and again...the Clintons get away clean by using the MSM to point the finger at someone else.
The GOP-e was busy hiding in the basement.
They don’t call the GOP the Surrender Party for nothing.
And, of course, the media will make this resignation somehow a de facto admission of Trump complicity in this mess, ignoring that it was mostly Democrats.
My guess is not really. If they have the goods on the Dems and could go in for the kill they would just use it as leverage to get more corporate goodies in congress from the Dems. Of course the Dems make hay out of corporate goodies until their
friends show up with the check books. Works for Dem elites as they are wealthier than the GOPE establishment. Everybody wins except us. The elites are so phoney!
Let's look at the bigger picture:
- Current place holder indictment against Epstein was filed because testimony in civil cases against the convicted pedophile was just weeks away. That testimony was going to name a lot of well-known Democrats. So, the feds step in and file a new, narrow indictment against Epstein to shift attention away from the civil cases and onto the “new” federal charges. US attorney's office (SDNY) that filed latest indictment still packed with career Democrat prosecutors.
- Questionable plea deal that Acosta signed off on came as Epstein was about to walk on ALL charges he faced back in 2008. Palm Beach Police Department spent months investigating the pervert and delivered a solid case, but the local (Democrat) DA refused to file charges. Without the federal plea deal—as bad as it was—Epstein would have likely served no jail time.
- Epstein was welcomed back by Democrat donors and pols after being released from jail. Virtually all of his political donations went to Dims, and he was generous in funding liberal causes, as well as left-wing academia. Chuck Schumer was one of several pols who received thousands of dollars in contributions from Epstein—money he happily accepted (and has not returned)
- The media often repeats Trump's 2002 “he's a great guy” comment about Epstein, while ignoring the fact that DJT permanently banned him from Mar-a-Largo after Epstein made unwelcome advances to a female staffer. And if I'm not mistaken, the ban came before his original indictment. Compare that to Hollywood, which welcomed the convicted pedophile “back” after he emerged from jail in 2009.
- Acosta wasn't the only person who signed off on the plea deal. The FBI did its own investigation, but the evidence they obtained (apparently) had little impact on the case. Who was FBI Director at the time? Why, Bobby Mueller. And don't forget Acosta's comment on the matter from a few years ago, saying he was told that “Epstein belonged to intelligence,” meaning there would be a limit to the punishment he might receive.
- And of course, the person with arguably the most to lose (other than Epstein) was another well-known Democrat predator, Bill Clinton. More than two dozens trips on Epstein's notorious “Lolita Express” private jet. About the same number to his private “Rape Island” in the Caribbean.
At least one reporter who has investigated the matter extensively reports underage girls were on Epstein's plane on every flight made by Clinton. But, the big headline (right now) in a Democrat sex and influence scandal is the resignation of a Republican labor secretary, who was involved in the terrible plea deal that Epstein got more than a decade ago. Just ignore all the Democrats who were intimately involved with the perv, and move along, while the GOP-E hides beneath their desks and prays the whole mess will blow over. Never let a crisis--or scandal--go to waste. Epstein should be hung around the neck of every Dim who was associated with him, but the GOP is too cowardly, and the MSM isn't interested, unless you can connect him with Trump.