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    “[Trump] said, and I agree, there are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein’s conduct. They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another,” O’Reilly began. “If that name gets out, those people are destroyed — because there’s not going to be any context. The media doesn’t care about context — so you can’t do that. You can’t destroy human beings by putting out the files, whatever they may be.”

    Oh, yeah, Bill, you’re totally right. Lemme just put down this pitchfork and torch and go right along with NAW I’M JUST KIDDIN EAT THE RICH

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      Maybe if we had a functional government that gave a shit about innocent until proven guilty then this excuse would hold water. They shouldn’t release the files; they should use them as the basis for investigations and eventual prosecutions, because nobody can say for sure if every person on the list is guilty. But we can tell the excuses are bullshit because they’re just gonna sweep it all under the rug and pretend it didn’t happen,

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      You can’t destroy human beings by putting out the files, whatever they may be.

      - Donald “Russia, if you’re listening” fucking Trump

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      Technically, that’s true. A fair bit of investigation would help, but friend Patel isn’t in much of a hurry, now is he? And this was never an issue before either, when it was - say - the Clintons’ heads that were gonna roll, why is that then?

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      …the fact that ASSOCIATION with the name Jeffery Epstein could be tainted is enough, at least for the court of public opinion…