By Steven
Jonas
The Epstein-Barr virus, first of all, is the cause
of an infectious disease, mononucleosis, which is (interestingly enough in
light of what this column is principally about) called the "kissing
disease." Its primary symptoms are: fatigue,
fever, lack of appetite, rash, sore throat ,
swollen glands in
the neck, and weakness and sore muscles.
While in this column we are dealing with a different kind of
Epstein-Barr virus, one of the political sort (credit here must go to one of my
Twitter mates, JoeInWVa, for identifying it as such [although unfortunately I
cannot find the link to that particular cartoon]) some of the symptoms are the
same. That is if you broaden the
diagnosis to include Sick-of-Trump-and-Barr Syndrome.
But let's look at some of the particularly noticeable
socio-political outcomes so far of the Jeff Epstein/Bill Barr virus that has
suddenly burst on the scene, not necessarily in order of importance.
The law firm of
Kirkland-Ellis in Chicago is central. It is the world's
highest-grossing law firm.
It was Bill Barr's firm for a while, although not during the period when
it obtained the sweetheart
deal for Steve Epstein in Florida. That's why Barr at first recused himself
(announcing it to the press) on one day, then quickly un-recused himself the
next day (announcing through a DOJ spokesperson). One can just imagine the call from Trump that
led to the second event (if that is indeed what happened). This is a clean webmagazine, so I won't
conjure up the language Trump likely used.
Of course, much more important than Trump's language in that
hypothetical call, is why Barr un-recused himself, whether there was
such a call or not. Couldn't have anything
to do with being the President's lawyer rather than the U.S. Attorney General
and what interest Trump might have in limiting the scope of the current case,
could it?
The Epstein deal in Florida, arranged by the current
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta was
illegal. If a plea deal
is underway, the prosecutors by law are supposed to inform the complainants. They didn't and didn't respond to repeated
"what's going on?" inquiries from some of them.
Acosta's excuse was that "the times were different." Pardon me?
How many African-Americans went to prison for rape back then, and much
further back for the same sort, or even a lesser sort, of evidence? No, it was the person charged who was
different.
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