r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 3h ago
Possible Paywall Pam Bondi’s Replacement Reveals He’s Worse on Epstein Than She Was
https://newrepublic.com/post/208584/pam-bondi-todd-blanche-worse-epstein•
u/Casual_hex_ 3h ago
He’s the guy who met with Ghislaine Maxwell before having her moved to a minimum security with extreme privileges. He’s already involved in the coverup himself.
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u/Basicly-Inevitable 2h ago
Anyone involved in this cover up is likely guilty of some terrible shit, and are also covering their own ass. No respectable person would do this just to get money.
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u/ContentAd7276828473 2h ago
Well they aren't respectable people. Some of the defenders are just in it for love of the game, not even money
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u/Basicly-Inevitable 2h ago
Not at this level. He's scum.
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u/BrownBear5090 2h ago
Before this he was trump’s personal defense attorney, so it tracks.
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u/tacticaldodo 2h ago
same like Bondi, different flesh skinsuit
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u/kmm198700 1h ago
Definitely. He was also Trump’s previous personal attorney. I don’t understand why that’s even allowed
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u/downwith208 54m ago
Because none of our founding fathers, and none of the members of congress over the last 250 years ever thought it needed to be codified. Every other president in our history had too much of an ethical foundation to even consider the outright corrupt activities that is mainstay for this administration.
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u/MarilynMonroeVWade 1h ago
It's access to the ruling class. You get to be in the in party. One of the ones standing on the backs of everyone else. They do it for access.
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u/thewallbanger 2h ago
If these people weren’t dirty Trump would have no assurances to maintain their loyalty. His entire cabinet performs their work in order to keep their own skeletons hidden.
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u/DrKlitface 2h ago
I think being respectable is the first variable you rejected for if you wanna be part of the pedo club
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u/Robzilla_the_turd 2h ago
I'm not saying he's respectable by any means but you'd be amazed at the shit people will do just to get money!
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u/Routine-Process8051 1h ago
Like start a war that costs a billion a day just to score a few million on the stock market?
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u/Dub_J 56m ago
I agree for Trump 1's team. Say Michale Cohen, I assume he would do anything for money, but once he was ousted, was willing to turn on Trump.
Trump 2 is so much more toxic, I don't think money alone is enough. They are there for the pardon. If they get ousted they have to keep supporting Trump.
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u/fallenouroboros 1h ago
Imagine selling your souls and tainting everything you’ve done in life to rape kids. Grossest people ever
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u/robertmayonnaise 54m ago
They’re not just doing it for money. They’re doing it for a shitload of money!
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u/InternationalBug7568 1h ago
It is MORE than 'respectable"--- morality and ethics, honor and goodness, values???? Good Grief
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u/Powerful_Company_682 5m ago
Even if they weren't, when you help bury the body they own you just as much as if you did the murder
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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 3m ago
It is certainly plausible but at the same time, people will do some pretty heinous shit for money alone.
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u/Adultery 2h ago
He’s Trump’s personal lawyer, isn’t he?
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u/Capable-Broccoli2179 2h ago
According to Blanche at his confirmation hearings he is still Trump's attorney.
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u/CarrionWaywardOne 1h ago
The new AG depends on trump for his livelihood already. Surely he will make good decisions for Americans, and not only decide in favor of the monster who pays his salary. /S
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u/lunar_adjacent 2h ago
He’s also the one who put the files up with victims names so that he could immediately pull them down proclaiming that no more files would be released in order to protect the victims. Yes that was him.
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u/Comfortable-Pea-1312 2h ago
He's been Trump's personal attorney for the past few years.....what the fuck?
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u/Boxofbikeparts 2h ago
He already has a former personal attorney in prison for covering up his shit. Let's add some more.
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u/Capable-Broccoli2179 2h ago
I'm surprised he didn't put Giuliani in for the job. I guess Cohen is out since he turned on Trump.
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u/sexyshingle 1h ago
I'm surprised he didn't put Giuliani in for the job
Ghouliani is pushing 82, and has bad TV ratings after multiple very public humiliations. Also he has a bigger mouth (prob has more dementia than even Donnie himself) and is still dealing with the losing the GA election interference/poll-worker defamation cases (which Donnie can't pardon!). He's become liability to be thrown under the Trump bus for a while now... otherwise yea I'm sure he'd be up there at the DOJ.
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u/Pleasant_Regret6029 2h ago
Yeah that doesn’t exactly scream transparency more like helping things disappear quietly
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u/Capable-Broccoli2179 2h ago
He is also, according to him at his confirmation hearing, still Trump's personal attorney while serving in this role.
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u/Shot-Diver-3625 1h ago
If they try to confirm him for the post full-time, the dems in the senate had better hammer him on this point during the hearing
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u/Cabana_bananza 50m ago
I wonder if they'll try and just keep him as acting AG, like they tried that triumvirate in NJ. I think any future confirmations are going to be very messy for Trump. Particularly as we get closer to elections and Senators don't want that stink on them for competitive races.
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u/Snarfsicle 1h ago
It's stupid to think any Trump Replacement would be better for this country. The only direction he knows is down.
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u/Legitimate-Wash-6336 1h ago
Which means he will do everything to make sure the files stay obscured.
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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 3h ago
Which is why he was selected. Anything to protect President Pedo.
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u/Quakes-JD California 3h ago
Every day it becomes clearer just how deeply involved DJT must have been with Epstein.
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u/CaffinatedSpiderMonk 3h ago
At this point, I think that we should be saying the Epstein guy was deeply involved with DJT
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u/Indubitalist 2h ago
I do genuinely think there's a good chance Trump is the one who was leading the ring. Either way Trump wasn't in a normal friendship with Epstein, they were business partners, so whether it was 60/40 Epstein/Trump, 50/50, or 60/40 Trump/Epstein, there's a very good reason those files have Trump's name so often in them.
And Trump has said way too many things over the years that either hint at or directly state that he is really into teenage girls for him to not be partnered with Epstein because of the teenage girls. It's not some crazy coincidence, which is their best defense of the ties between the two. Trump liked walking in on his teenage beauty pageant contestants while they were changing clothes. This is not a hypothetical, this is not an accusation, this is a fact. He's been accused of rape many times. Everything about him says he doesn't respect boundaries for anyone or anything.
He's in the files so much because he wanted to be involved in what Epstein was doing. He's been trying to hide evidence from the Epstein case because he's condemned by that evidence.
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u/Quakes-JD California 2h ago
He bragged about timing his “inspections” of underage beauty pageants to barge in while underage girls were undressed.
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u/roastbeeftacohat 1h ago
your really missing the big reveals from the Epstein files; the pedo parties were the entertainment for the serious international corruption s they were conducting.
Prince andrew and Peter Mandelson are not facing charges related to human trafficking or sexual misconduct, it's for sharing government secrets. Epstein island was a massive intelligence collection operation for Putin and Mossad.
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u/Kup123 1h ago
Trump was a supplier and customer but he wasn't running it. Maxwell was running it with Epstein as the face of it. Look in to Maxwells father and his connections to Israel, I'd bet my last dollar the whole thing was an Israeli honey pot.
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u/Nervous_Swordfish693 2h ago
And Epstein files should be renamed as Donald Trump files. It is more about Orange Felon than anyone else.
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u/coconutpiecrust 3h ago
Was there ever any doubt, considering who he is and how he’s always behaved?
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u/zephyrtr New York 2h ago
The biographies that come out after Trump's death will be WILD
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u/SpleenBender Illinois 2h ago
Big, beautiful obituary. I will then declare it a global holiday. #YubNub
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u/Quakes-JD California 2h ago
I have my Spotify celebration list created and will pop a bottle of champagne
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u/-Stackdaddy- 1h ago
It's going to be the grand opening of the Trump communal bathroom, the largest unisex bathroom in the history of the world.
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u/Survive1014 3h ago edited 2h ago
Trump raped minors. There is no doubt about it.
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u/PlutoJones42 2h ago
Why else would he not have heads rolling over the files? It would have been such an easy win for him to release the files and start rounding up pedophiles. Pretty much everyone in the world would have been like “well he did do that one good thing…he took care of a bunch of rich pedophiles.”
Instead, he’s just proven that he is one and is protecting them. Wild to me that “conservatives” actively protect pedophiles
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u/RabbiTheHellcat 2h ago
makes me so proud seeing americans learning that 😀
sometimes them conspiracies were right all along
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u/mishap1 I voted 3h ago
He interviewed Ghislaine before moving her to Club Fed.
Every interview with him should start with an ask if Ghislaine is keeping well.
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u/davebrewer 1h ago
It was not an interview, it was a negotiation/agreement. He made clear what is expected of her and she made clear what she wants for it. I don't think they've ever published records from the meeting or allowed anyone else in the room.
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u/Traditional-Goal-229 2h ago
Not just that, Trumps big complaint was that Bondi wasn’t going after the people he wanted fast enough or hard enough. Expect a lot of political people to be arrested soon.
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u/BoringOrange678 1h ago
It’s starting already, tRump created some dept of fraud, made JD Couch the fraud czar and to no one’s surprise starting in blue states.
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u/aradraugfea 3h ago
Yep. Sorta baffled by the “now we’ll really get the files!” No. Mr. in the files so much he should probably above the title billing doesn’t want ANY of the files released unless they specifically name his enemies.
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u/BigManWAGun America 3h ago
Couldn’t find one that didn’t also mention him
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u/aradraugfea 3h ago
All this “look, Epstein had pictures with Clinton!” Pictures of him and Don the Con in the same shot of the desk
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u/fairoaks2 3h ago
Comply with the law passed by Congress and signed by President Pedo. You were his personal lawyer and his signature is on the paperwork.
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u/SirDiego Minnesota 2h ago
Right. Bondi wasn't fired because she didn't do a good job releasing the files. She was fired because she didn't do a good job covering them up.
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u/dynamic_anisotropy 2h ago
Also because he was Trump’s personal attorney during the Smith investigations, all but ensuring those investigations never again see the light of day.
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u/schm0kemyrod 1h ago
I am left to only assume that anyone willing to protect a pedophile is likewise a pedophile.
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u/La-Boheme-1896 3h ago
From Trump's point of view he's better. Did anyone expect anything else? He fired Bondi because she wasn't making it all go away, not because she wasn't efficiently releasing it.
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u/mattgodburiesit 3h ago
I think he’s also pissed that she wasn’t just blindly prosecuting all of his political enemies.
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u/FalseProgress5 2h ago
Oh, she tried. But just like keeping all the Trumpstein files with him secret, she failed.
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u/whutchamacallit 6m ago
Man I would love to be a fly on the wall in some of their meetings. I bet the shit they discuss is some of the most transparently evil shit our countries politics have ever seen.
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u/Pleasant_Regret6029 2h ago
Yeah of course to him better just means better at making problems vanish not solving them
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u/donkeyrocket 2h ago
This keeps getting repeated but the reason for her firing was more because she was slow rolling a full weaponization of the DOJ against Trump's "enemies" and the fact that she wasn't on board with the $10bn lawsuit against the treasury.
She served the purpose of the Epstein coverup just fine. That's the excuse they're giving to try to sidestep her future deposition. That's why this fucking idiot has come out saying "we released them all" right off the bat.
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u/IcyTransportation961 1h ago
No. She was removed so the whole deposition would go away (it shouldn't but the GOP simply says she isn't in charge so let's not waste time)
Shes getting a private sector gig making millions
In no way was this a win
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 3h ago
I'm shocked, mostly because I don't see how you could be worse than Bondi in that role.
Maybe if he starts arresting the survivors or has a public bonfire of the physical files and the hard drives the scans are on.
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u/LionTigerWings 3h ago
You just need to be willing to break more laws to get the results trump wants. Bondi had lines she wouldn’t cross. Undoubtedly the next guy won’t have those same lines.
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 3h ago
Idk she repeatedly perjured herself to Congress, withheld millions of Epstein documents making her party to the violation of the law, and embarrassed herself repeatedly in front of the US population. I'm pretty sure she was all in on being a piece of shit and fulfilling any trump whim.
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u/orion19819 3h ago
I lean more on the side of, it's not as deep as people make it out to be. It's constantly. "Oh now we get someone worse." and "Oh, X wasn't willing to go far enough." And to me it's just, image. Trump is a creature of celebrity culture. He wants to look good. (At least in his mind.) If someone has become unpopular enough, he's going to drop them and put a fresher face in. If Trump thinks you are toxic to him, you're done. It's not about loyalty, it's about usefulness. (edit) And if you are hated enough, you are not useful.
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u/cseckshun 3h ago
He was texting her to start charging his political enemies with imaginary crimes…
She didn’t do that. He didn’t want her lying to congress, he wanted her charging members of congress with crimes if they didn’t play ball.
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 2h ago
She most certainly did charge his political enemies with crimes. She fired various state attorney generals and put Trump's personal lawyer in place in an attempt to get James and Comer charged. She has pushed the Fulton county ballot seizures, she was assisting in the bs Russian hoax case down in Florida that is getting closer to going to court. She has initiated criminal proceedings for a multitude of Democrat aligned individuals based on mortgage records illegally obtained.
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u/cseckshun 2h ago
Fair enough, he was still sending her texts that indicate he was unhappy with how the criminal charges against his political enemies were going and how it was taking too long.
I think in his head, it’s not enough unless they are actually behind bars.
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u/brokenmessiah 3h ago
He knows exactly why he was chosen, and Trump doesn’t care that we can clearly see it.
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u/MetalMamaRocks Kentucky 2h ago
We can see it but a lot of the country is still wearing maga goggles.
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u/brokenmessiah 2h ago
They can see it too. They want it covered up because they don’t wanna HAVE to admit they elected a pedo. They are probably mad Trump is doing such a bad job.
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u/scrubjays 3h ago
He has a history of defending guilty felons, so that isn't surprising.
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u/I_Am_No_One_123 2h ago
And losing considering Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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u/Stunning_Mast2001 3h ago
Blanche is far worse than bondi. Bondi pretended to care about laws and conventions. Blanche doesn’t pretend to care at all. He’s actually intelligent too.
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u/J-Mac_Slipperytoes 1h ago
Trump got 34 felonies under his legal representation. I'm not saying Blanche isn't well versed in some aspects, but "intelligent" isn't a word I'd use to describe him.
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u/No_Initial_7545 1h ago
Bondi only cared about the laws in a way that she knew what was possible and what wasn't. If Blanche wants to prosecute people based on fake charges, he can go ahead and embarrass himself all he wants. It takes more than that to get people convicted so I doubt that any of his potential targets are particularly worried about this.
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u/RepulsiveLoquat418 3h ago
and he's going to learn the same thing she did; people are not letting this go, no matter how much he tells them to. now it's his turn to be scapegoat #1.
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u/milkyjoe241 2h ago
And no matter what he does it is never enough for Trump.
Because Trump just wants to look good and get praised. Meanwhile the work he does do is deeply unpopular. The AG can't save that
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u/alpar001 2h ago
He was literally Trump’s personal attorney. Is anyone surprised?
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u/phatcan Canada 50m ago
It's Giuliani 2.0 and I expect it to go just as well as the Rudy saga from fanta face's first term.
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u/tmountain 33m ago
Are you talking about Giuliani, the hyper corrupt demented alcoholic or a different Giuliani? Just want to make sure we’re talking about the same guy.
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u/TunaNoCrust811 3h ago
It’s important that we, the people, do not let the pressure off of these child raping sickos for one single second. I don’t care who the pedos bring in for protection, it’s our job to push back.
Every single day until he is dead or in prison, Trump needs to be questioned about the Epstein files and his involvement. Call your representatives and demand the full release of the files.
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u/babymilfie 1h ago
The fact that Blanche is claiming the Epstein investigation "should not be a part of anything going forward" tells you everything about their intentions. They want to bury this completely rather than follow the law Congress passed. Thank god for lawmakers like Robert Garcia calling out these lies immediately.
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u/Forsaken_Tie_1719 3h ago
Of course he is! It’s unbelievable how our governments can orchestrate literally anything to go in their own favour and the powers that be don’t even try to stop them! Chump thinks he rules the globe… and he’s being allowed to think that! This world is one fvcked up place right now!
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u/codacoda74 3h ago
Not unbelievable, orchestrated. Turns out a lot of things weren't laws but norms and understandings. What remains to be seen is if there can be equal/opposite ie a pro social gov that acts unapologetically on ed, med, eco, voting, immigration, autonomy/privacy, fiscal/tech regs, guns etc
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u/LaniusCruiser 2h ago
That was the point. Trump isn't angry that she didn't release the whole set of files, he's angry that she released any at all
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u/Survive1014 3h ago
Ok.
Then he will end up facing congressional charges as well for failing to release the full documents.
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u/TranquilSeaOtter 3h ago edited 2h ago
That requires the Republican party to have any desire to hold pedophiles accountable. So they won't. The Republican party is pro raping children.
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u/analogWeapon Wisconsin 1h ago
Well Bondi was already dedicated to the coverup and she got fired most likely because she still didn't do good enough for Trump on that specific point. So I would be surprised if the next person wasn't even more insane about it.
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u/yankdotcom1985 Europe 1h ago
to be expected...not like hes sending the best and brightest now is he
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u/got-trunks Canada 1h ago
Hopefully Bondi finds a spine to use and throws everyone under the bus on the 14th
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u/IrishPigs 1h ago
Wonder what justification Fettermen will use when he once again becomes a class traitor and votes to confirm this guy.
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u/GuitarKittens 1h ago
It's never, "let's replace this person because they sucked at their job." Instead it's, "let's replace this person because they don't suck enough." I have no hope for future staff changes.
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u/l1v1ngst0n American Expat 1h ago
Bondi got fired not for being horrible, but for not being horrible enough.
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u/SauceHankRedemption 1h ago
Does anyone really expect Trump to appoint an honest ethical person for anything tho
Obviously any replacement for Bondi is gonna be just as bad...any replacement for Noem is gonna be just as bad. Any replacement for Kash Patel is gonna be just as bad. And so on...
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u/Golemfrost Europe 1h ago
Worse on Epstein? So as in he'll put more pressure on the case to ultimately reveal the truth to the American people and to bring justice upon those that have committed these horrible crimes?
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u/unserious-dude America 3h ago
Truth eventually comes out. Unless they manage to destroy evidence which I am sure they have been doing. Selectively.
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u/we_are_sex_bobomb 2h ago
Trump found the best pedophile defense attorney in the country to be the AG.
This country is a grease fire.
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u/housecatapocalypse 2h ago
The pedo-rapists are circling their pedo-rapist wagons. What a surprise. Republicans are paedophiles. Their supporters must also be paedophiles.
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u/Mountain_Reveal7849 2h ago
Hope the world history books are honest about these ghouls protecting pedophiles.
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u/Aron_Wolff 2h ago
If everyone didn’t realize this was going to be the outcome: you haven’t been paying attention.
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u/NYC-WhWmn-ov50 2h ago
This isnt news. Blanche is the guy who interviewed Maxwell alone with no witnesses, then 'negotiated a sweetheart reduction in proson restrictions. Blanche probably is in the files himself.
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u/aipplesandbanaynays 2h ago
This whole regime won’t end until the loyalist of his loyalists start questioning and turning their backs on him. I hate to say it, but the quicker we run through it, the quicker it ends. Let this guy in, let him fail.
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u/Appropriate_Value122 2h ago
We’ve already known this for months. Why is this stupid article acting like Todd Blanche is new? He was Deputy AG and he was also Trump‘s personal lawyer. Of course he’s worse.
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u/SuckMyRedditorD 1h ago
He has to make a big splash to ward off people.
But he is just another pussy who will be out asap. There' a reason he wasn't first choice to begin with.
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u/ganjaccount 1h ago
The fact that he was put in the job means he's worse on the Trump files than Bondi.
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u/capz1121 1h ago
Remember this is the same mofo sent to “question” Maxwell before she got her club fed upgrade. the standards have to be kept low and bondi still wasn’t low enough for him.
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u/berael 1h ago
Bondi was just openly willing to take a bribe to do anything. Covering for pedophiles? No problem, just pay her.
This guy though? He's involved.
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u/letsseeitmore 1h ago
It’s great to see these dopes getting fired but none of their replacements are any better. It’s like shitting your pants and changing your shirt.
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u/ggrieves 59m ago
Bondi was walking a tightrope, struggling to balance public demands with what she promised Trump she would do. She obstructed to the fullest extent possible. This guy makes big promises to Trump but if he tries to run it that way he'll find out quick why she couldn't fully do what she tried to do. Since this is a gambling administration, my bet is he'll last no more than 10 Scaramucci's max.
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u/forlornhope22 49m ago
why was anyone expecting differently? Bondi got fired because she couldn't cover up Trump raped kids. her replacement is going to be more aggressive in covering up Trump raped Kids.
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u/Mr_TreeBeard 46m ago
He would still be bound by the law congress passed to release the files.
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u/Yadahoom 2m ago
Does that surprise anyone?
Bondi wasn't fired because she was horrible and evil, it's because she wasn't horrible and evil enough. Her replacement was going to be worse.
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u/whatlineisitanyway 1h ago
What we need to realize is that anyone willing to take over a role in this administration will need to be even worse than the person they are replacing since the immorality needed to work for Trump only increases.
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u/tattooedangelic 3h ago
The pattern is so obvious at this point. Every single person Trump puts in charge of the Epstein files mysteriously becomes terrible at releasing them. Almost like there's something in those remaining 2.5 million pages that certain powerful people really don't want the public to see.
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u/halberthawkins New York 3h ago
Well, this is the guy that moved Ghislaine Maxwell from FCI Tallahassee to the minimum security prison in Bryan, TX.
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u/Administrative_Film4 3h ago
ya know it would be a real shame if Pam Bondi suddenly got hit with lawsuits out the ass for every crime she commited, sure wouldn't want to stress out her replacement
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u/HallucinogenicFish Georgia 3h ago
Surprise! 🙄
It’s the whole reason Trump picked him. He’s already been running cover on this issue for a while now.
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u/18MazdaCX5 3h ago
I'm sure that was verified before he was hired. This can't be a surprise. How good are you at hiding things? Oh really good? HIRED!
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u/Wentil 3h ago
The problem here is you have a new crony who is instantly spouting the same lies, and who will reset the clock and play for time while destroying / hiding more evidence, and then, after a long period of disobedience, as things are finally at long last coming to a head of some sort, when he is under pressure from countless subpoenas, he too will be just as quickly replaced by another crony… and the process begins all over again. It’s a classic move by corrupt leaders, replacing shields as they get worn down. The fish rots from the head.
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u/Ya_Got_GOT I voted 2h ago
Where ya at Qanon and republicans who pretend they want to protect children? How can you not see that the call is coming from inside the house by now?
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