If I were one of those conspiracy theorists, I would find the Guthrie kidnapping a planned distraction by someone to divert attention from all those names on the Epstein list. Every news channel seems to spend 24/7 on the Guthrie thing, but there has not been any new information on the case. It has become the longest episode of “CSI Arizona.” Ever.
One thing we continue to learn: TMZ is a better sleuth than our “authorities.”
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For both political sides, the “findings” in the Epstein releases are a Rorschach Test. The GOP sees what it wants to see (no Trump), and the Dems and media see what they want to see, which are often pictures of young girls in a hot tub with Bill Clinton (whom they say is Donald Trump).
Only the Dems and media could say this: The Epstein Files were in Obama’s hands for eight years and Biden’s for four, and Trump is the bad guy for releasing them?
Congress voted to release the “files,” whatever they now include after years of purging by both parties and Epstein’s mysterious death. Who says Dems and Republicans can’t work together?
Trying to close the FBI files on this forever (which will never happen — we do not have the JFK assassination files yet), the feds concluded that Epstein did commit suicide in his prison cell. A man who evaded the law and prison for 40 years fell prey to his bed sheet. If you think you were surprised by his prison “suicide,” imagine how Epstein felt.
Pam Bondi played a pretty slick one on the whining Dems. She let them see the files with their own password. Then she monitored where they went first to see whom they would protect. Smart. No more “dumb Bondi” jokes.
Trump knew Epstein like most rich New York/Palm Beach socialites did. But in 2007, Trump banned him from Mar-a-Lago. Trump was the only one who turned him in and cooperated. Even CNN said that recently. The story dropped at 11:37 p.m. on a newscast, so no one saw it.
There have not been too many surprises in the “list.” Most of those named were coastal liberal elites. Bill Clinton, about the only Baptist on the list, was a frequent flyer to the island on Epstein’s “Lolita Express.” Woody Allen, Michael Jackson, Kevin Spacey and Bill Cosby also appeared. Wow, just when you think you know a guy. Almost all the frequent flyers on the “Lolita Express” jet to his island were big Democrats, like Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman and Stephen Hawking, et al.
But somehow the Dems have turned this in a way that makes the GOP look bad. Incredible what a compliant left-wing media can spin. Bill and Hillary won’t be affected. They are old pros who perfected “plausible deniability.” Hillary Clinton didn’t play dodgeball in grade school; she played dodge subpoenas. With all their capers, they cannot get divorced anyway and risk losing spousal immunity.
No doubt, Jeffrey Epstein was being protected by our government. He was a CIA and Israeli asset. The partisan DOJ Southern District of New York, the Biden administration and three Democrat-appointed judges had years after Epstein was arrested to go after the men who abused these underaged girls.
Most of the billionaire Dems who were enticed by all this were nerds growing up. Most of them did not have a high school girlfriend until they were 50.
Epstein was an international extortionist running a “honey trap” and money laundering scheme with the CIA riding shotgun.
In the “Me Too” era of Harvey Weinstein, Epstein, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Prince Andrew, Anthony Weiner et al., none of this is a total surprise. Men like that are the reason I taught my daughters to cover their drinks at a bar.
Ghislaine Maxwell remains in federal prison, having trafficked underaged girls to apparently no one. She sits there with all her information on government figures, with cameras on her 24/7. I’d be really nervous if I were her when the prison guard comes in and turns the cameras off.
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