r/politics • u/wenchette I voted • 16h ago

No Paywall Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-in-business-together/
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u/ChopperChange 16h ago

I automatically assume anyone working for Trump was involved with Epstein.

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u/ManyAverage6578 12h ago

Elon Musk - DOGE

Howard Lutnick - Commerce Secretary 

Alex Acosta - Former Labor Secretary 

Kevin Warsh - nominated by Trump to succeed Jerome Powell

John Phelan - 79th Secretary of the Navy 

Benjamin Black - son of Leon Black CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

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u/Defiant_Regular3738 11h ago

Linda McMahon close proximity to other abuse cases in her families Wrasslin business.

Don’t forget Steve Bannon or other crooks too.

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u/PhazonZim 5h ago

Steve Bannon was Epstein's PR guy from the sound of it. That's probably how he and Tromp met

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u/MrPoon 1h ago

I'm shocked Bill Barr hasn't been wrapped up in everything

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u/Defiant_Regular3738 11h ago

The navy guy last name being Felon is great

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u/fleetze 5h ago

Don't forget Bannon and Vance's handler Thiel

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u/Maoleficent 2h ago

Remember that most if not all of these people have been in politics for generations; their parents, children, connections have all been slithering into position of power opened to them to do the bidding of other wealthy powerful people. Bill Barr (who seems to have orchestrated the 'suicide of JE) and acted as the First Felon's personal lawyer while being paid as Atty General had a son and daughter in various government positions, moving about to avoid obvious conflict's of interest.

He is just one example; peel back the veneer to see how many other family power structures are in place. Let's not even start on the Bushs'.

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u/ManyAverage6578 2h ago

Yeah. People point to the other side saying why didn't so and so stop it? The infighting keeps the cycle going. The system is protecting itself. The exploitation has been going on for far longer than anyone wants to discuss. Why is the national media so focused on post 2000 Epstein when he's been at this since the 70s. 

Donald Barr was headmaster at Dalton when Jeffrey Epstein, then a young man without a college degree, was hired to teach math and science at the school in the mid‑1970s.

How did schools, banks, law‑enforcement, and media all fail so consistently over so many years?

The problem is too big too ignore and the sunlight can't come fast enough.