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Kid Berwyn

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65. TY! Bill Barr inherited Epstein or were they already brothers?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:41 PM
Feb 26
The Ties That Bind Jeffrey Epstein, William Barr & Donald Trump

Todd Neikirk
Hill Reporter, May 19, 2019

During Attorney General, William Barr’s confirmation hearing, he was mostly peppered with questions about how he would handle the Mueller Report. Senator Ben Sasse’s (R-NE) questioning, however, diverged from the pack. Sasse asked Barr about the lenient sentence given out to billionaire pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. The future Attorney General told Sasse that he would look into the matter.

This, however, was not the first connection between Barr and his family and the disgraced pedophile. In 1973, Barr’s father Donald, the headmaster at Manhattan’s Dalton School, hired Epstein as a calculus and physics teacher.

While hiring Epstein, a noted mathematics genius, was not strange on its face, the hire was unusual for a number of reasons. Epstein had not earned a college degree as he dropped out of New York’s prestigious Cooper Union. The other odd circumstance was that the new teacher was only 20 years of age.

Apparently, the hire was a successful one. The New Yorker wrote in a 2003 profile on Epstein, “he was something of a Robin Williams–in–Dead Poets Society type of figure, wowing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs.” Epstein’s mathematical skills caught the eye of Bear Stearns’ chairman, Alan “Ace” Greenberg, whose son attended the Dalton School. Greenberg hired Epstein as an options trader and the former teacher was able to amass a fortune.

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https://hillreporter.com/the-ties-that-bind-jeffrey-epstein-william-barr-donald-trump-34107

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Barr Sr must’ve seen a potential, uh, asset. Otherwise, there’s no logical rationale for the hire.

ETA: I have yet to hear a major media outlet — print or broadcast — bring Barr Sr hiring Epstein to the nation’s attention.

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Oh BeyondGeography Feb 25 #1
DURec leftstreet Feb 25 #2
Great idea! And while they're at it, please subpoena whomever at SDNY requested NM to stop ranch investigation in 2019 SheltieLover Feb 25 #3
Years of silence Tetrachloride Feb 25 #4
Merrick Garland also has standing Mblaze Feb 25 #5
Merrick Garland has no spine so asking him to stand tall is a little far fetched JT45242 Feb 26 #62
That would be the FIRST time..... MyOwnPeace Feb 26 #63
Lol. msfiddlestix Feb 25 #6
Agree. Spineless weasels like Garland never stand up for anything. BannonsLiver Feb 25 #19
he's trying to appear even-handed here bigtree Feb 25 #27
Garland Milquetoast. SergeStorms Feb 26 #59
Bill Barr needs to be deposed. poli-junkie Feb 25 #7
Yes, Barr and Garland both need to testify FakeNoose Feb 25 #13
This!!!!! 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover Feb 25 #52
Bill Barr's father radical noodle Feb 26 #58
I agree. As Attorney General, each of these men had inside knowledge as to the content of the Epstein files. patphil Feb 26 #61
TY! Bill Barr inherited Epstein or were they already brothers? Kid Berwyn Feb 26 #65
Gooooood! Prairie Gates Feb 25 #8
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 Whyisthisstillclose Feb 25 #9
Merrick Garland would take the 5th... Escape Feb 25 #10
Merrick Garland has never and would never take the 5th. SunSeeker Feb 25 #12
Thank you. Well said Raven123 Feb 25 #26
Epstein-related files could not be legally released during Garland's term because Maxwell's case was still under appeal bigtree Feb 25 #11
Here comes the Garland Society. BannonsLiver Feb 25 #14
There is certainly grounds for criticizing Garland for his slow prosecution of Trump, but not for this. SunSeeker Feb 25 #22
I've heard all those excuses and rationalizations before. BannonsLiver Feb 25 #24
Those are not "rationalizations" about the handling of the Epstein files, they're facts. SunSeeker Feb 25 #39
When Bondi threw Garland's name at Ted Lieu he didn't disagree with her premise that Garland was delinquent on Epstein BeyondGeography Feb 25 #41
Ted Lieu was not implying Garland should have disclosed the Epstein files. SunSeeker Feb 25 #44
Exactly. Thank you bigtree. He didn't want to comment because it could endanger the conviction, which was on appeal. SunSeeker Feb 25 #16
this expectation of some is a degeneration of norms bigtree Feb 25 #23
Sounds sorta like can't fight the fire until the house KPN Feb 25 #21
I may have a different interpretation of 'still interviewing witnesses' than you bigtree Feb 25 #25
There's some management tools called priorities, assignment of resources, KPN Feb 25 #28
none of which have been shown by anyone to have been neglected or mismanaged bigtree Feb 25 #31
You have your opinion. I have mine. This was a big deal as KPN Feb 25 #38
I literally said none was shown bigtree Feb 25 #42
You can't show something that is missing -- like higher priority, greater emphasis, etc. I don't isolate everything to KPN Feb 25 #45
we're only talking about points and processes of law. What does 'proof' have to do with all that, you say? bigtree Feb 25 #48
Instead of escalating and projecting -- as in "obfuscating", KPN Feb 26 #54
the projection here is against Garland bigtree Feb 26 #55
Mmmhmmm. KPN Feb 26 #56
UH OH, Escape Feb 25 #15
I like to call it the Garland Society. BannonsLiver Feb 25 #18
Yes, and isn't it amazing... Escape Feb 25 #46
Interesting question. BannonsLiver Feb 25 #49
One million files and nothing was done The Blue Flower Feb 25 #17
Incompetence or worse? KPN Feb 25 #29
Blaming Biden's DOJ is everywhere on right wing social media. progressoid Feb 25 #20
Lol. In some ways, I can't disagree. KPN Feb 25 #30
We need to have a GOOD answer to this or it will cost us in the election. Currently our answer is that Scrivener7 Feb 25 #35
THIS. Absolutely. Shed the thin skin and blinders. KPN Feb 25 #47
Instead of wasting time on Garland... appmanga Feb 25 #32
This. Good idea. Scrivener7 Feb 25 #34
THIS SunSeeker Feb 25 #40
Garland won't tell us anything. Bring on Jack Smith to talk about his investigations. Scrivener7 Feb 25 #33
The deep of corruption in the current and former DOJ is very enlightening. Pretty obvious walkingman Feb 25 #36
Brilliant idea xuplate Feb 25 #37
Well there's at least one thing MAGAts and Dems appear to agree on MorbidButterflyTat Feb 25 #43
It's essentially spring in my area already. BannonsLiver Feb 25 #50
So should Barr!!! SheltieLover Feb 25 #51
AGREE ! republianmushroom Feb 25 #53
Yup. And also why he slow walked the prosecution of our nation's top criminal. Clouds Passing Feb 26 #57
he is one of the reasons trump was not stopped when we had the same power trump now has samsingh Feb 26 #60
We know why.... Quanto Magnus Feb 26 #64
Garland was a right-winger, even if he didn't register as a Republican Bluetus Feb 26 #67
Add Bill Barr to that list. Grins Feb 26 #66
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