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Kevin Warsh was found in the Justice Department’s newest batch of files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, appeared in the government’s Friday release of additional Jeffrey Epstein tiles.

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. Warsh also appears on a list of people attending a dinner hosted by British aristocrat William Astor.

The news comes the same day that Trump picked Warsh for the Fed, an unexpectedly conventional pick considering how desperate Trump is to sharply lower interest rates. Warsh has a history of being cautious on inflation, but has signaled a willingness for lower rates in the past few months.

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[–] Master167@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What happened to QAnon people? Didn't they want this as evidence to rebel?

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

distant fit their narrative; we have pizzagate at home

[–] whitecollarcry@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

you're telling me that the same people who are alright with clergymen fucking their kids are also fine with pedophiles being paid by tax dollars to dodge prison and ruin the country?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 52 points 16 hours ago
[–] Thalion@lemmy.ca 55 points 17 hours ago

I am shocked. SHOCKED!

Well not that shocked.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 16 points 15 hours ago

It's crazy that MAGA was right about an elite pedo ring, but what's even more crazy is that they embrace it now.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Where else do you think they get their candidate rolls?

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Obedience is a requirement. Competence is optional.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Competence is actively selected against.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 22 points 17 hours ago

I call bullshit when the article says:

Warsh has a history of being cautious

According to Time:

Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair

At 35, Warsh became the youngest ever Fed governor when he joined the central bank in 2006. He served as the central bank’s main liaison to Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis. Prior to joining the central bank, Warsh worked as a mergers and acquisitions banker at Morgan Stanley from 1995 to 2002 and as an economics adviser in the George W. Bush Administration.

Warsh has argued in favor of a dramatic overhaul of the central bank. At an April lecture hosted by the Group of Thirty, an international body of economists and financial leaders, Warsh said “the Fed’s current wounds are largely self-inflicted.” He told CNBC in July that the Fed needs “regime change in the conduct of policy” and “a new Treasury-Fed accord, like we did in 1951 after another period where we built up our nation’s debt and we were stuck with a central bank that was working at cross purposes with the Treasury.”

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

One big happy rapist family they are.

[–] October1@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago

but has signaled a willingness for lower rates in the past few months.

GEE I WONDER WHY

[–] some_guy 9 points 17 hours ago

It’s practically a requirement to run in those circles. I’ll be more surprised when someone he chooses doesn’t have a closet full of monsters.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago

Child rapists of a feather

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago
[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s most likely a gaggle of dirtbags that hung out with a filthy rapist and Epstein.