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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOur current Secretary of Labor broke the law to aid a pedophile.
Meanwhile a Lieutenant in the US Coast Guard, tweaked out on painkillers, planned to use his cache of weapons to mass-murder innocents in order to fulfill his white nationalist philosophy.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)There is however a shortage of willing victims. The work is hazardous and the pay stinks.
lame54
(35,287 posts)dogman
(6,073 posts)Reported to have operated at Mar-a-Lago and partied with the Creep-in-Cheif.
onecaliberal
(32,831 posts)VarryOn
(2,343 posts)Epstein had a lot of powerful friends. It sure seems plausible some got to Acosta to ease up on him. I'd like to see a bulldog prosecutor go after them all!
leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)Unless the prosecutors can find some other victims who would be willing to press charges.
This is so sick. Acosta needs to have some consequences NOW!
RockRaven
(14,962 posts)a federal office again. So even if he's fired, he should still subsequently be impeached and face a Senate trial.
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)No, there is at least 3 more weeks to milk out of this Smollett story.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Its the best disinfectant.
jalan48
(13,860 posts)in his child prostitution ring need to be made public. They have been able to hide because they have the money and power to do so.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)It's sick that the Epstein case was swept under the rug.
byronius
(7,394 posts)Excessive Wealth, The Great Unifier.
I'm on board with taking that away. Seems to be bad for everyone, them most of all.
keithbvadu2
(36,783 posts)Jeffrey Epstein, Roy Moore and Donald Trump are going to be happy to see this precedent.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142259606
Kansas judge calls teenage girls 'aggressors' in sex abuse case and gives defendant reduced sentence
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I've known Jeff (Epstein) for 15 years. Terrific guy,'' Trump told New York Magazine back in 2002. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141705027
Duppers
(28,120 posts)The "Our" in the subject line.