re: US judge rejects bid to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts from Florida probe

WSJ now reporting

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When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials.

In May, Bondi and her deputy informed the president at a meeting in the White House that his name was in the Epstein files, the officials said. Many other high-profile figures were also named, Trump was told. Being mentioned in the records isn’t a sign of wrongdoing.

The officials said it was a routine briefing that covered a number of topics and that Trump’s appearance in the documents wasn’t the focus.

They told the president at the meeting that the files contained what officials felt was unverified hearsay about many people, including Trump, who had socialized with Epstein in the past, some of the officials said. One of the officials familiar with the documents said they contain hundreds of other names.

They also told Trump that senior Justice Department officials didn’t plan to release any more documents related to the investigation of the convicted sex offender because the material contained child pornography and victims’ personal information, the officials said. Trump said at the meeting he would defer to the Justice Department’s decision to not release any further files.

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Lol not the nyt?

The ability to release everything supplied to the grand jury.

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Rosenberg

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Well well well....

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Your logic: Trump should release the Epstein files; Trump proceeds to have the transcripts released; Judge denies request; Trump is to blame for this

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I've written novels about the hard spot Trump might be in and a bunch of speculative theories about what may be the obstacles he faces, and little of it aligns with the above

I definitely think Trump knew the GJ transcript was unlikely to be released and he thought it was a low risk bone to throw at us. That's quite different from blaming him for the outcome.

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The ability to release everything supplied to the grand jury.

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You aren't thinking.

For Example:

I see a robbery. I am called before a grand jury and i testify that I saw the robbery. The grand jury testimony is sealed and can never be released. But I can go on the evening news and describe that I saw the robbery and everything about it. The police can release a copy of my statement from the investigative files of the robbery.

The only thing that is shielded from release is my grand jury testimony. The facts and the general investigative materials are not.

Trump administration knows this. The one thing that the administration cannot release themselves is grand jury testimony. That's why Trump dangled this fake "request for release" for morons like you. And Trump's administration lawyers even argued in court that the grand jury testimony could not be released.

This is a very very weak deflection attempt by Trump.

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It now goes back to Trump's court and all the hair on fire reporting that will ensue. Somehow they will say this is Trump's fault.

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This was always the plan. The grand jury thing is just a scapegoat so Trump can blame the courts for not releasing Epstein stuff. Meanwhile there's far more stuff the feds could reveal but won't, all the while blaming the courts.

He waiting for SFP to get his legal analysis

You in here lying again boy? Ima have to whip you in front of everybody again? Get yo arse outta here.

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@pandyfackler starts copy and pasting thinking it’s some sort of own

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I see you didn't fully quote my post. Thank you for the opportunity to expand and reflect on my original point.

Proceeds to copy and paste his entire original dumbass point with neither expansion nor reflection.