Or it could be 2 steps forward, 1 step back. They are being inconsistent even more than usual, and over a rather odd subject. They are saying, “release the papers, wait, you have to redact the names of two people”. You know we’re talking about Epstein, but this is a peripheral sort of thing that barely mentions him. From Raw Story:
After Donald Trump’s administration asked a judge to keep secret the names of individuals who had monetary transactions with disgraced financier and convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein, a legal expert highlighted the administration’s about-face on the documents. Former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg, who previously commented on Trump’s criminal legal matters, appeared on MSNBC over the weekend to discuss the administration’s actions involving Epstein records.
Here we go! This is fascinating considering it’s the DoJ. They are fine with filing frivolous lawsuits. But this one seems to be that they can’t make up their minds. So, which is it: release the papers as is, or redact the names of two people? It seems Epstein sent money to 2 names in the papers they filed. What are they trying to hide *this* time?
“Well, I think when you look at this filing, this is something that you would generally expect from DOJ to say, ‘Hey, these are uncharged third parties. They have privacy interests. They object to their names being made public, so we are going to object this being disclosed. We want this to remain secret.’ That’s kind of standard,” Greenberg said. “However, and there’s a big however. The problem with that motion is, not too long ago, we got a very different motion from this Department of Justice where they asked for grand jury materials to be unsealed, and there is a precedent there. They’re talking about the fact that they are committed to transparency.”
Transparency? Not a chance in hell. Not this DoJ. They’re hoping to release something that will get the public off their back. I seriously doubt it’s going to work this time, either. If Trump had kept his mouth shut about Epstein during his campaign, he wouldn’t be facing the fire that’s starting to surround him. It’s his own damn fault. Of course, he’ll never admit to anything, so we have to turn to the DoJ, of all places, to get anything, and even then, it’s not what Trump promised. He’ll never learn.
She added, “You can’t have it both ways.” “You cannot continue to speak about being transparent and stating that the public interest is great in these materials, and therefore materials need to be unsealed and then say, well, actually, not so much with respect to x, y, and z. It doesn’t make sense,” she said. “It’s inconsistent. Their positions are very difficult to understand, and I expect that the judge will have some problems in terms of really understanding where the coherent position is.”
I do not envy the judge who has this. First, s/he has to wade through all these papers and then tell the DoJ and whoever his answer. I’m betting s/he is going to be pissed about this crap. The DoJ is just delay, delay, delay, and hope people will forget about it. That hasn’t worked before, so they still expect forgetfulness? Ha. No. I can hardly wait for them to get smacked down. And I can hardly wait for this to come crashing down on them. You’ve made your bed, folks. So lie in it.
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The Trumpilstlskin Administration: the madness of King George and the logic of Alice in Wonderland’s Red Queen combined. The SS US is surely heading into a storm of disintegration