🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸
@mrddmia

It is generally illegal for the Justice Department to publicly disclose evidence from criminal investigations--especially grand-jury investigations--with two exceptions:

1. Trial proceedings

This includes pretrial discovery.

And trial evidence, which is subject to Rule 401 (relevancy), Rule 403 (prejudice), cross-examination, rebuttal evidence, and other critical safeguards.

The law requires courts and the Justice Department to protect victims, witnesses, and those falsely accused.

2. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request

FOIA does not permit the DOJ to release Rule 6(e) grand-jury material or records subject to court seal.

Disclosing either is highly illegal.

Anyone can file a FOIA request.

Anyone can file a motion to unseal court records.

But public dumps of criminal evidence violate the law.

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🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸
@mrddmia

Anyone who rapes kids deserves the death penalty.

Here's the problem with the Eipstein mess:

The FBI doesn't have the evidence many thought it did.

There are not tapes with powerful men raping kids.

There is not a list.

(Eipstein's rolodex is already public.)

And the file is largely unreleasable, for many reasons including:

1. Grand-jury materials

2. Court records under seal

3. Child pornography

4. Protection of victims

5. Unsubstantiated, even double- or triple-hearsay, bogus claims (like we saw during the Kavanaugh proceedings), which would permanently destroy the reputation of innocent people if released

Does anyone really believe Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, or Dan Bongino would cover up for the likes of Bill Clinton or Bill Gates--if they had that evidence?

The Trump Justice Department wanted to be fully transparent. But it can't, for the reasons above. This is a case of no good deed goes unpunished.

This is no doubt unsatisfying to many. But that's the hard truth.
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