898
DOJ does damage control as staffer admits Republicans will be redacted from Epstein files
(www.rawstory.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2025
898 points (99.4% liked)
politics
25507 readers
2835 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Do it now and no one gets held accountable.
Do it after republicans start prosecution of the Dems and it becomes much harder to bury the whole thing.
Plus, it gets rid of a shit ton of problematic Dems. If they were raping kids with Epstein, they're also doing way worse shit to prevent that from coming out.
That was the whole point, accumulate dirt, then blackmail.
In 2026 only one party will be able to say zero incumbents were named in the Epstein list, and every republican incumbent has to defend not holding their peers accountable, or even personally being on the list themselves.
trump trying to use corrupt Dems as sacrificial lambs is going to bite him in the ass
Assuming that is that they merely remove themselves from the list and leave whatever dems are on in. If theyre willing to edit the thing to remove themselves however, can they be trusted to not add people they particularly dont like, or remove any dems on the list that they are concerned might out the rest of the list if prosecuted?
Why would it when nothing else has yet?
This is the post-truth era, the only thing that sticks is spin.
Because people like you pre-excuse nothing happening by saying shit like this. Republicans see this narrative continuing and know they can ignore it without consequences
Why would they be held accountable? Republicans will just claim the names are a targeted attack as a last ditch effort by the Dems fabricated and paid for or some shit and then point to their own doctored documents as proof.
Because if Dems can legitimately clear the very low bar of "no one here was in the Epstein list" we're likely to get enough seats that it literally doesn't matter what Republicans claim.
1/3 of the country doesn't vote, this would get a significant amount more to vote.
Couple that with the DNC changes, primarily reinvesting in state parties...
And this is the most optimistic I've ever been about America long term.
But the next 1-3 years are going to be pretty close to the worst.
Gotta find the silver linings.
Idk man, dollars to donuts Clinton is on it. You say it’s a low bar, but idk how much faith I’d put in our rich
If be shocked if he wasn't...
That's my point, the people legitimately on it that are prosecuted because trump doesn't like them, are still being prosecuted and removed not just from the party but the all of society if they're jailed.
You're looking it as the politicians are the party. I'm talking about it like the voters are the party. And we're better off without the child rapists hanging around us making ng us look bad.
how soon we forget Slick Willie was getting BJs in the oval office and he was BFF with Donald while snorkeling at Epstein island.
Politicians aren’t the party, but that will be the justification for the Republicans
I hope every little thing he has done comes back to bite him in the ass.
COVID could have, but didn't. He's called "Teflon" for a reason. I hate this timeline.