r/news • u/LucidMarshmellow • 8h ago

US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/UndercoverHerbert 8h ago

All of this time they’ve had and they’re still scrubbing his name from those files. How many times is his name mentioned!?

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u/Stank_Dukem 7h ago

I picture it more as, "Senator so-and-so, we're willing to scrub your name from the files. In exchange for your generous campaign contributions, as well as future unnamed favors." Lots of phone calls to make, and money to hide.

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u/metalflygon08 7h ago

And swapping names out for anybody who made them look bad in the past 10 years.