TheĀ Department of Justice is reportedly investigating multiple people with ties to Russian state media, weeks after federal officialsĀ warnedĀ that theĀ Kremlin is attempting toĀ influence the upcoming presidential electionĀ through the media.

TheĀ FBIĀ has searched multiple individuals this month as part of the probe, including former U.N. weapons inspector and U.S. foreign policy critic Scott Ritter, and foreign policy commentator Dimitri Simes, US officials briefed on the investigationĀ toldĀ The New York Times.

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      Weird, anyone that challenges the establishment somehow gets a sex charge against themā€¦ Coincidence I guessā€¦

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        Weird that youā€™re going to bat for a guy who has repeatedly tried to seduce teenagers over the Internet since at least 2001.

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          Do you know how I know these accusations and rulings is bullshit? Because everyone involved in Epstein Island havenā€™t gotten in any trouble. Nothing, just swept under the rug. Those are good people of the empire. No harm will ever come to them.

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            Do you know how I know these accusations and rulings is [sic] bullshit? Because everyone involved in Epstein Island havenā€™t gotten in any trouble [sic].

            Complete non-sequitur. I donā€™t think I have ever seen someone attempt such an absurd and fallacious argument in real lifeā€¦

            ā€œDo you know how I know that OJ didnā€™t do it? Because they let Bill Cosby out of prison.ā€

            That argument is just as coherent as yours.

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              Did OJ or Bill Cosby ever challenge the establishment? No they didnā€™t. Since you use there two as examples, it tells me you donā€™t understand the premise of my statement. So I get that you struggle to understand the argument.

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                Please read a book about logic.

                Or at the very least, learn the basics of how to formulate a cogent argument, because yikes. I donā€™t know how to argue with such incompetence besides just telling you that the things youā€™re saying are just literal nonsense. Like not even close to being a coherent thought, let alone a cogent argument.

                Do better.

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                  Ok, then I will try ELI5 on you. You see, every person involved with raping children at Epstein Island hasnā€™t been touched. These people are well connected and powerful, and working in synchronisation with the establishment. In many cases they are the establishment. If there was any interest in justice, then at least one person, would be punished, but none has gotten any form of punishment. Therefore there is no interest in justice when you have to go against the establishment in order to archive this justice. On the conĀ­trary to this; if you are an anti-establishment person, they will go after you by any means necessary. And if you believe that donā€™t include planting evidence, I got a bridge to sell you.

                  This is as easy as I can explain it. You can disagree all you like.