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Uncle Joe

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Thu Aug 7, 2025, 05:10 PM Aug 2025

'Political theater': No subpoena for U.S. attorney behind Epstein's 'sweetheart deal'



The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday listed former attorneys general, a former FBI director, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as people all subject to subpoenas for matters tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Not named in the news release was Alex Acosta — who was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida whose secret non-prosecution agreement with Epstein created a spark that has turned into an inferno of controversy nearly 20 years later.
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'Political theater': No subpoena for U.S. attorney behind Epstein's 'sweetheart deal' (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2025 OP
Child trafficking has always been a big business since the 1850's LiberalArkie Aug 2025 #1

LiberalArkie

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1. Child trafficking has always been a big business since the 1850's
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 06:33 PM
Aug 2025

Moving so-called "orphans" from the upper East Coast areas to the middle west to work on farms and mines.

They just wanted to clean up the streets and get the homeless beggars off the big city streets.

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