"The release of the files is also cause for concern because so much of the raw investigative material in them — untold layers of hearsay, unverified accusations and vague circumstantial connections — ought not be released for the public to pick over."
The only reason people wanted these released, is the hope they could use it to ruin Trump's career. Now that there has been essentially nothing implicating him besides some randos in 2020 calling in to the FBI with complete bullshit, the same weapon is being used against Democrats and their major donors.
This is why Biden didn't release these files. Nobody truly cares about the victims, only weaponizing it against their political enemies.
khelavastr•1h ago
Political enemies they didn't know existed until the files.
People want to see truth.
treetalker•1h ago
> ruin Trump's career
1. Ah yes, his illustrious career.
2. Where there's smoke, there's often fire.
3. Let's start with our priors about what we know of Trump's behavior and who he is as a man and a politician, and then update that with what's in the files.
walls•13m ago
Biden didn't release them because the case was active and Epstein was still alive.
One of Trumps first actions was moving Maxwell to a low-security prison, I'm sure you have a great explanation for that.
Bender•16m ago
More than 3 million files have yet to be released. Just release the entire 300GB set completely unredacted all on one read-only rsync server so that everyone can have the entire set and so that everyone can see the same things. Most of the victims data has already been released incorrectly redacted so there is no longer anything or anyone to protect.
jazz9k•1h ago
The only reason people wanted these released, is the hope they could use it to ruin Trump's career. Now that there has been essentially nothing implicating him besides some randos in 2020 calling in to the FBI with complete bullshit, the same weapon is being used against Democrats and their major donors.
This is why Biden didn't release these files. Nobody truly cares about the victims, only weaponizing it against their political enemies.
khelavastr•1h ago
People want to see truth.
treetalker•1h ago
1. Ah yes, his illustrious career.
2. Where there's smoke, there's often fire.
3. Let's start with our priors about what we know of Trump's behavior and who he is as a man and a politician, and then update that with what's in the files.
walls•13m ago
One of Trumps first actions was moving Maxwell to a low-security prison, I'm sure you have a great explanation for that.