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For decades, the mainstream media’s double standards have fed conservative distrust, and now we have our latest example.
Back in 2019, the D.C. press had a field day with allegations that President Trump’s first labor secretary, Alex Acosta, had failed to prosecute credibly-accused sexual abuser of children Jeffrey Epstein in his former role as a U.S. attorney. Facing the firestorm of criticism, Acosta was forced to resign from Trump’s cabinet.
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The two prison guards who skipped their rounds and falsified records the night that Jeffrey Epstein allegedly died by suicide will dodge jail time after agreeing to cooperate with a DOJ inspector general investigation, the latest examples in the Epstein saga seemingly let off the hook.
The announcement by the Southern District of New York follows a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation in May and a DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility investigation in November separately concluding they had uncovered no criminality in how investigators and prosecutors handled the case against the jet-setting financier and deceased sex offender, leading to renewed calls for accountability.
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44 Idaho police disciplined for misconduct in 2020, including a sheriff charged with rape
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Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training, based in Meridian, trains police officers and certifies Idaho Department of Corrections employees, juvenile detention center workers and Fish and Game officials. | Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) One was a sheriff who raped a minor. Another was an officer who stole money from clients of his property-management business. These are among the former law enforcement officials who were stripped of their certifications last year.
In 2020, 44 Idaho police officers had their law enforcement certifications revoked because of misconduct, according to records provided to the Idaho Statesman by Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training.
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The Declaration of Independence cataloged the ways in which King George III infringed upon American liberties. Among King George’s offenses listed in the Declaration was “Transporting us beyond the Seas to be tried for pretended Offences.” The king claimed the authority to seize American colonists and force them to stand trial in Great Britain for criminal offenses allegedly committed in America.
Almost 250 years later, another foreign tribunal the International Criminal Court (ICC), located in The Hague in the Netherlands is working toward issuing arrest warrants for American citizens for allegedly abusing detainees in Afghanistan. The court is pursuing this course despite the fact that the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and therefore not subject to the ICC’s jurisdiction.