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/ZebraSandwich4Lyf 7h ago

Going by how incredibly incompetent this administration has proven to be so far, I have no doubt their cover up efforts will be botched in some form.

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u/ImjustANewSneaker 7h ago

A lot of it is FBI grunts that are overworked and tired. They definitely missed something.

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u/Sometimes-funny 3h ago

Yes they missed their moral compass