by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Jeffrey Epstein, a 66-year-old convicted pedophile and sex-trafficker, reportedly died by his own hand early yesterday morning at a federal detention facility in Manhattan where he was being held on new sex-trafficking charges. And although his death has just occurred, it has already spawned a flotilla of conspiracy theories.
Epstein had been arrested on July 6th and charged with trafficking minors in Florida and New York. As details about the case began making their way into the public domain, it became obvious that many big names in politics and entertainment were likely to be muddied by his upcoming trial.. Three of the more prominent names to be mentioned in connection to Epstein were Britain’s Prince Andrew, former President Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump.. The father of U.S. Attorney General William Barr was also said to have had ties to Epstein.
On July 23rd there was a report that Jeffrey Epstein had tried to hang himself in his jail cell, and federal authorities supposedly placed him on suicide watch. Yesterday morning he was found hanging lifeless in his cell. Now the government is reportedly saying that he had been taken off of the suicide watch due to an improvement in his demeanor, and Attorney General Barr, the man ultimately in charge of Epstein’s incarceration, says that he is “appalled” by the jailhouse suicide.
And so Jeffrey Epstein is dead, perhaps, and with his death some rich perverts may now be breathing a little easier. But with his death also comes a barrage of questions and suppositions, and a very rich and fertile field in which conspiracy theorists can work. Social media has been alight with speculation from the left that Donald trump and/or Attorney General Barr has something to do with his demise – and with speculation from the right that somehow the Clintons were responsible.
One popular meme on Twitter yesterday posited that Donald Trump had prepared a statement on the death of Jeffrey Epstein and that his staff was not worried that he would flub the statement because he had been practicing it since the day before. (The humor being that he had been practicing his statement since before Epstein had died.)
But Donald Trump, who has great difficulty standing idly by when he feels that he has something to get off of his orange chest, could not remain completely silent. Yesterday evening the seldom-presidential Trump re-tweeted a tweet posted by a black conservative which expressed the notion that the Clintons were responsible for having Epstein killed. This morning White House aide Kellyanne Conway tried to smooth over Trump’s childish action by saying that he just wanted to make sure that everyone involved with Epstein was investigated.
So , yeah, the conspiracy nuts are already at work, and Donald Trump has gotten involved in the plots and speculations – just like he did with the death of Vince Foster and the birth location of Barack Obama. The difference this time, however, is that Trump himself is also likely to be a central character in the drama.
Trump is deflecting – and probably with good reason.
1 comment:
Trump is nuts and it is time for Section 4.
Amendment XXV
Section 1.
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2.
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3.
Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4.
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
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