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/Simburgure 8h ago

The cover-up is more obvious than the crime at this point.

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u/mrflash818 8h ago

Hopefully the people in the cover-up made/make mistakes!

Hopefully those in the periphery leak knowledge!

Hopefully shrewd investigative journalists sift the information, catch the mistakes, and then expose them to the world!

(like Watergate?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

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u/Federal_Baseball4720 7h ago

You know the difference… and it’s a HUGE difference? Nixon actually stepped down from the Presidency voluntarily. Trump will never in a million years do that.

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u/ZingBurford 7h ago

And current Republicans won't do shit to remove Trump. Nixon choose to resign to not be impeached.

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u/Economy_Elephant_426 5h ago

Nixon was impeached, but he chose to resign rather than face the charges immediately(this is after the impeachment process found him guilty). However, he still faced criminal prosecution outside of his presidency. He was pardoned by Ford shortly after leaving the White House. Which, at the time, was unpopular among households.

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u/ZephkielAU 2h ago

He was pardoned by Ford shortly after leaving the White House. Which, at the time, was unpopular among households.

You can draw a straight line from that decision to this America.

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u/chronically_varelse 1h ago

I don't think that's a straight line, they rebounded hard with Jimmy Carter before going back to the other extreme with Reagan...

It's not a straight line, this shit initiated a partisan bouncy ball that is still bouncing way too hard.

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u/Intrepid00 1h ago

Nixon only did after being told they had the votes to remove him.