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      Well for starters it was under active investigation, and took a literal act of congress to release the files. This required a few Republicans to cross party lines to get them released, something they absolutely refused to do to give the Biden administration a win. To be clear, he absolutely could have done more and tried to pull some high road bullshit, but to pretend it’s the same as literally actively stopping the probes is fucking bonkers.

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      This might sound crazy, but until recently, presidents didn’t act like dictators and mostly stayed out of federal investigations because that was a massive conflict of interest. So it was nowhere near Biden’s job to do anything like that. Perhaps you’re too young to remember how this is supposed to work?

      Ideally, presidents should never get involved in investigations because that’s a path to dictatorship. But here we are now, I guess.

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      Why do morons keep acting like everything is _STILL _ Biden’s fault? Fox News needs to give you something new to peddle. I’ll leave you to your thumb-sucking and your crayons.

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        Epstein files not released? And Trump not convinced?

        This is Biden’s fault. You don’t need to be pro-Trump to see that.

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          Funny, the Epstein probe launched in 2006 and again in 2018 and he was arrested in 2019. I forget who was president during those years…was it Biden? The funny thing here is blaming Biden is exactly the talking points Fox News and Trump want out there, and yet here we are with people still blaming them when Trump could have simply had this over and done with already, as he campaigned on and promised.

          And all of you are falling for it. Still.

          It’s a shame. Critical thinking is so sparse these days. Could Biden have released information? Yes. Could Trump? Yes. Who is president right now who can still do so? Spare me the fucking bullshit and the continued Fox News propaganda.

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            It is not easy to release the files, if the man is still alive and has all the powerful friends. It was different, when he was dead. And yes, Biden was president inbetween the two terms of his former best friend Trump. Why would Trump want to release the files? He has absolutely no reason to do so. Biden, on the other hand, would have had every reason to release them ASAP. And yet, nothing happened.

            I don’t know why you keep insulting people who do not follow your view. I mean, believe whatever you want, but stop acting like your opinion is the only true one.

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          But you will aid republicans spreading the lie that Democrats are remotely comparable to Republicans. So you’re functionally maga

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                You were the one calling me functionally maga, as far as I can see. Enjoy protecting the Dems and Biden. I couldn’t care less about the clown show over there, as US people have long lost touch with reality.

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                  I couldn’t care less about the clown show over there

                  Huh, interesting thing for a person to say who just tried to influence us politics.

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        He did fuck all so it on him, do I need to write this in crayons so you understand?

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          Since that’s all you know how to use are crayons, yes please. Please explain exactly what Biden didn’t do, despite the plethora of evidence to the contrary that idiots like you choose to ignore. Please explain exactly what Trump has done and is doing for the betterment of the US?

          I’ll wait.

          By the way, in case it’s not obvious, and it likely isn’t since your IQ is clearly competitive with the size in inches of Trump’s penis that you have your mouth tightly wrapped around…I won’t be wasting any more time with you. I wanted to point out just what an utter fucking moron you and your ilk are. I’ve done that. Bye.

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            Its like playing cards w/ my sisters kids. Can you not see it, are you delusional, do you hear voices? Biden could have gone after this, he didn’t because he and his buddies are part of it. Again can I write this out in crayon for the lot of you?

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      I bet that if I had a dollar for every time someone answered this question for you and you promptly ignored it I’d have enough to buy a house.

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          I’m also a Nebraska fan so your pathetic insults can’t come close to hurting me like my team has over the years.

          Where you will always be a dumbfuck

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            I got your goat, Patriots and Red Sox fan here. And Nebraska not going to be there any soon bud.

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      Lol you admitted you’re a goddamn Republican!!!

      Old skool punker, used to be a dem and not any more. When Johnny Rotten say we old skool punkers became Republican its a wild moment. Johnny Rotten, the Godfather of punk says I’m not wrong is awesome.

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      It’s a valid question in the right context, but this aint it. He should have done something. But he is gone. In this context it’s nothing more than a whataboutism.

      Also as far as we know he was not involved, where Trump very clearly was, and is very clearly trying to hide it, after campaigning on releasing the files.

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        That does make it weirder, for me. If you have a smoking gun on your opponent, wouldn’t you do everything in your power to use that? And Biden had a lot of power for four years.

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          It wasn’t just Trump. It’s a vast network of incredibly wealthy people involved. Zero chance that none of them were connected to or supported Biden financially. Which is precisely what will make prosecution so incredibly difficult for anyone. But at this point there’s been so much pressure from the public that surely any future Presidential candidate will be forced to at least pretend to care.