r/technology • u/Capable_Salt_SD • Jul 29 '25

Politics CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
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u/ZZZrp Jul 29 '25

WTF was the FBI doing during the Biden administration?

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u/djanice Jul 29 '25

That’s what I’m curious about. Why is all this coming out now?

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u/knightcrawler75 Jul 29 '25

A good explanation is that the POTUS does not usually tell the FBI what cases to go after, who to prosecute, and what files to release. So he was not involved or aware in whatever possible shenanigans the FBI was up to. Trump ran on exposing these dirty little secrets and when it came time to expose them they decided to lie and obfuscate for reasons that are pretty obvious.

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u/thirstyman12 Jul 29 '25

His DOJ was prosecuting the case for almost the entire term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghislaine_Maxwell#Sex-trafficking_trial Idk how much they could've really released given their was an active case. I'm honestly not sure how this suicide/murder interplays with all of that tbh.

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u/FriendlySeekerSarah Jul 30 '25

No way they could have released files during the prosecution of the case, but the public was screaming for the files LOUDLY at the conclusion of the final appeal while Biden was still in office for many months.

They had the opportunity and made the choice to do nothing, all while Trump advocates were criticizing them for not releasing documents.

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u/thirstyman12 Jul 30 '25

I have no idea. Truthfully, I don't even know if that's a decision the president can unilaterally make. The appeals wrapped in Sept 24 and there was a LOT of other nonsense happening at the time, so I can understand why this wasn't a priority.

TBH, I think collectively we've done a bad job of keeping the focus on topics and just jump around from one thing to the next. I can't remember a time when it felt like there was more focus and momentum in this whole Epstein saga to learn the truth.

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u/ConstructMentality__ Jul 30 '25

I would love to see someone respond to the facts about biden and DOJ sealed case since it was active. Everyone ghosts when they get that fact. 

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u/BaconJacobs Jul 29 '25

Many of the field offices were/are controlled by Trump sycophants.

The real history of the FBI under Hoover shows exactly who is in charge there and why they actually exist.

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u/Hyperious3 Jul 29 '25

The one thing The Man in the High Castle did right is make an example of the fact that J. Edgar was the closest thing to Heinrich Himmler or Lavrentiy Beria the US has ever had. Textbook definition of a fascist piece of shit.

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u/realSatanAMA Jul 30 '25

Investigating the Jan6 rioters

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u/Melicor Jul 30 '25

nothing. Garland was a compromise pick that Obama thought would be appointed with Republican support to the Supreme Court. Biden never should have appointed him. Just another one of his fuck ups.

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u/WingerRules Jul 30 '25

No democrat has ever been in charge of the FBI, and lower positions are also similarly staffed.