Epstein Files: The Delay Is the Message
📰 THE STORY: Axios reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) blew past its congressionally mandated December 19th deadline to release Jeffrey Epstein's files, now promising a release in the 'near term' after reviewing millions of pages and hundreds of audio/video files. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This slow-walking of justice for the powerful is a recurring feature,
not a bug, of the US legal system. Recall the Nixon administration's fight over the Watergate tapes, stretching for years, only partially resolved by Supreme Court order in 1974. Or the highly redacted 9/11 Commission Report, with 28 pages withheld for over a decade, finally released in 2016, revealing Saudi government connections that had been suppressed. The delay serves to cool public outrage
and allow involved parties to strategically prepare or disappear. Double Standard: Imagine if this were a private citizen's financial records, or a whistleblowing journalist's classified documents. The state would move with lightning speed to seize and expose. Yet, when the files threaten to implicate political, financial, and entertainment elites, the process becomes a bureaucratic quagmire,
citing 'victim protection' while the public suspects 'perpetrator protection.' This mirrors the secrecy around CIA Rendition Program files or the specifics of intelligence agency overreaches, where 'national security' is invoked to shield criminal behavior. Follow the Money: The benefit here isn't direct monetary gain for a single entity, but systemic protection of an interconnected elite network.