cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46570665
“I told Director Kash Patel that the FBI has names of 20 men to whom Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women and girls,” Massie wrote on X. “This basic fact seemed to surprise him. Why?
“Is the FBI withholding those names to protect the President’s rich and powerful friends?” Massie continued, before demanding that the administration “release the Epstein files.”
Massie has been fighting for the release of more documents related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased pedophilic sex trafficker with connections to the rich and powerful, including President Donald Trump.
“I believe that Trump is trying to protect rich and powerful people who are his friends, and that is why this material is not getting released,” Massie told CNN last week.
Even Patel ferociously argued for the total release of the Epstein files—before he formally entered the Trump administration. Months before Patel’s name was floated to run the bureau, Patel had told podcaster Benny Johnson that he believed the documents were being shielded from public view because of “who’s on that list.” During his confirmation hearing, the 45-year-old swore there would be “no stone left unturned” in the quest to make the Epstein files completely transparent.
But it all came to a head during a heated House Oversight Hearing Wednesday, when members of the lower chamber forced the bureau chief to confront the incongruencies between his prior stances and his recent lagging actions.
“This spring, you ordered hundreds of agents to pore over all of the Epstein files, but not to look for more clues about the money network, or the network of human traffickers,” said Representative Jamie Raskin. “You pulled these agents from their regular counterterrorism or drug trafficking duties to work around the clock—some of them sleeping at their desks—to conduct a frantic search to make sure Donald Trump’s name and image were flagged and redacted wherever they appeared.”
Raskin then highlighted a July memo from the bureau, in which Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi determined “no further disclosure” regarding the Epstein files and the FBI’s investigation “would be necessary or appropriate.”
Peter Thiel’s name is also in those files, but I get the feeling Ro Kahnna and Massie plan on making an exception for him.
Massie introduced a bill to end the Federal reserve act and replace the U.S. dollar with crypto and gold.
Which is coincidentally also something Peter Thiel has strongly advocated for a long time.
Ro Kahnna has been a Thiel sycophant for nearly a decade.
Now that the Senate seems to be looking into Epstein’s ties to Thiel too, it’s not clear if this is kayfabe or like a snake eating its own tail. I do know that Kahnna and Massie are corrupt as fuck, and making themselves out to be the good guys. It’s sad that the only reason we might even end up seeing some justice served is because it was politically advantageous for them to call it out when they did.
Thiel, Musk, Vance, Massie, Kahnna, and plenty of others have known this whole time, but they chose to stay silent about it until they thought they could use it for leverage. No matter what happens, don’t ever forget that when they try to rewrite history.
Is Hulk Hogan tied to Epstein too? Things would begin to make a lot of sense if he is.
He was tied to Thiel. Thiel bankrolled his lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker.
Exactly. I never could understand his connection to Thiel. But Epstein would explain that.
Thiel was butt hurt because Gawker outed him.
This is so stupid, but every time I read something about Ro Khanna, my brain thinks it’s about Mo Rocca.
If your name is not in those files, does it mean you haven’t made it?
Honestly, it really seems like every ultra wealthy person in the U.S. might be compromised by Epstein
Ah, so anyone who’s ever associated (taken a flight with, been photographed with, shaken hands, visited, written to, is mentioned in company of, etc) with Epstein is “compromised”? Glad we’re throwing logic out the window without at all feeling witch hunty about it.
I guess you and I differ in that I don’t view anyone that enabled pedophelia to be an innocent victim, or asking that they be brought to justice “throwing them under the bus” as much as asking for accountability.
My point is that the network of well connected and extremely wealthy individuals seems to be growing. This is most likely bc Epstein targeted people in the U.S. he knew were wealthy and influential. I would hope not all of them accepted his offer, but I guess if they did we should just let them off the hook bc we don’t want to ruin any of their very privileged lives with a “witch hunt.” Especially if we believe justice is only a luxury for those who can afford it, and consequences are for the poors.