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ElwoodBlues · M
Step one for the WSJ, IMHO is to demand sworn depositions from tRump. He's always terrible under oath so he'll try to wriggle out and it'll be a very bad look for him to refuse to be deposed on the Epstein matter.
Step 2 for the WSJ might be to subpoena the DoJ for all their Epstein material. It can go to a team of special masters for review, but getting out of Bondi's hands might be very scary for Trump.
From Sen Dick Durbin:
BTW, if you recall back in 2016, FBI director James Comey broke with longstanding DoJ policy by releasing some stuff about a laptop belonging to Huma Abedin just weeks before the election. The rumor at the time was that Comey's hand was forced; that he was afraid FBI agents would go rogue and leak stories about the laptop if Comey didn't go public.
That same dynamic may be in effect here with the Epstein tRump connections. Stuff like the letter the WSJ has could have been leaked by FBI agents who couldn't stomach the "there is no Epstein list" coverup. If so, look for more slow leaks.
Step 2 for the WSJ might be to subpoena the DoJ for all their Epstein material. It can go to a team of special masters for review, but getting out of Bondi's hands might be very scary for Trump.
From Sen Dick Durbin:
“According to information my office received, the FBI was pressured to put approximately 1,000 personnel in its Information Management Division (IMD) … on 24-hour shifts to review approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records in order to produce more documents that could then be released on an arbitrarily short deadline,” Durbin wrote to Patel.
“This effort, which reportedly took place from March 14 through the end of March, was haphazardly supplemented by hundreds of FBI New York Field Office personnel, many of whom lacked the expertise to identify statutorily-protected information regarding child victims and child witnesses or properly handle FOIA requests,” the letter said.
“My office was told that these personnel were instructed to ‘flag’ any records in which President Trump was mentioned.”
It sure would be interesting to see what that turned up!“This effort, which reportedly took place from March 14 through the end of March, was haphazardly supplemented by hundreds of FBI New York Field Office personnel, many of whom lacked the expertise to identify statutorily-protected information regarding child victims and child witnesses or properly handle FOIA requests,” the letter said.
“My office was told that these personnel were instructed to ‘flag’ any records in which President Trump was mentioned.”
BTW, if you recall back in 2016, FBI director James Comey broke with longstanding DoJ policy by releasing some stuff about a laptop belonging to Huma Abedin just weeks before the election. The rumor at the time was that Comey's hand was forced; that he was afraid FBI agents would go rogue and leak stories about the laptop if Comey didn't go public.
That same dynamic may be in effect here with the Epstein tRump connections. Stuff like the letter the WSJ has could have been leaked by FBI agents who couldn't stomach the "there is no Epstein list" coverup. If so, look for more slow leaks.