Trump named in newly found Epstein accusation that officials sat on for 17 years: report

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37. There are 100X too many lawyers in our politics and too few common sense people

A common sense person looks at this and says "Give me a freakin' break. It is patently obvious what Trump and Epstein were doing." (And Putin, and Guiliani, and Manafort, and Stone ad infinitum.)

A lawyer looks at the same information and says "Our system is 'innocent until proven guilty' and there isn't enough evidence admissible in court to convict them."

There may not be enough evidence to convict BECAUSE these people are very careful to cover up, like any good mobster. And they are not opposed to threatening, even killing witnesses. And all of that is BESIDE THE POINT. Politics is not a court of law. It is the court of public opinion, and the 1st Amendment provides additional latitude when speaking about the behavior of public officials.

We need the press, the politicians, and the people at large to speak the truth much more plainly. When Trump covers up and blocks the release of information, EVERYONE should draw the most adverse inferences from those actions. If Trump blocked a translator from, recording a conversation with Putin, then we should assume the worst. It is Trump's responsibility to prove otherwise. It is not our responsibility to dig up evidence he has carefully hidden.

Lawyers serve an important role in our system, but not as politicians. We need more people who will speak the plain truth.