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Augiedog

(2,666 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:05 AM 17 hrs ago

Trump now supports release of Epstein files, now that the FBI has had time to sanitize them for him

1000 FBI Agents assigned to remove all signs of trumps pedo activities…gee, what could go wrong with that

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Trump now supports release of Epstein files, now that the FBI has had time to sanitize them for him (Original Post) Augiedog 17 hrs ago OP
Man, we're all on the same page here! jaymac 17 hrs ago #1
If he releases scrubbed docs, that will totally fail. Arazi 17 hrs ago #2
That's what I've always maintained. NCDem47 17 hrs ago #3
I hope to hell you're correct. (nt) Paladin 17 hrs ago #4
He, and the MAGA cult are stupid enough to believe that would work Jerry2144 16 hrs ago #8
I DO believe you are right Arazi.... democratsruletheday 16 hrs ago #11
Worst case scenario (i.e., delayed gratification) no_hypocrisy 16 hrs ago #5
If FBI Covers it up purr-rat beauty 16 hrs ago #6
One operative said... CousinIT 16 hrs ago #7
That is not the worst they could do karynnj 16 hrs ago #9
That is not the reason. Bluetus 16 hrs ago #10
Not even that... Happy Hoosier 15 hrs ago #12
That's what I'm afraid of too. Baitball Blogger 15 hrs ago #13

Arazi

(8,579 posts)
2. If he releases scrubbed docs, that will totally fail.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:08 AM
17 hrs ago

Other defense attorneys have some/many. The Epstein Estate has some/many. Some number of DOJ lawyers who worked on that project (if true) would come forward and report that.

That kind of coverup would be literally impossible imo, and risk even worse backlash when it’s exposed.

NCDem47

(3,223 posts)
3. That's what I've always maintained.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:12 AM
17 hrs ago

It’s all been in the government and legal spheres for years (Biden and Trump admins). So many eyes. So many hands.

Jerry2144

(3,078 posts)
8. He, and the MAGA cult are stupid enough to believe that would work
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:45 AM
16 hrs ago

And the news media will just report the sanitized information and won’t report the scrubbing. There aren’t very many news departments with journalistic integrity. In fact, I can count the number of them on the fingers on my left foot. 0. There also aren’t too many good journalists that would report it either. The few that would are called super liberal and biased by the right

democratsruletheday

(1,782 posts)
11. I DO believe you are right Arazi....
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:09 AM
16 hrs ago

the proverbial toothpaste is out of the friggin' tube. He's in serious scramble/cover his ass mode now. Good luck PedoDon.

no_hypocrisy

(53,790 posts)
5. Worst case scenario (i.e., delayed gratification)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:19 AM
16 hrs ago

They're scrubbed. Extrinsic information can contradict the omissions.

Wait until Democrats control the House January, 2027. New subpoenas to the Epstein Estate. Compare and declare the contradictions.

CousinIT

(12,039 posts)
7. One operative said...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:29 AM
16 hrs ago

...they'd redact all Repub names and leave Dem ones. I'd not be surprised if they did that.

karynnj

(60,684 posts)
9. That is not the worst they could do
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:46 AM
16 hrs ago

That would still identify people with some real guilt. However, what if they add stuff (on Democrats) that was never there or substitute a Democratic name for Trump's in places where not having a name of a perpetrator would be suspicious.

This would create pain, but I would hope that others who worked with the documents in the past would speak out.

Bluetus

(1,931 posts)
10. That is not the reason.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:50 AM
16 hrs ago

They have had 10 months to destroy the evidence. That was done long ago, but let's hope people stashed some copies that will be leaked once the FBI releases what it claims to be complete files.

The reason for Trump's about-face is that he knows a bunch of Republicans were going to vote against him. He is trying to make it look like it was his idea.

Happy Hoosier

(9,283 posts)
12. Not even that...
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:18 AM
15 hrs ago

DOJ will say it's not possible to release them now that there are "active" investigations.

Baitball Blogger

(51,473 posts)
13. That's what I'm afraid of too.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:24 AM
15 hrs ago

And this time, I don't think the cover-up will be worse than the crime.

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