Seriosly, why?
Because they are the other side of the same coin as Republicans. Neither side wanna help us much. One side actively trying to make it worse for us while the other one is happy we are living shit but don’t want it worse.
Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by itisileclerk@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Alsjemenou@lemy.nl 3 weeks ago
Okay. Let me give a sane outsider take.
First thing you have to understand is that there is a big disconnect between the conviction of Epstein and the influential connections he had. All the conspiracy talk about the island being a childporn hub for elites is nothing more than that: conspiracy fantasy. His suicide fueled many more ideas about the elite killing him, but again no evidence at all.
However, there is a strong public pressure to research the connections between Epstein and the elites he knew. This has most likely been done in the background, since Epstein did shady finances. But Trump has campaigned heavily on the popular sentiment. And it lives in the minds of people a solution to lock up all the elites/draining the swamp.
So now there is a big problem for the maga populists, there is a ‘list’ of connections to epstein. But there is no further evidence (yet) that those people did anything illegal, or is entirely complicated financial crime. The list probably includes just about the entire political spectrum includes donors and includes Trump. So everybody wants to handle this the correct way, including those donors. Nobody wants their name public because they spoke to a shady financial advisor. And any case against a super wealthy person needs to be watertight, they can afford a legal team.
Is it possible that there was deeper predatory connections? sure. Epstein had easy access and no question that he was willing to share. Is that going to be written down in a list? absolutely not. Epstein did finances the shady way and that’s more likely the reason so many rich people were interested in his business.
So this isnt a political issue. Of course, now it is. But that’s because Trump made it one.
60d@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Because the CIA and FBI is throwing a coup and people on the left still believe in the government.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
why would they? they have nothing to gain by doing so, and biden didnt run on it.
Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Your question leads me to believe that you think pedophilia is a Republican construct.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Is English your first language?
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s possible they were protecting their own. You don’t release only the parts that implicate your opponents and leave out the parts that implicate your friends.
I think it’s also possible there wasn’t any smoking gun that directly implicated anybody. Only loose associations to Epstein that we already were aware of.
So if they did release it, Republicans wouldn’t believe anything in it that made them look bad, and Democrats wouldn’t care as they want a real smoking gun before they react. So it wouldn’t help in the election, and the release would have zero impact.
Instead, let the next administration deal with it. With Trump now in charge, it really is a rock and a hard place. If there are “loose associations” that make him or his people look bad, and they are the ones to release it, Republicans would not be able to question its authenticity.
Notice how Trump is now claiming Obama and Biden were manipulating the documents, which is why he won’t release it. This is giving his people a reason to be skeptical even if he does release something that looks bad.
TLDR, either Democrats are implicated and Biden was protecting, or Biden felt it was better to let the next administration deal with it, especially if the next administration was Trump.