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Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were ‘in charge,’ memo says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen and that he wanted to target the country’s political parties because they were “in charge,” prosecutors said Sunday.

https://apnews.com/article/pipe-bomb-jan-6-fbi-157854dadb81c4d7663553412fd19383?

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FBI says arson suspect targeted Mississippi synagogue because it’s a Jewish house of worship

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A suspect in an arson fire at a synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan decades ago admitted to targeting the historic institution because it’s a Jewish house of worship and confessed what he had done to his father, who turned him in to authorities after observing burn marks on his son’s ankles, hands and face, the FBI said Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-synagogue-arson-jewish-south-0e489adc986bfaddd55662075bdb6443?

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FBI searches a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of a classified documents investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information, the Justice Department said.

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-washington-post-search-warrant-classified-documents-373bd02f4f9ea446dd71c1203da467f3?

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Former Olympic snowboarder on FBI’s most-wanted list is arrested in Mexico, faces drug charges

ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive accused of moving some 60 tons of cocaine from Latin America into the United States annually and orchestrating several killings, was arrested in Mexico and then flown to California, officials said Friday.

https://apnews.com/article/ryan-wedding-olympic-snowboarder-drug-ring-1ba939875022738f89e0822cb32f0176?

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FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused multiple underage girls, they found scant evidence he led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an AP review of internal Justice Department records shows. Read more.

Why this matters: The documents, which include police reports, FBI interview notes and prosecutor emails, provide the clearest picture to date of the investigation — and why U.S. authorities ultimately decided to close it without additional charges. While one Epstein victim made highly public claims that he “lent her” to his rich friends, agents couldn’t confirm that and found no other victims telling a similar story, the records said.     Investigators who scoured Epstein’s bank records found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models — but no evidence that he was engaged in prostituting women to other men, prosecutors wrote.   On Dec. 30, 2024, about three weeks before President Joe Biden left office, then-FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate reached out through subordinates to ask “whether our investigation to date indicates the ‘client list,’ often referred to in the media, does or does not exist,” according to an email summarizing his query. A day later, an FBI official replied that the case agent had confirmed no client list existed.

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1 hour ago, phkrause said:

FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show

I read a similar report on the APnews site today. This Epstein business reminds me of the McMartin nursery school debacle, years ago. Lives and businesses were destroyed, resources wasted, hysteria stoked. In the end, coached by mental health "professionals" it was determined that the children, nursery school age, fabricated the accusations of satanic ritual sexual abuse. These were really children, i.e., prepubescent kindergarteners. People are crying about the "children" Epstein supposedly abused and trafficked. They were not "children." Depending on the country or jurisdiction, they were well beyond the age of consent. In many countries of Asia and Europe, the age of consent is 14, 15. Japan, hardly a barbaric, backwards country, the age of consent is 13.

The unfortunate accuser of Mountbatten-Windsor was 17 years old, hardly a child. Apparently she was "groomed" before the "abuse" started. Grooming is simply being nice to someone, treating them well. Of course, when an actual child is involved, that's a different matter.  The word "raped" is tossed around, trivializing the experience of those who are actually, physically, violently, against their will, forced into a sexual act. That's rape. This young woman and her friends were not prepubescent adolescents. Very few, if any, were ,against their will, violently forced into anything. I favor the death penalty for actual rapists. ~50 years ago, when I was in junior high, sexual trysts among  14, 15 year olds were not unusual.  The girls themselves often put the word out that they were available. They didn't require "grooming."  Even primary school students were fooling around.

Epstein was obviously a popular raconteur. Some of the people being dragged into this mess were accompanied by their wives when they attended Epstein's soirees. Guilt by association is the order of the day. The media insists on keeping this garbage before the public, another good reason that "freedom of the press" should be reinterpreted.