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karynnj

(60,872 posts)
12. Had the records been accounts implicating a Democrat or someone non political,
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:21 AM
Thursday

it could be believable. Accidentally removing files dealing with Trump, given we were TOLD thousands of FBI people flagged anything pertaining to Trump is simply not believable.

A better, though likely not true, story would have been that the FBI years before moved (not removed) files after accusations were thoroughly and privately investigated and found not credible. In parallel with putting together the case against Maxwell, cases should have been started against others whose actions deserved it. It is entirely possible that some people intertwined with Maxwell and Epstein might not have been quilty of anything indictable.

However, I think the clumsy unbelievable excuse that it was an accident makes that claim less likely to convince anyone.

We should demand that Maureen Comey and others appear before Congress to address the status of investigations before Trump fired her.

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Not a mistake. They did it on purpose. twodogsbarking Thursday #1
Sure they are. Scrivener7 Thursday #2
Which 3 million document parcel are they talking about? /nt bucolic_frolic Thursday #3
No. None were mistakenly withheld. mwb970 Thursday #4
"mistakenly" ?????????????????? AverageOldGuy Thursday #5
;-{)...... Goonch Thursday #6
...Like donald tRump-stein was "looking into" the girls' dressing room at the pageant...... lastlib Thursday #7
"Justice Department says it's reviewing whether any Epstein-related records were mistakenly withheld" MLWR Thursday #8
"Mistake." BlueKota Thursday #9
You don't get two chances to prove your honesty, Bondi (nt) William Seger Thursday #10
Of course, nobody's ever going to see those documents that were deep-sixed by Bill Barr FakeNoose Thursday #11
Had the records been accounts implicating a Democrat or someone non political, karynnj Thursday #12
Funny how they keep making 'mistakes' on the pages and material referring to travelingthrulife Thursday #13
Those documents that were packed and shipped to Mar-A-Lago back in 2020 & 21 FakeNoose Thursday #14
drumpf makes all Justice Department decisions JoseBalow Thursday #15
The dog ate my homework. Talitha Thursday #16
No , no mistake those deleted were done so on purpose. republianmushroom Thursday #17
It's obvious that the DOJ did bury those records. Mblaze Thursday #18
We can expect more lying Quanto Magnus Thursday #19
Oh good, that's really reassuring ... KPN Thursday #20
Yeah, just like O.J. said he was looking for his wife's killer. ificandream Thursday #21
I haven't seen Trump's justice department do anything "consistent with the law". patphil Thursday #22
But they ARE "consistent" with BREAKING the law. BumRushDaShow Thursday #23
"mistakenly withheld" Sam I Yam Thursday #24
right???? Skittles 23 hrs ago #25
"Mistakenly" withheld, my fat pink ass. Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #26
To likely reiterate the above, since I did not read every single post: Janbdwl72 23 hrs ago #27
None were mistakenly withheld SamuelTheThird 23 hrs ago #28
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