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A bombshell report revealed Monday that under the first Trump administration, the FBI appeared to have issued a “stand down” order to New York Police Department investigators regarding their criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein, an order that came just five days after the disgraced financier’s arrest in 2019.

The existence of the supposed directive was revealed by law professor and legal scholar Ryan Goodman, who found it buried within the Justice Department's recent release of around 3.5 million files on Epstein.

“The directive applied to NYPD’s Special Victims Unit – the group specially trained and equipped to handle sex crimes and child abuse cases,” Goodman wrote in a report published Monday in Just Security, a non-partisan law and policy journal.

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 28 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Donald Trump is a pedophile and human trafficker. We all know it, his whole cabinet knows it, but they all are too power hungry to care.

I hope we can send them all to prison in a year.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Prison? A celebrity? In america??

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

A man can dream. A man can dream...

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

In a year? What do you think will happen in a year?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Most transparent administration in history.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

They are, and they're laughing in our faces.

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

law professor Goodman

goddamn it

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

It's all good, man!

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Anyone really surprised?

Anyone really think the Republican elite will ever face justice?

Bullshit. The United States is a Fascist country. They rule. We serve.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 199 points 2 days ago (26 children)
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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s become very clear that states should never ever delegate to federal agencies.

Such an order sounds have never been respected.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago

Definitely not never since local agencies can be equally corrupt.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why is it that a real life SVU unit in New York existing makes me think Trump will confuse this for the television show Law and Order: SVU?

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the criminal justice system, some crimes are especially heinous. But not this guy, he's very legal, very cool

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Totally exonerated! Lots of people are saying it

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

yeah ok, but go back to the first complaints ignored by the FBI under Clinton in the 90s.

[–] paul@lemmy.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Trump is protecting Clinton by not releasing the unredacted files. Why would he do that?

[–] Levsgetso@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

I’d assume it’s because Clinton could drag him down if he does expose him.

[–] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah ok but LET'S LOOK AT ALL OF THEM. HOW ABOUT THAT?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago

That's the point that you are replying to, yes.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I can understand an administration wanting to handle Epstein carefully and at the administration level, just wish it wasn't to help him.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can the FBI order the NYPD to stand down? Do they have to follow the order?

Because if that's true I'm going to have to go back and see if Biden's DOJ actually DID witch hunt Trump. I was under the assumption that his felony convictions were brought by the state of New York, through a grand jury of actual people and the convictions were rendered by a jury of actual people and that it was ALL New York. No federal government involved. Can anyone comment on that?

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why would Biden go after Trump? I can't think of any motivation.

[–] paul@lemmy.org 3 points 15 hours ago

Every accusation...

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I have no idea. It's Trump what do you expect? He's the most beloved person in the world who is simultaneously the most victimized.

Anyway, my question was more about CAN the federal government force this or is it more of a professional courtesy kind of a thing?

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