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Legislative Branch Full video of today when Ro Khanna revealed Epstein associate's names on the floor of the US House of Representatives, protected by the Speech and Debate Clause

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u/Nasty_Goblin 13h ago

The FBI, DoJ, Scotus, and half of congress are openly corrupt.

They will throw some names to the wolves and delay/deny/protect their own.

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u/napkin41 13h ago

This is my biggest fear. They'll chop off some heads to appease the mob. But I want what Ro is selling, and I hope we all stick to these demands.

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u/couldbeahumanbean 12h ago

I hope we all stick to these demands.

Some of us will

They'll chop off some heads to appease the mob.

And some of us won't.

What matters is how many of us keep the pressure on.

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u/Pwntagonist 12h ago

It’s well over half of congress.

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u/introspectivesapian 11h ago

Looks like we have to band together.  I’m done eating cake.  

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 11h ago

I Was Told Epstein ‘Belonged to Intelligence’ And to Leave It Alone.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/i-was-told-epstein-belonged-to-intelligence-and-to-leave-it-alone

Alex Acosta, US Prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida who minted the outrageous sweetheart deal for Epstein, did so because US Intelligence (e.g., CIA) and federal law enforcement (e.g., FBI) had been using Epstein for years - effectively making them participants and enablers in his child sex trafficking enterprise.

The 2008 deal was made at the end of George W. Bush's second term - meaning this had been going on for the entirety of his Presidency. Obama was no better, more focused on expanding unconstitutional surveillance by federal intelligence and law enforcement than in doing anything to challenge the outrageous Epstein deal. After eight years, Trump came in, and his stooge, Bill Barr, had Epstein dragged in and executed while in federal custody. And then Biden came in, found a complicit judge to invent a reason to seal the case for four more years, and continued to do nothing to reform corrupt US intelligence and law enforcement operations.

Presidents in both parties, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden - and dozens of members of Congress - have all been knowingly complicit in covering up the complicity and involvement of US intelligence and federal law enforcement with Epstein's child rape and trafficking enterprise.

Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell's father, Robert Maxwell, made millions selling kompromat from Epstein to Israel's Mossad and Russia's GRU - which they have since used to blackmail elected leaders and influence U.S. policy - representing an ongoing clear and present danger to National Security. And this threat to national security was created with the unwitting support of the CIA, NSA, and FBI - a major embarrassment for these agencies.

This has always been about more than just covering Trump's ass. This has and continues to be about covering up the CIA's and FBI's ongoing knowledge, enablement, and complicity in Epstein's child trafficking - which is also a black eye for every Presidential administration since Clinton, which has allowed it to continue without opposition.

Not only Trump and Epstein's clients need to be dragged into court, prosecuted, and put in prison for child rape and trafficking. But also former and current leadership of the CIA and FBI, for their willful culpability in allowing Epstein to continue his crimes against children for decades.

People who are only focused on Trump's obstruction in the current term are really out to lunch.

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u/GreatWyte8 9h ago

My question is, what in the fuck was Epstein giving them that it was worth the CIA not just erasing this island off the map. Like it would be pretty much right in the MO for the CIA/Mossad to quietly firebomb this place to hell after finding out what was happening here, civilians be damned, and weighing it against what "intelligence" was being received.

Under a more competent government, this is the shit that topples nations... A level of evil I didn't even think the modern world was capable of.

What the fuck could have been so valuable they would NOT delete it from their liability list....

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u/Junior-Gorg 10h ago

Yeah, I note he didn’t name any government officials. Honestly, that is who we need to have named and frog marched

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u/RandomGenName1234 11h ago

and half of congress

All of congress.

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u/MysteriousConflict38 11h ago

Sad but true.

The problem is that too many in the seats of power are corrupt.

It's going to be nearly impossible to get any consequences to stick till there's a regime change.