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snot

(11,419 posts)
15. Agreed.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 03:44 PM
Jul 2025

I think voters on both sides wanted to see the records (redacted to protect victims) released and the abusers prosecuted. Some would of course try to discount charges against abusers from their own tribe and claim that the prosecutions were biased, but so long as there was substantive evidence for the prosecutions, I doubt anyone could persuasively claim that Biden was just being "petty."

Too many voters are concerned that there's a different, more lenient system for the powerful than there is for the rest of us, and want both to see real justice done and also have the chance to start figuring out which abusers might have been secretly blackmailed into making decisions that were inconsistent with our welfare or even treasonous.

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I don't get it either MichMan Jul 2025 #1
Here you go: Kingofalldems Jul 2025 #2
No one at DOJ leaked even a bit... after the DOJ has been leaking stuff for 30 years? WarGamer Jul 2025 #4
Give it up, it's not working. Kingofalldems Jul 2025 #8
Morning Joe asked the same question... WarGamer Jul 2025 #10
He's a republican. Kingofalldems Jul 2025 #13
your response is telling! FHRRK Jul 2025 #16
I honestly don't understand why you're mentioning Morning Joe senseandsensibility Jul 2025 #24
Possibly because he's anti-Trump and on MSNBC. WarGamer Jul 2025 #25
Oh please Keepthesoulalive Jul 2025 #29
He and Meee-ca went to Mar a Lago to kiss tsf's ass. sheshe2 Jul 2025 #30
To deflect defense of Trump onto someone else. W_HAMILTON Jul 2025 #33
According to your link, Trump is also prohibited from releasing them MichMan Jul 2025 #14
.. WarGamer Jul 2025 #20
However, Senator Wyden has rightly demanded the release of the Treasury department file on Epstein Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #21
Nonsense Raven123 Jul 2025 #3
We filed over 300 hundred lawsuits against Trump but held Melon Jul 2025 #27
It's not vindictive to take down a man involved in trafficking children still-prayin4rain Jul 2025 #36
Because the Dems had Merrick the Meek as AG. republianmushroom Jul 2025 #5
THIS may be the answer. WarGamer Jul 2025 #6
That's about it BOSSHOG Jul 2025 #26
Biden didn't do things for petty personal political reasons underpants Jul 2025 #7
It wouldn't have been petty or personal. If it could have been released, it should have. And if it couldn't Scrivener7 Jul 2025 #23
Yep, exposing a person's involvement with harming children is not petty. still-prayin4rain Jul 2025 #37
The answer is sort of obvious Johonny Jul 2025 #9
There ***WERE*** embarrassing details released MAGA didn't care then and they don't care now uponit7771 Jul 2025 #11
Merrick Fucking Garland and Christopher Wray - a TRUMP appointee Arazi Jul 2025 #12
I'm in complete agreement fujiyamasan Jul 2025 #18
Agreed. snot Jul 2025 #15
I gotta admit I wonder about this too fujiyamasan Jul 2025 #17
Your post makes it sound like you think Biden ran the DOJ like Trump runs it. Sogo Jul 2025 #19
Garland fucked up more ways than one! Emile Jul 2025 #22
The Buck Stops Here. If there was definitive evidence and Biden knew about it, no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #28
I think Biden really wanted to try to return us to " norms" of politics. I may be wrong, but I am skeptical that tulipsandroses Jul 2025 #31
Oh, you! W_HAMILTON Jul 2025 #32
Everyone thought the legal system would take him down. Kablooie Jul 2025 #34
The guy probably wasn't just a client, but also a silent partner. miyazaki Jul 2025 #35
Are you pretending he might not be in there after even Elon says he is? Brainfodder Jul 2025 #38
He's definitely in there... WarGamer Jul 2025 #39
From what I understand.. the files were not opened because of appeals being made Peacetrain Jul 2025 #40
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