Now we understand why Trump didn’t want [the Epstein files] released.

Just a week before the midterm elections, which are already shaping up to be a bloodbath for the GOP, Democrats have dropped a bombshell. “A growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s,” states a just-released report from the Democrats of the House Judiciary Committee.

Additionally, they claim that Trump has leveraged his FBI and DOJ to cover up the evidence, and have now called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate any potential wrongdoing.

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    So the Democrats had the power to release this evidence but chose to just hold onto it until right now?

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      So the Republicans do everything in Lock step with him, are in total power of all three branches of government, and aren’t doing diddly squat except to empower him even more?

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        Yes. They are Nazis. What’s your point?

        Edit: seems like your context window expired?

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      Ahh but this is the problem.

      Define “the Democrats”. We want names specifically who prevented these from being released? Who knew and said nothing.

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          Exactly. Tons of people running under a dem ticket have no ties to this shit. Don’t let them draw political lines.

          Ain’t no war like the class war

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      Think not Democrats with this mindset. It’s the ruling parties picking and choosing on when it’s most convenient for them, the ones who thought finally now it’s convenient for them to have their congressional pawn to “motion” to have now be the time.

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      Yeah, because up until this moment we had no idea that Trump was linked to Epstein.

      People are stupid, and unfortunately sometimes political manouvering is a strategic game.

      Given the complete lack of consequences for Trump so far, this release timing has a better shot of impacting the elections, thereby having consequences for Trump.

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      yes the entire democratic party held onto evidence the president is a pedophile right until ayyy logged into lemmy to get his morning chuckles

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            Wow it’s pretty incredible that you’re able to diagnose serious mental health issues from one internet comment. You should be volunteering at your local university hospital.

            Also, are you from the past or something? I haven’t heard someone use “you’re neurodivergent” as an insult in decades.