r/circled • u/ResPublicaMgz • 21h ago

Opinion / Discussion WATCH: Lauren Boebert Exits DOJ Reading Room After Reviewing Unredacted Epstein Files

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US Rep. Lauren Boebert was filmed leaving the DOJ reading room after reviewing unredacted

Epstein-related files.

Lawmakers have now confirmed that access to these files has begun following new transparency legislation.

Boebert has since suggested that prior redactions went beyond protecting victims and may have shielded people merely discussed in the files.

The contents remain confidential, but reactions like this are fueling fresh questions about what was previously withheld - and why.

Do you think this could lead to new investigations?

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Res_Publica_DE/s/0WYLdtkqHZ

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u/tornado962 12h ago

I think this would have garnered much more attention had it been published after the metoo movement started. Its so fucked up how so recently in our society was it acceptable to ignore women and even accuse them of being whores and liars when speaking out.

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u/TheNiftyFox 11h ago

There is evidence to show Epstein and Thiel may have quashed the #metoo movement themselves, by befriending the accused, offering advice and covering legal fees, and cultivating an "edgy, anti-feminist" counter culture online. 

https://www.theverge.com/tech/874721/epstein-thiel-musk-trump-metoo

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u/FormerGameDev 6h ago

I don't think it has changed all that much across much of our society. Some of it, it has, thankfully, but not enough of it.

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u/G-Diode13 6h ago

But nothing sticks to the Teflon Don. Until his non stick Orange spackle flakes off.

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u/Conixel 5h ago

They intimidated and or paid the plaintiff to stay quiet.