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In reply to the discussion: Top Oversight Democrat says Merrick Garland should testify on Epstein [View all]Kid Berwyn
(23,938 posts)65. TY! Bill Barr inherited Epstein or were they already brothers?
The Ties That Bind Jeffrey Epstein, William Barr & Donald Trump
Todd Neikirk
Hill Reporter, May 19, 2019
During Attorney General, William Barrs confirmation hearing, he was mostly peppered with questions about how he would handle the Mueller Report. Senator Ben Sasses (R-NE) questioning, however, diverged from the pack. Sasse asked Barr about the lenient sentence given out to billionaire pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. The future Attorney General told Sasse that he would look into the matter.
This, however, was not the first connection between Barr and his family and the disgraced pedophile. In 1973, Barrs father Donald, the headmaster at Manhattans Dalton School, hired Epstein as a calculus and physics teacher.
While hiring Epstein, a noted mathematics genius, was not strange on its face, the hire was unusual for a number of reasons. Epstein had not earned a college degree as he dropped out of New Yorks prestigious Cooper Union. The other odd circumstance was that the new teacher was only 20 years of age.
Apparently, the hire was a successful one. The New Yorker wrote in a 2003 profile on Epstein, he was something of a Robin WilliamsinDead Poets Society type of figure, wowing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs. Epsteins mathematical skills caught the eye of Bear Stearns chairman, Alan Ace Greenberg, whose son attended the Dalton School. Greenberg hired Epstein as an options trader and the former teacher was able to amass a fortune.
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https://hillreporter.com/the-ties-that-bind-jeffrey-epstein-william-barr-donald-trump-34107
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Barr Sr mustve seen a potential, uh, asset. Otherwise, theres no logical rationale for the hire.
ETA: I have yet to hear a major media outlet print or broadcast bring Barr Sr hiring Epstein to the nations attention.
Todd Neikirk
Hill Reporter, May 19, 2019
During Attorney General, William Barrs confirmation hearing, he was mostly peppered with questions about how he would handle the Mueller Report. Senator Ben Sasses (R-NE) questioning, however, diverged from the pack. Sasse asked Barr about the lenient sentence given out to billionaire pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. The future Attorney General told Sasse that he would look into the matter.
This, however, was not the first connection between Barr and his family and the disgraced pedophile. In 1973, Barrs father Donald, the headmaster at Manhattans Dalton School, hired Epstein as a calculus and physics teacher.
While hiring Epstein, a noted mathematics genius, was not strange on its face, the hire was unusual for a number of reasons. Epstein had not earned a college degree as he dropped out of New Yorks prestigious Cooper Union. The other odd circumstance was that the new teacher was only 20 years of age.
Apparently, the hire was a successful one. The New Yorker wrote in a 2003 profile on Epstein, he was something of a Robin WilliamsinDead Poets Society type of figure, wowing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs. Epsteins mathematical skills caught the eye of Bear Stearns chairman, Alan Ace Greenberg, whose son attended the Dalton School. Greenberg hired Epstein as an options trader and the former teacher was able to amass a fortune.
Continues....
https://hillreporter.com/the-ties-that-bind-jeffrey-epstein-william-barr-donald-trump-34107
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Barr Sr mustve seen a potential, uh, asset. Otherwise, theres no logical rationale for the hire.
ETA: I have yet to hear a major media outlet print or broadcast bring Barr Sr hiring Epstein to the nations attention.
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Top Oversight Democrat says Merrick Garland should testify on Epstein [View all]
Mr. Sparkle
Wednesday
OP
Great idea! And while they're at it, please subpoena whomever at SDNY requested NM to stop ranch investigation in 2019
SheltieLover
Wednesday
#3
Merrick Garland has no spine so asking him to stand tall is a little far fetched
JT45242
20 hrs ago
#62
I agree. As Attorney General, each of these men had inside knowledge as to the content of the Epstein files.
patphil
20 hrs ago
#61
Epstein-related files could not be legally released during Garland's term because Maxwell's case was still under appeal
bigtree
Wednesday
#11
There is certainly grounds for criticizing Garland for his slow prosecution of Trump, but not for this.
SunSeeker
Wednesday
#22
Those are not "rationalizations" about the handling of the Epstein files, they're facts.
SunSeeker
Wednesday
#39
When Bondi threw Garland's name at Ted Lieu he didn't disagree with her premise that Garland was delinquent on Epstein
BeyondGeography
Wednesday
#41
Exactly. Thank you bigtree. He didn't want to comment because it could endanger the conviction, which was on appeal.
SunSeeker
Wednesday
#16
I may have a different interpretation of 'still interviewing witnesses' than you
bigtree
Wednesday
#25
You can't show something that is missing -- like higher priority, greater emphasis, etc. I don't isolate everything to
KPN
Wednesday
#45
we're only talking about points and processes of law. What does 'proof' have to do with all that, you say?
bigtree
Wednesday
#48
We need to have a GOOD answer to this or it will cost us in the election. Currently our answer is that
Scrivener7
Wednesday
#35
Garland won't tell us anything. Bring on Jack Smith to talk about his investigations.
Scrivener7
Wednesday
#33
The deep of corruption in the current and former DOJ is very enlightening. Pretty obvious
walkingman
Wednesday
#36
Yup. And also why he slow walked the prosecution of our nation's top criminal.
Clouds Passing
23 hrs ago
#57
he is one of the reasons trump was not stopped when we had the same power trump now has
samsingh
21 hrs ago
#60