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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"IF" you want to believe David Schuster's theory RE: Bondi scubbing the Epstein files...
..." there will be more than a few FBI/DOJ whistleblowers who will notice the removals and alert Congress.""I get the concerns that AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel may try to scrub all Trump references and images in the Epstein files before they are released," former CNN, Fox News and NBC journalist David Shuster wrote Tuesday on his official X account. "Well, there are nearly 1,000 FBI/DOJ staff who looked at the files in March with no compartmentalizing, limits, or controls."
As Shuster pointed out, Bondi ordered DOJ staff to comb through approximately 100,000 pages of documents pertaining to Epstein's two federal investigations in 2006 and 2019 earlier this year. The New York Times reported that between February and April, DOJ staff pored through the evidence four times.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (who was Trump's former personal lawyer) explicitly told attorneys to flag any mention of Trump in the files. Shuster argued that one of the many DOJ staffers working on the case would likely report any noticeable changes to lawmakers and undermine any attempt by the administration to shield high-profile figures from accountability.
"Bondi and Patel will be jammed by their own incompetence," Shuster wrote. "Because if the AG and FBI director try to scrub Trump references now, there will be more than a few FBI/DOJ whistleblowers who will notice the removals and alert Congress. Check mate."
@DavidShuster
I get the concerns that AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel may try to scrub all Trump references and images in the Epstein files before they are released. Well, there are nearly 1,000 FBI/DOJ staff who looked at the files in March with no compartmentalizing, limits, or controls.
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David Shuster
@DavidShuster
The Senate just approved the House Epstein bill by unanimous consent. In other words, Senators agreed unanimously they didn't even need to take a formal vote. Tick tock, Mr. President. Sign the bill and release all the files. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5611756-senate-epstein-files-bill/
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Zorro
(18,691 posts)and nominate Ken Paxton to replace her.
FakeNoose
(41,627 posts)Bring it on, we're ready!
Miles Archer
(23,258 posts)...and neither of them were anointed with "total immunity" by John Roberts. That doesn't mean they would not be in line for "Trump pardons." It means Patel probably would not enjoy being dragged through the mud while he was trying to schedule his next taxpayer-funded flight to go see his girlfriend sing.
Right now, Bondi thinks she's the smartest person in the room. Patel too. Whistleblowers have an unfortunate gift for making people who think they are smart appear to be the opposite of that, once their schemes are made public.
Traildogbob
(13,017 posts)Who damn lot of the trump regime can go to prison for multiple charges. All those underlings that are sick of those top brass, even the fired ones can get their revenge.
Miles Archer
(23,258 posts)Sure, there could be a few MAGAt loyalists in the ranks who think Pammy & Kash are the bees' knees.
Then there are all of the agents who have been burned by them.
Last time I checked, "revenge is still a dish best served cold."
Traildogbob
(13,017 posts)RockRaven
(19,365 posts)Don't count on the ones who saw any juicy Trump bits being of that sort. They may not be.
Miles Archer
(23,258 posts)I've been very cautious in my recent posts to avoid "assertive" or "definitive" statements.
I think we can "definitively" and "assertively" say that Bondi and Patel are "Trump Loyalists"...after all, that's the primary reason they GOT those gigs. But the government workers who aren't in the daily headlines? I know what everyone here knows, which is nothing.
Unless, of course, someone here is related to one of those workers, or IS one of those workers. But my "inside information" regarding the gears and levers inside of the DOJ is non-existent. A "your guess is as good as mine" thing.
stopdiggin
(15,462 posts)AZJonnie
(3,703 posts)and who have apparently not done so.
So there's that
And this is also based on the assumption that Shuster knows what he's talking about re: the alleged 1000 people to begin with.
Bondi's DoJ using 1000 Grok AI threads to scour it all and report back only to her would make a lot more sense to me, but I'm not privy to details on how such a "review" would work in practice.