• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Even the judge is screaming to release the Epstein files, lol.

    “A significant and compelling reason to reject” the request “is that the government has already undertaken a comprehensive investigation into the Epstein case and, not surprisingly, has assembled a ‘trove’ of Epstein documents, interviews, and exhibits,” Judge Richard Berman wrote in a federal court ruling.

    That trove of roughly 100,000 pages of files “dwarf[s] the 70 odd pages of Epstein grand jury materials,” Berman wrote.

    The Trump administration does not need the courts to approve the release of its Epstein files, the judge wrote. He added that the administration had previously committed to publicly releasing those records, before reversing itself in July.

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        blah…blah…blah…judges are lawyers, and lawyers liberal…blah…blah…TDS…Woke…puts fingers in ears

        /s

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      I am more cynical. The judges words may sound like he is doing the right thing, but I fear the Trump team will use this as an excuse to say the overall process to release more materials is stuck in the courts. I would have approved the release of the materials and also made the comments that these materials are a drop in the ocean compared to the full mountain of information the government already holds and is able to release.

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    I’m pretty sure Trump argued that he could declassify documents just by thinking about it. There’s no need for courts here unless you’re playing a game.

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      Because of impact to the victims. The Grand Jury records could be used to identify, harass, and worse to the victims.

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        And the grand jury members.

        You know they’d pick apart the deliberations and on the first thing they don’t like they’d start hunting down jurors.