[Political Junkie Too]

So, what is the implication, that Epstein was running a honeypot operation for OUR intel community to entrap foreigners?

-PJ

[monkeyshine]

I think the implication is that he was connected; and Acosta didn’t need to know too many details. “Just tell him he’s an intelligence asset” and then Acosta will do as we ask. Like classifying documents as state secrets simply because you don’t want people to see what the document says. Once it’s stamped classified nobody who sees it can ever reveal it without breaking the law.

I figure Acosta resigns by weeks end.

[monkeyshine]

From the linked article:

“Is the Epstein case going to cause a problem [for confirmation hearings]?” Acosta had been asked. Acosta had explained, breezily, apparently, that back in the day he’d had just one meeting on the Epstein case. He’d cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein’s attorneys because he had “been told” to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone,” he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta.