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AntiFascist

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Sun Jul 13, 2025, 09:40 PM Sunday

Alexander Acosta: "I was told Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' and to leave it alone." [View all]

Could this explain why Blondi also had a change of heart?

Epstein's arrest and Acosta's resignation

On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force on sex trafficking charges stemming from activities alleged to have occurred in 2002–2005.[39]

Amid criticism of his mishandling of the Epstein case, Acosta resigned his role as Secretary of Labor effective July 19, 2019, after a public outcry.[40]

According to an internal review conducted by the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility, which was released in November 2020, Acosta showed "poor judgment" in granting Epstein a non-prosecution agreement and failing to notify Epstein's alleged victims about this agreement.[41]

Crucially, when he was vetted for his cabinet post in the Trump administration, Acosta stated “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone.”[42]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Acosta
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Could it be Russian intelligence? LaRaven Sunday #1
This is interesting... AntiFascist Sunday #3
Israeli - many believe Ghislaine's father Robert Maxwell was involved in Epstein 's connection womanofthehills Monday #30
Likely a bad actor with multiple intelligence connections... AntiFascist Monday #31
No, that is not a better explanation for Bondi's actions than RockRaven Sunday #2
Trump and Bondi may be providing cover for the deepest, darkest aspects of what they would call the Deep State... AntiFascist Sunday #4
MAGA's 'deep state' bs is a projection anyway. B.See Sunday #5
Yes I understand... AntiFascist Sunday #7
MAGAts are easily manipulated Skittles Sunday #10
Nah. Occam's razor. We already know Trump and Epstein were heavily involved RockRaven Sunday #6
I'm not sure what you mean by that one specific other thing already well documented... AntiFascist Sunday #9
Such a joke that Epstein was intelligence. Who do they think was fooled by that lie? brush Sunday #21
Whitney Webb's research on Epstein womanofthehills Monday #32
Hah. I guess some are gullible enough. Epstein's so-called 'intel' status sure got him places. brush Monday #40
Yes, of course. H2O Man Sunday #8
What is distressing is that, due to the high-level corporate figures involved, that the corporate media won't touch this AntiFascist Sunday #11
They don't dare. H2O Man Sunday #13
I remembered Billy Barr's daddy got Epstein into Dalton MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #12
I posted this in another thread... AntiFascist Sunday #14
Thanks for the link!! MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #18
One can do H2O Man Sunday #15
Not rude at all, I always appreciate your posts! n/t AntiFascist Sunday #16
Thanks! H2O Man Sunday #20
No, not at all MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #17
Oh, good. H2O Man Sunday #19
Your posts on Epstein have been interesting. pacalo Sunday #22
Thanks! H2O Man Sunday #23
I had been noticing Epstein's facial expressions toward the 74-ish-year-old toddler pacalo Monday #25
Right. H2O Man Monday #27
Tucker Carlson said this week he believed Mossad killed Epstein womanofthehills Monday #33
Please don't push right-wing talking points! n/t AntiFascist Monday #41
Mossad. Ghislaine Maxwell's father Robert Maxwell had connections to the Mossad. When he died Gaugamela Sunday #24
Tucker Carlson claims 'everyone in Washington' believes that Epstein was a Mossad operative dalton99a Monday #26
So, Members of Congress Are Still Being Blackmailed MrWowWow Monday #28
I would change that to - still being blackmailed womanofthehills Monday #34
THAT is the key question. By Mossad, or the CIA, or anyone. snot Monday #46
Blaming Mossad sounds like a far right ruse to distract us, and Carlson knows that it hints at anti-semitism... AntiFascist Monday #29
We know Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine is Maxwell's daughter womanofthehills Monday #35
See my post #31 above... AntiFascist Monday #36
On this one point, I agree with Tucker lanlady Monday #43
He had more personal affinities within the UK... AntiFascist Monday #44
G.O.P. ethics come right out of the sewer BoRaGard Monday #37
Israeli Blue Full Moon Monday #38
Sounds like a deep state Q anon conspiracy IronLionZion Monday #39
It's unfortunate that Tucker Carlson's anti-semitic talking points are being repeated all over the place... AntiFascist Monday #42
Justice for Just Us Kid Berwyn Monday #45
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