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Kid Berwyn

(23,938 posts)
65. TY! Bill Barr inherited Epstein or were they already brothers?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:41 PM
20 hrs ago
The Ties That Bind Jeffrey Epstein, William Barr & Donald Trump

Todd Neikirk
Hill Reporter, May 19, 2019

During Attorney General, William Barr’s confirmation hearing, he was mostly peppered with questions about how he would handle the Mueller Report. Senator Ben Sasse’s (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, Barr’s father Donald, the headmaster at Manhattan’s 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 York’s 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 Williams–in–Dead Poets Society type of figure, wowing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs.” Epstein’s 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 must’ve seen a potential, uh, asset. Otherwise, there’s 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 nation’s attention.

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Oh BeyondGeography Wednesday #1
DURec leftstreet Wednesday #2
Great idea! And while they're at it, please subpoena whomever at SDNY requested NM to stop ranch investigation in 2019 SheltieLover Wednesday #3
Years of silence Tetrachloride Wednesday #4
Merrick Garland also has standing Mblaze Wednesday #5
Merrick Garland has no spine so asking him to stand tall is a little far fetched JT45242 20 hrs ago #62
That would be the FIRST time..... MyOwnPeace 20 hrs ago #63
Lol. msfiddlestix Wednesday #6
Agree. Spineless weasels like Garland never stand up for anything. BannonsLiver Wednesday #19
he's trying to appear even-handed here bigtree Wednesday #27
Garland Milquetoast. SergeStorms 22 hrs ago #59
Bill Barr needs to be deposed. poli-junkie Wednesday #7
Yes, Barr and Garland both need to testify FakeNoose Wednesday #13
This!!!!! 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover Wednesday #52
Bill Barr's father radical noodle 22 hrs ago #58
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
TY! Bill Barr inherited Epstein or were they already brothers? Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #65
Gooooood! Prairie Gates Wednesday #8
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞 Whyisthisstillclose Wednesday #9
Merrick Garland would take the 5th... Escape Wednesday #10
Merrick Garland has never and would never take the 5th. SunSeeker Wednesday #12
Thank you. Well said Raven123 Wednesday #26
Epstein-related files could not be legally released during Garland's term because Maxwell's case was still under appeal bigtree Wednesday #11
Here comes the Garland Society. BannonsLiver Wednesday #14
There is certainly grounds for criticizing Garland for his slow prosecution of Trump, but not for this. SunSeeker Wednesday #22
I've heard all those excuses and rationalizations before. BannonsLiver Wednesday #24
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
Ted Lieu was not implying Garland should have disclosed the Epstein files. SunSeeker Wednesday #44
Exactly. Thank you bigtree. He didn't want to comment because it could endanger the conviction, which was on appeal. SunSeeker Wednesday #16
this expectation of some is a degeneration of norms bigtree Wednesday #23
Sounds sorta like can't fight the fire until the house KPN Wednesday #21
I may have a different interpretation of 'still interviewing witnesses' than you bigtree Wednesday #25
There's some management tools called priorities, assignment of resources, KPN Wednesday #28
none of which have been shown by anyone to have been neglected or mismanaged bigtree Wednesday #31
You have your opinion. I have mine. This was a big deal as KPN Wednesday #38
I literally said none was shown bigtree Wednesday #42
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
Instead of escalating and projecting -- as in "obfuscating", KPN Wednesday #54
the projection here is against Garland bigtree Yesterday #55
Mmmhmmm. KPN Yesterday #56
UH OH, Escape Wednesday #15
I like to call it the Garland Society. BannonsLiver Wednesday #18
Yes, and isn't it amazing... Escape Wednesday #46
Interesting question. BannonsLiver Wednesday #49
One million files and nothing was done The Blue Flower Wednesday #17
Incompetence or worse? KPN Wednesday #29
Blaming Biden's DOJ is everywhere on right wing social media. progressoid Wednesday #20
Lol. In some ways, I can't disagree. KPN Wednesday #30
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
THIS. Absolutely. Shed the thin skin and blinders. KPN Wednesday #47
Instead of wasting time on Garland... appmanga Wednesday #32
This. Good idea. Scrivener7 Wednesday #34
THIS SunSeeker Wednesday #40
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
Brilliant idea xuplate Wednesday #37
Well there's at least one thing MAGAts and Dems appear to agree on MorbidButterflyTat Wednesday #43
It's essentially spring in my area already. BannonsLiver Wednesday #50
So should Barr!!! SheltieLover Wednesday #51
AGREE ! republianmushroom Wednesday #53
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
We know why.... Quanto Magnus 20 hrs ago #64
Garland was a right-winger, even if he didn't register as a Republican Bluetus 19 hrs ago #67
Add Bill Barr to that list. Grins 19 hrs ago #66
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