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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the

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Epstein Chronicles. Pam Bondi is sitting in one of the

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most powerful law enforcement positions in the country, and when

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it comes to the Epstein Transparency Act, the one job

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that actually matters here, she treats it like its background noise,

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like it's optional, like it's something that you circle back

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to after lunch if you're filling up to it. Meanwhile,

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the people who were trafficked, abused, and dragged through hell

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by Jeffrey Epstein are still waiting, still being told to

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be patient, still being handled like a scheduling conflict instead

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of human beings whose lives got detonated while the system

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looked the other way. And now years later, that same

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system is basically saying, hang tight, we're reviewing, reviewing what

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the law already told you what to do. And it's

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not complicated. The Epstein Transparency Act wasn't written in riddles.

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There's no hidden meaning. It's not some abstract legal puzzle.

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It says in plain English. Release. The files show the

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word stop hiding behind redactions that look like someone spilled

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ink on every page. That matters. That's it. That was

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the assignment but instead, what do we get delays, excuses,

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that same bureaucratic shrug where everything sounds official but nothing

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actually happens, And somehow, somehow, the only people who seem

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to consistently benefit from all this careful review are the

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ones who are never supposed to be shielded in the

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first place, the powerful ones, the connected ones, the ones

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whose names just keep not showing up. What a coincidence, right,

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and Bondy, Well, Bondy just keeps going press appearances, statements,

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the whole act like everything's under control, like justice is

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right around the corner. If we all just stay calm

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and trust the process, that line should be retired permanently.

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At this point. Trust the process is what you say

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when you don't want people asking why the process isn't working, Because,

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let's be honest, this isn't a delay anymore. Delay is

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when something takes longer than expected. This this is avoidance.

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This is dragging it out until people get tired, until

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the story cools off, until accountability feels like old news

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instead of an active demand. And the thing is, people

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aren't stupid. They can see it. You can only say

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we're working on it so many times before it starts

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sounding like we're not going to do it unless we're

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forced to, and that's exactly where this is headed. So yeah,

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at some point you have to stop asking politely. At

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some point you have to stop pretending that this is

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just a backlog issue or a paperwork problem. At some

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point you look at the Attorney General, someone whose entire

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job is to enforce the law, and you ask the

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obvious question, if she won't enforce this one, why she's

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still there, Because we all know that this isn't just

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about Epstein anymore. It's about whether anything tied to that

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case is ever going to be handled right, whether the

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people in charge are actually willing to pull the curtain back,

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or if they're just going to keep standing in front

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of it, smiling while everything that matters stays hidden behind them.

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And if the answer is the second one, and right

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now it sure looks like it is, then keeping her

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in that position isn't just a bad look. It's a

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part of the problem. Today's article is from The Daily

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Mail and the headline Trump considers firing Pambondy over Attorney

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General's handling of the Epstein files. This article was authored

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by Stephen M. Lapour Pam Bondi should have been fired

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the day she started her bullshit in front of Congress.

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That's when the hammer should have dropped. She should have

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been fired right along with that dute. The dute Howard Lutnick.

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Donald Trump is reportedly discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondy

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over handling all of the Epstein files. The president has

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considered replacing Bondi with EPA administrator and former Congressman leez Elden. However,

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he has yet to make a final descis according to

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both CNN and New York Times. Look, it's a long

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time coming, but let's not act like Trump is having

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some come to Jesus moment. Trump is looking for a scapegoat.

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And if this warrnant Iran is wrapping up, like Trump's said,

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it was debatable, But if it is, they know that

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the Epstein files are gonna pop right back up, and

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they're gonna have to, you know, have some kind of

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strategy to deal with it. And it looks like the

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strategy is gonna be to throw Pam Bondi under the bus.

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And I am aokay with her losing her job. But

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let's not act like this wasn't directed by the President.

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He hasn't been shy about telling us that he's directing

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the DOJ to do this or to do that, and

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he's certainly been pretty vocal about using the DOJ to

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go after people that might be as political enemies who

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are connected to Epstein. But short of that Trump, in

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this DOJ, they have no desire to really chase this story.

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They have all the evidence they need, they have everything

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they need, they choose not to pursue it. And one

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of the best examples of this is the emails that

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we're going through right now from Marie Villa Fauna to

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the other lawyers that were involved in the first arrest

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and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein. Just take a look at

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what Marievill Lafana says in those emails, and take a

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look at how the game was played and how it

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was Epstein's team leading the dance. And there's explicit language

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in that MPa that makes that NPA null and void

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if Jeffrey Epstein is in dereliction of it, and he

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most certainly was, so the NPA could be thrown away tomorrow.

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And that's something pound Bondi and the Trump administration could

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do basically on their own. They just have to petition

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the court and show the court that Epstein was in

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dereliction of that NPA, and then that protection that's been

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issued to everybody goes away. Notice nobody's talking about that,

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and that's because they know how devastating it would be.

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They understand that there's no narrative that gets them out

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of that right. They understand that there's no Oh, well,

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we can't do that because the court won't let us.

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That's not the case. The court most certainly will let them,

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they choose not to. In a statement to the Dely Mail,

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Trump issued praise for Bondi. He did not deny the report.

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Attorney General paum Bondi is a wonderful person, and she's

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doing a good job. Well yeah, if he means protecting

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Epstein's friends, she's doing a fantastic job. I mean, if

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that's the case, she should be promoted and she shouldn't

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be losing a gig right because she's doing a fantastic

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job protecting those people. Meanwhile, the Epstein survivors, well that's

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a whole different story. The Dealy Mails reached out to

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Attorney General Bondie for comment, Though the Justice Department referred

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both CNN and The New York Times to the president's statement.

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The Times reporting was based on four people familiar with

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the discussions. Now, how does the Times keep getting all

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this access to Trump and his cabinet when supposedly Trump

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and his cabinet hate the New York Times. Seems to

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me somebody's trying to stir the pot. I wonder who

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that somebody is. People connected the Bondi told the paper

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that are accompanying the President on his visit to the

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Supreme Court Wednesday prove Bondi still had Trump support. Trump

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brought Bondi and Commerce Secretary Howard Ludnik to hear his

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administration's defense of his executive order to overturn the constitutional

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and statutory protection of birthright citizenship. You know what, I

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have my doubts about this story. If I'm being real,

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I have my doubts. And if he does end up

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firing her, it's going to be in a scapegoat type

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of way, because the Epstein files are so damaging, and

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he knows that, and he knows that he has to

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have somebody to blame. He can't take the heat, so

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he has to have somebody to blame, right, and who

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better than Pam Bondy. A source close to CNN said

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that their relationship was business as usual in recent days.

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Those close to the president said, however, that Bondi has

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made Epstein a political liability for Trump, even among his

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fervent magabase. That's bs. Trump has made it a political liability. Now,

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Bondi has certainly helped out, and if she brought the matches, well,

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I'll accept that. But Trump certainly brought the gasoline, and

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boy did he set fire to it. We're talking a

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three alarm blaze, right, And even though he was caught

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with the matches, somebody else has to be responsible, right,

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and that somebody, unfortunately, is going to be Pam Bondy.

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He has also allegedly been critical of her communication skill

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and reticence to attack the president's enemies. The attorney General

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would the second major figure to depart the second Trump administration,

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after Christy Nome was replaced by Mark Wayne Mullen as

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DHS Secretary in early March. Bondi faces the Congressional subpoena

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over the Epstein scandal after the committee passed a motion

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by Republican Nancy Mace in March amid concerns the Justice

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Department had failed to turn over all Epstein related documents. Well,

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I don't think that's a concern. It's an absolute fact.

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They have no desire to turn over the evidence none,

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and they had to be forced to do it kicking

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and screaming. And even then they missed the mark. And

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it's Pam Bondi who's going to be left hold in

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the bag, not Donald Trump. Republican Chairman James Comer wrote

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in the cover letter of the subpoena on Tuesday that

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the Committee still had questions over the Justice Department's handling

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of the investigation into Epstein and his associates. Oh, James Comer, huh,

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finally getting busy, performative, nonsensical, the guys, the moron. As

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Attorney General, you're directly responsible for overseeing the Department's collection,

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review and determination regarding the release of files pursuant to

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the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the Committee therefore believes

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that you possess valuable insight into these efforts. Cormer wrote, Well,

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she's just going to get up there and do another performance, right,

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You think she's going to be honest, truthful and forthcoming

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now does that sound like the Pam Bondi that we know.

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She's going to be evasive, combative, and an absolute nightmare

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when her job really is to get up there and

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let Congress know what's going on. But instead everything has

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to be a circus, right, everything has to be a circus, confrontational,

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combative and straight up stupid. And at this point it's

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all performative. All these people are looking for clicks, and

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I shit you not were being governed by influencers. These

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aren't even serious people at this point. Hardline Republicans Tim Burchett,

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Lauren Bobert, Michael Cloud, and Scott Perry broke ranks to

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vote with Democrats to compel Bondy to appear so much courage,

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so much brave. The Attorney General is the latest big

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name to be snared by the Committee, which in February

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grilled Bill and Hillary Clinton over their relationship with pedophile

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and his co conspirator, Glenn Maxwell. Bondi has faced fury

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from across the political spectrum over herbach release of the

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Epstein files, including leaving victims' names unredacted while keeping secret

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the names of alleged abusers. And They'll tell you that's

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just a big accident, but I think it's by design.

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I'm sorry to be so cynical, but at this point,

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why should I give them any kind of trust? Why

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should I, you know, give them the nod of approval.

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I don't care how you got the answer. I want

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to see the work. She clashed with lawmakers at a

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Tens House Judiciary Committee hearing in February, deflecting questions about

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the administration's performance by pointing to the doo soaring past

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fifty thousand points. Maybe the next time that the Secretary

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of Defense or Secretary of War or whatever we're call

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on them nowadays, is in front of Congress, they can

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tell us about how many Luboo boos were sold? Like

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who gives a fuck about the doo in the context

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of the conversation that was occurring holy deflection. Bondi promised

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to release the file shortly after taking up leadership of

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the DOJ, but the first tranch a document she disclosed

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was already widely circulated. Pressure on Trump to release the

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full files ratcheted up last year, eventually culminating in the

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Epstein Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill that forced Justice Department

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to publish the remaining files. Uh, what did they follow

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that law? Or no? Is they didn't, So I don't

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even know what this talk about. Oh they released the files?

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Is even about because they most certainly did not. More

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than three million Epstein related documents were finally released at

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the end of January, including new mentions of Trump as

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well as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik. Lutnik agreed to testify

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after a new photo emerged showing him with Epstein on

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the pedophiles Private Island comer announced earlier this month. Trump

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meanwhile declared Lutnik a very innocent guy. He was ultimately

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subpoenaed after Mace threatened to force a formal vote. Well,

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it would seem to me that the writing's on the

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wall for Paum Bondi and that she is going to

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be served up as a sacrifice and the scapegoat as

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soon as this Iran conflict comes to an end, and

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that'll be their next move in trying to keep this

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cover up going. And I'm not really in the prediction game,

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but that is my prediction when it comes to Bondi,

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because I think that Trump always needs that fall guy,

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or in this case, that fall gal and that's exactly

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what Bondi is set up as, so like usual, we'll

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see where it all goes, and when we have some

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more information about what the deal is, we'll get that

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added to the catalog. All the information that goes with

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