This 'secret weapon' lets Trump and Epstein elite 'get away with anything' (Rawstory)

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2676875570/

Edit to add: Daily Beast article syndicated at MSN
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-trump-thinks-he-can-get-away-with-epstein-ties/ar-AA22Sb5g
More there to read.

Giridharadas argued the so-called "Epstein class" ... operates by a code of mutual protection.

"They just understand something fundamental that is the heart of this chapter which is that their shared interests with each other are more important to them than any ideas or principles they hold," Giridharadas told Coles, describing the conclusion of his five-part Substack series on the Epstein files.

He said the network's members "joust each other for your and my entertainment" on cable television, but "when the cameras are off… they have each other's backs." That mutual loyalty, he argued, is the secret weapon that has shielded the network from prosecution.

Giridharadas also floated that President Donald Trump may have launched the Iran war in part to change the subject from the Epstein files, which he called "the heart of the corruption and impunity of which [Trump] is, of course, one of our greatest living embodiments."

The author argued ordinary Americans, by contrast, "snipe at each other" and "assume the worst" — leaving elites free to operate with impunity.

Divide and Conquer. So effective.


His substack post.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-197166659

Transcript: https://rentry.co/k8t47ydx

[Ninga]

1. Sad and true.

[RussBLib]

2. Omerta - code of silence

Straight out of the Mafia playbook.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1