parse a simple political message?

I'm not going to go into any layering of defenses by pedophiles or their enablers and defenders. If they are covering for Epstein and his friends in ANY way at all, then they are PEDOPHILES, plain and simple. Stop defending them, or YOU'RE a pedophile, too.

See how this works? Get on board, or get run over. This is fucking WAR!

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

You can hate someone without them having to have a universally bad description. I am not defending them, in fact I would love to have them face punishment in the most crucifiying way. And not only those on the list, but every single American Maga fascist.

EVERY.

SINGLE.

ONE.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing wrong with traitors, our founders were traitors.

Fuck pedophiles, traitors get judged on a case-by-case basis.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

No, the founding fathers were Patriots, not traitors. A traitor deeply betrays the people around him for his own benefit. Our founding fathers were not traitors, most had never set foot on British soil. They were not British, they were American, part of a British colony, over which they had no control. It is not treason for an oppressed colony to declare their independence.

On a case by case basis, all MAGAs are Traitors. ALL. It is a basic defining characteristic, just like being a pedophile, or a racist is also a basic MAGA trait.

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[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 day ago

And they will still ignore it in 2025.

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 152 points 1 day ago (4 children)

1996? When Bubba was potus? I wonder why the FBI ignored it

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 74 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Funny thing is that no FBI director has been appointed by a Democrat. Not even Clinton had that kind of control of the FBI.

Edit: looks like I was wrong about appointments; Clinton did appoint an FBI director who had previously been appointed by Bush to another position. He still didn't have the kind of power over the FBI that would have let him quash an investigation like this

[–] AnalogJack@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago (73 children)

The 5th Director of the FBI, Louis Freeh, who was director at the time of the complaint, was literally appointed by Bill Clinton. Furthermore, the 3rd director, William Webster, was appointed by Jimmy Carter, and the 7th director, James Comey, was appointed by Barack Obama.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I believe you're counting the directors wrong. Freeh was the 15th, Webster was 11th, and Comey was 18th. https://www.fbi.gov/history/directors.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

Youre right. He was also previously appointed by Bush. Not exactly a partisan, and the FBI still would gladly have gotten Clinton for this if they'd been aware of his involvement

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