Pam Bondi Underdelivers on ‘Epstein Files’ Release; Leaves America Hungry
Big Brother’s heart (and stomach) is full! After US Attorney General Pam Bondi underwhelmed with her doubleplus balleyhooed Epstein files release, the promised scintillating and incriminating pages turned out to be, once redacted to Big Brother’s liking, basically the same reheated leftovers that were already public knowledge. Yummy!
Bondi has mastered the art of managing expectations. In this case, by building them up to towering heights and then letting it all come crashing down into a silent and uninteresting heap at the feet of the American public. And if you’re wondering what this scandal linking powerful celebrities to the most evil of all crimes has to do with “national security?” Well, believe us… you definitely don’t want to know how the sausage is made – hint: mostly sodium phosphates!
Maybe these files are as interesting as you think/hope/fear they are, and maybe they aren’t. Any way you slice it, we don’t know because somebody important doesn’t want us to know. Let’s keep it that way.
Party elites like Bondi will continue to make empty promises, and the proles will continue to eat them up. But please deliver them within 30 minutes or less, or they’re free.
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- Following backlash from her initial release of what's been dubbed the "Epstein files" at the end of February, US Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi has said all government files on Jeffrey Epstein will be released after information related to “victims,” the “grand jury,” and “national security” is redacted. Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was found dead in his jail cell before his child sex trafficking trial in 2019.
- On Feb. 27, Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel initially released around 200 pages of files, which turned out to be heavily redacted in some areas and largely contained information that was already public knowledge. Following backlash for allegedly overhyping the release, Bondi later stated that she had discovered a federal attorney’s office had been "sitting on thousands of pages" of additional documents.
- On March 3, Bondi said, "We will get everything" and the public will eventually see “the full Epstein files,” adding that information related to the “grand jury” and "confidential witnesses" will be redacted.
- She later added that "national security" information would also be redacted and that an FBI team was working "as fast" as possible to get it done. However, the documents have yet to be released.
- While victim and grand jury redactions are seen as normal, critics point out that the term “national security” has in the past been used by the government to hide illegal evidence or wrongdoing, like secretly spying on Muslims, as shown in the case FBI v. Fazaga.
- Investigative reports have alleged close ties between Epstein and government officials, intelligence operatives, and celebrities in the US, Israel, and around the world, dating back to the 1980s and continuing after his 2008 sex crime conviction.
Sources: The Hill, New York Post, ABC News, Forbes, Department of Justice, New York Times, Unlimited Hangout, Wall Street Journal, Times of Israel, Human Rights Watch, and Reason.
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