The “Morning Joe” crew mentioned the Justice Division’s transfer to name Hillary Clinton for a deposition relating to her affiliation with late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein is only a method to cowl up President Donald Trump’s ties to the disgraced financier.
“The Justice Division clearly acquired caught up in a cover-up by NPRclearly acquired caught up in a cover-up as reported by the New York Instances, as reported by (Rupert) Murdoch’s Wall Avenue Journal,” host Joe Scarborough Thursday’s episode of the MS NOW collection. “And once more, it’s a farce. The entire thing is a farce.”
The scheme Scarborough believes the Justice Division is orchestrating stems from Trump’s relationship with Epstein, which an investigation discovered the division has been making an attempt to maintain underneath wraps. In keeping with NPR, the division withheld information associated to allegations that Trump sexually abused a 13-year-old woman in 1983, regardless of being legally required to launch all Epstein-related paperwork. The alleged sufferer, now an grownup, instantly named Trump in her accusations.
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As for Clinton, her husband and former president Invoice Clinton was documented within the information as having ties to Epstein. Clinton’s title solely seems in information associated to clipped articles concerning the 2016 election that Epstein despatched to buddies. She appeared earlier than the Home Oversight Committee on Thursday, the place she testified that she has by no means traveled on Epstein’s aircraft nor spoken to Epstein.
Scarborough mentioned he would counsel that Clinton merely say she doesn’t know Epstein.
“If I had been Hillary — and naturally, Hillary Clinton is far smarter than me, however I’d spend the entire time saying I didn’t know him,” Scarborough mentioned. “What do you assume are in these information? What do you assume are in these information with a younger girl who was 13 years outdated, who’s accusing the president of doing x, y and z? Once more, it’s such a sham.”
He added: “This complete factor appears like such a cover-up, and I’ll simply say what we’ve been saying for six to 9 months now: In the event that they don’t have anything to fret about, they need to have launched all of the paperwork 9 months in the past. This story would have been over eight months in the past, however they preserve dragging it out.”
Afterward within the dialog, Scarborough mentioned he believes the Justice Division is exhibiting bias in the direction of Republicans.
“We have now two justice techniques in America, and it’s not a system for the appropriate and a system for the poor. It’s a system of Republicans and a system for Democrats underneath this justice division,” Scarborough mentioned. “Give it some thought: Larry Summers faces the music of leaving Harvard. Bob Kerreya former United States senator off a board in Nebraska … But, conservatives which are throughout these paperwork — whether or not you’re speaking about Howard Lutnick, whether or not you’re speaking about Donald Trump, whether or not you’re speaking about one Republican after one other who has been in Donald Trump’s orbit that was additionally in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, there’s completely no justice.”
