As a former military engineer and operations officer, responsible for systems capable of enormous destruction, I was aware that the notion of fault-tolerant safety and security were paramount.
When I read the morning of August 10, 2019, of the so-called suicide of Jeffrey Epstein in a facility called the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Manhattan, I checked on the chain of command for the MCC and found it was under jurisdiction of the DOJ direct to the US AG who was William Barr.
Given the strictness of my military background, I looked at Barr’s professionalism as questionable, but held back from passing judgment as I trusted President Trump implicitly, understanding he had few options as DC persons are known to cover for and promote themselves. As it is said, “They all have dirt on each other.”
I knew from experience the DC class look at Presidents as “temporary”, whereas they themselves are the permanent governing caste.
I kept in mind that President Trump had little choice other than to choose from a short list presented to him for Cabinet appointments, i.e. Barr was preselected.
But I also saw something prior to the news of Epstein’s death that was unbelievable then, but is now more than plausible, a Tweet very early morning August 10th, before the ‘suicide’ hit the wire.
The tweet was forwarded by a person I follow.
After the Epstein news hit the wire and was causing a shock to the nation, I posted the unbelievable tweet to FR and other sites.
The tweet was by an anonymous person purporting to be an employee in or around the MCC, who was on the scene and believed Epstein was likely “switched out” as Epstein was seen in a wheelchair alive. This was before the news of Epstein’s ‘death’.
My reaction was confusion as I hadn’t yet heard or read anything about Epstein’s death in MCC.
Other than posting the earlier strange tweet image after the news of ‘suicide’ hit the wires, I followed for a time public reaction to the Epstein news. But I also picked up on Barr’s reaction as he was ultimately responsible for MCC security. Barr said the incident was unfortunate and the lapse in security was a cause of some ‘anger’.
My take on Barr’s response at the time was he sounded like a bumbling bureaucrat, not a serious professional.
Thus; Billingsley is accurate, Barr is Swamp. But there’s another wrinkle in Barr’s performance and character assessment, in the Fall of 2020, he and Sébastien Gorka went to Italy and Eastern Europe, notably Ukraine. To the purpose of Barr’s travel, Nancy Pelosi remarked, “It appears Barr has gone rogue.”
The meaning of Pelosi’s comment was taken as Barr had gone off the reservation. That can imply Barr was formerly on the reservation, with the understanding that ‘on the reservation’ means ‘controlled’, in with the permanent ruling class.
But then the news of Barr was put on the backburner, and now it seems he is firmly on the reservation. I say someone or something got to Barr. That sentiment is backed by Trump’s later comments concerning Barr.
Sébastien Gorka, a veritable member of MAGA; might add some detail about his travels with Barr in late 2020.
Yep, “Mutual Assured Destruction”. I think dirt is the price of admission to be in their club, so I would not be surprised if Epstein is still alive somewhere.
He likely has the most dirt on everybody whose anybody and probably has enough well-placed backup to keep him breathing quietly someplace safe where the weather suits him.
I’m old enough now and have seen enough now to wonder what is real these days, if anything, or is it all just kayfabed reality TV facade and kabuki theatre fantasy.
And then I wonder what short of Jesus’ Return could shake us loose from whatever has us under its spell … and I hope someone knows because, I got nothing.