Joe Conason
@joeconason.bsky.social
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Journalist, author, dad, citizen.
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Joe Conason·Jul 20
How did Epstein originally escape justice? As explained here, those upright GOP lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, notably the late Ken Starr, cooked up a crooked plea deal with their former partner Alex Acosta -- later a Trump cabinet member. Many questions for Congress to probe.
Joe Conason·Jun 11
Today @thenewrepublic.bsky.social, the grifting culture of the authoritarians: #Trump is just like his friends who once ruled the Philippines -- but the opportunities for a greedy US #POTUS are so much bigger. I've written about these crooks for 40 years and they're still stealing with both hands.