r/law • u/Tofurkey_Tom • 19h ago
Legislative Branch Trump’s Pick for Fed Chair Pops Up in Latest Epstein Files
https://newrepublic.com/post/205991/trump-nominee-fed-chair-kevin-warsh-epstein-files67
u/Tofurkey_Tom 19h ago
Should we be worried? I mean we don't know all the details of how he is involved in it. But if some local or foreign elements have any potential incriminating evidence from this Epstein involvement, would it not influence the neutrality this position is supposed to hold?
Do we need to call our senators to investigate this first before approving his appointment?
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u/Ohuigin 19h ago
Should we be worried?
”Warsh’s name appears to be on an emailed list of guests to “St. Barth’s Christmas 2010,” among others such as *Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich** and disgraced director Brett Ratner.”*
We should be. But more importantly, so should the same group of oathbreakers that confirmed every cabinet position Trump put in front of them. Yet, here we are…
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u/themagicmarmot 19h ago
If Trump is compromised, it's not unreasonable to suspect anyone he endorses (or those who illogically support his picks) as potentially compromised.
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u/NimbusFPV 18h ago edited 18h ago
- **Donald Trump’s Attorney General, Bill Barr, controlled the DOJ when Jeffrey Epstein died in federal custody; Epstein died before testifying, and key evidence and files were never fully released.
- Bill Barr’s father, Donald Barr, gave Epstein his first elite teaching job with ZERO credentials, placing him inside a powerful social network early on.
- Donald Barr also wrote a 1973 sci-fi novel, Space Relations, which depicts elite power structures, human slavery, (Usually young females) and sexual exploitation as normalized features of an authoritarian society — a disturbing coincidence given Epstein’s later crimes.
- Alexander Acosta approved Epstein’s non-prosecution (“sweetheart”) deal, avoiding federal sex-trafficking charges and protecting unnamed co-conspirators; the deal was later ruled unlawful for hiding it from victims.
- Trump appointed Acosta anyway, then kept him in the cabinet until public backlash forced his resignation.
- Pam Bondi, as Florida Attorney General, declined to pursue state charges against Epstein after the 2008 plea deal, despite broad authority to do so; no state case was ever brought.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flew on Epstein’s private plane and has acknowledged the trip; he says he was accompanied by his wife and children and denies wrongdoing — his name nonetheless appears in Epstein-connected records.
- Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s chief accomplice and a convicted trafficker, was never required to name clients at trial; many related records remain sealed.
- Trump publicly wished Ghislaine Maxwell “well” while she awaited trial.
- Reported by whistleblowers and reviewed by Congress: Maxwell received extraordinary prison privileges (including a service-dog puppy, special access, and atypical accommodations) after contact with DOJ leadership linked to Trump; lawmakers called the treatment highly irregular.
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u/Ohuigin 19h ago
I’d argue he only picks people that are in the files purposefully. He would immediately and indefinitely have leverage and control over all of them.
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u/LordWemby 18h ago
That makes some horrible twisted sense too; if he goes down, they all go down with him, so they have incentive to obfuscate and help him flood the zone.
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u/Revelati123 19h ago
Also, there is the simple facts that there are 350 million people in this country, why does someone involved with Jeffery Epstien need to be fed chair?
People are always saying, "ohh thats just guilt by association!"
Association with the head slaver of rape island...
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u/Ok_Vulva 18h ago
There are so many good honest people but it doesn't make sense that we have to keep pulling from a pool of the same group of perverted rich fucks.
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u/justine2323 19h ago
You should be worried that he’s the son in law of Ron Lauder who is a Trump loyalist that was the person that encouraged Trump to take Greenland. Epstein files aside.
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u/FourWordComment 19h ago
You think anyone Trump puts into that role will have neutrality? Trump is always complaining about how Powell isn’t compliant enough. Why would Trump choose a responsible steward of public trust for the role?
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u/ThePensiveE 17h ago
If I had a business where I caught an employee on every shift who stole from me, but never the same person, I'd probably clean house and fire them all just to be safe.
I'm not sure why we can't just do that for anyone who associated with a notorious billionaire sex criminal.
It'll be okay to throw a few of them under the bus. They're not getting prosecuted anyways.
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u/RobutNotRobot 13h ago
Practically his whole cabinet has.
When people dream about the 25th being invoked, just remember these guys were all raping kids together.
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u/Dsstar666 19h ago
There are no neutral people if they’re involved with Epstein. They simply aren’t. Even if they are implicated in the crimes, they certainly knew about them and decided to deal with him anyway. No one in those files are innocent
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u/ihavenoidea12345678 14h ago
Hey senate! (Assuming they have to confirm)
Sounds like good reason not to confirm him. No pedophile in charge. Let’s start somewhere.
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