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Rhiannon12866

(257,312 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:25 PM Thursday

The Epstein Files Are Back--and Things Just Got Worse - The Bulwark

The Epstein files are back in the news and JVL and Will Sommer are here to break down the latest. Republicans are now weighing whether to recommend a pardon for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

At the same time, the Department of Justice’s internal watchdog is launching a review into how the Epstein files were handled, raising new questions about what was released, what was withheld, and why. Is this a routine oversight review—or the start of something much bigger? - 04/23/2026.

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The Epstein Files Are Back--and Things Just Got Worse - The Bulwark (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Thursday OP

IANAL And haven't seen the video but usonian Thursday #1

usonian

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1. IANAL And haven't seen the video but

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Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:59 PM

Thursday

A pardon removes your right to plead the 5th.

That's mighty dangerous water to swim in.

She is safer in prison, IMO, given the hideous crimes she enabled and may have patricipated in.

Yes, ended a sentence with a preposition twice.

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