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Legal Eagle just released a video about “the real Epstein files”. The main point they covered in the video is victim impact. The victims could be threatened and harassed because of the info.

Another point not covered is that criminal case info is typically not disclosed. Releasing a list of accused perpetrators (i.e. pedophiles/child rapists) encourages vigilante justice. It also interferes with any ongoing investigations, which should (at least in theory) still be ongoing.

I don’t want Trump to release the case info. I want his DOJ to announce charges against people like Les Wexner, based on that info. And I want it to not just be his political enemies and bullshit lies.

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Nanook@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Virginia Giuffre would argue otherwise. BTW, she just died. By “suicide”. After being struck with a bus at 110km/h, which would’ve killed most. (Fun fact, police didn’t want to send help).

independent.co.uk/…/virginia-giuffre-father-death…

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- meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Fucking hell. I didn’t even know that.
  
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grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Did they cover the part about how Biden’s DOJ had absolutely no fucking excuse to take that long to prosecute?

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- spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  We can’t seem like we are making it political because he’s running for office or some bullshit was always the excuse.
  
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  - CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yet they waited 3.5 years until right after he won the Republican nomination to bother charging him.
    
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    spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    He should have been tossed in jail by February for insurrection. The whole hand wringing about ‘appearances’ excuse is why we can’t hold anyone in power accountable.
    
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- socsa@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There probably just isn't the kind of direct evidence people imagine. You can't prosecute people just for associating with a creep.
  
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  - Nollij@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I specifically mentioned Les Wexner for a reason. While the public information includes an absolute ton of red flags, and it’s very likely that he bought child prostitutes, it doesn’t reach the level proof beyond a reasonable doubt. IOW, it’s unlikely to reach a conviction in court.
    
    These people are also rich enough to drag out a court case for decades, even longer than the government. As such, they aren’t likely to take a plea agreement that’s more than a slap on the wrist and without admitting anything serious.
    
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  - grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Okay, fine. Then if there was never going to be a prosecution, then there was no impediment to the Biden admin releasing the files.
    
    Which is it: did the Biden administration fuck up by slow-walking the prosecution, or did the Biden administration fuck up by failing to release the files even when it had no intention of prosecuting? Those are the only options!
    
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danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I very much get the first point. Victims need to be protected at all costs. Even if it means the public doesn’t get to know things.

To the second point, the way Trump handled it felt very much like “case closed, nothing to see here”. This does not feel like justice is going to be served.

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