Well, have to say this is new and different. You never know what you’re going to come across in the Epstein files, and this one’s a doozy. I’ve already given a lot of the game away, but suffice it to say, finding *your* information in something as flammable as the Epstein files is not something you’d ever want to see. Unnerving, to say the least. With thanks to Raw Story:
A high-profile investigative journalist received quite a shock on Sunday when she discovered her flight itinerary from a trip to Florida in July 2019 tucked in the latest batch of files related to the FBI’s investigation of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown posted on X on Sunday that she found her flight information in the newly released files attached to a grand jury subpoena. The trip occurred during Trump’s first administration and happened about a month before Epstein was found dead in the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center.
“Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)? As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why (sic) was the DOJ monitoring me?” Brown wrote.
Can’t even imagine having that happen! We can hope she screams to high heaven about this and makes a mess for the DoJ, because seriously, why WAS she there? That’s unnerving and does not just need an answer, it deserves an answer, and there had damn well better BE an answer! Ok, maybe I got a bit carried away there. But still, what a thing to have drop into your lap!
Brown’s post sparked outrage among political analysts and observers toward the administration. “This is a major scandal in and of itself, beyond whatever else is found in the files about Epstein himself,” Iranian-American writer Alireza Talakoubnejad posted on X. //// “Why was the DOJ tracking a journalist covering Epstein?” journalist Chris Bury asked on X. //// “Disturbing. Top reporter on Epstein case,” foreign policy reporter Laura Rozen posted on X. //// “Oh s—,” journalist Rebecca Lewis posted on X. //// “The cover-up is real!” Ed Krassenstein posted on X.
It seems that there are quite a few more people unhappy about finding this out. And the more people making a stink, the less the DoJ will be able to hide. I sincerely hope that she doesn’t stop until she gets answers and then broadcasts them to the world. Who will get thrown under the bus for this? It’s wrong in so many ways. Finding yourself in the Epstein files. Yikes!
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I can’t imagine this is the first journalist that’s been tracked or listened in on. It’s just the kind of thing this lawless administration would do. It’s what you expect of thugs, and that’s all this group is made up of, thugs.