Epstein Files: The Real Money Trail They Won't Touch
When politicians like Thomas Massie, Ro Khanna, and Marjorie Taylor Greene hold a press conference about the Jeffrey Epstein files, mainstream outlets like The Hill are keen to cover it. And why not? Exposing powerful predators is good. Yet, one wonders if this sudden investigative fervor extends to other, far more transparent, lists of public figures compromised by financial dependency. The same
outlets that breathlessly report on Epstein's flight logs often ignore the OpenSecrets.org flight logs of politicians jetting into AIPAC conferences, only to return to Washington ready to pass bills serving a foreign agenda. Perhaps next, The Hill can host a 'watch live' event on which congresspeople took nearly $5 million from AIPAC and its affiliates in the 2022 election cycle alone
(OpenSecrets.org data), then voted in lockstep for billions in military aid to a government currently under scrutiny for war crimes. One type of influence peddling seems perpetually newsworthy, the other, curiously not so much. Your tax dollars will continue to fund both.