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new York Times Columnist David Brooks was featured in Latest installment of photos From the estate of Jeffrey Epstein – one month after Brooks wrote a column Rejecting the obsession over the Epstein files.
one in series of photos At an event with the deceased sexual predator, which was made public Thursday, Brooks could be seen smiling directly at the camera while having drinks with other guests and eating dinner.
However, the dinner was not mentioned in a column Brooks wrote last month, in which the conservative writer complained about the amount of political oxygen in Washington, especially among Democrats, over the Epstein case.
He said in the article, “I don’t understand why some Democrats are jumping on this bandwagon. They may believe that the Epstein file release will somehow hurt Trump.” “But they are undermining public trust and sowing public skepticism in such a way that the whole progressive project has become impossible. They are contributing to a public environment in which right-wing populism naturally thrives.”
column, title “The Epstein Story? Count Me Out,” Brooks was also seen batting for the political and business elite, insisting that they should not be painted with a broad brush and portrayed as sexual perverts.
“I know a thing or two about the American elite, ahem, and if you’ve read my work, you may be sick of my attacks on the educated elite for being insular, self-indulgent, and complacent,” Brooks wrote last month. “But the phrase ‘Epstein class’ is inaccurate, unfair, and irresponsible. Say what you want about our financial, educational, nonprofit, and political elites, but they are not mass rapists.”
Asked why there were no revelations about the Epstein incident in Brooks’ article, and whether the newspaper would take any action against Brooks over Thursday’s revelations, A. new York Times The spokesperson said the meeting was a one-time situation and part of their relationship-building efforts.
“As a journalist, David Brooks regularly attends events to speak with well-known and important business leaders to inform his column, which is exactly what happened at this 2011 event,” the spokesperson said. “Mr. Brooks had no contact with her before or after this single appearance at the widely attended dinner.”
elsewhere document dumpwhich comes like this Deadline for the Justice Department to release its files Undated photos related to the Epstein approach show lines from Vladimir Nabokov’s scandalous novel Lolita Written on a woman’s body parts.
“Lo-li-ta: Tip of the tongue traveling three steps down the palate, three steps to tap the teeth,” shows one image, which shows the text written on a woman’s chest.
Another photo shows a woman’s leg with this excerpt written, “She was low in the morning, straight low, standing four feet by ten in one stocking.” Meanwhile, others say, “She was Lola in slacks” and “She was Polly at school.”
Other images released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee depict Epstein — who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges — flanked by unidentified women whose faces are obscured, including a photo of a seated Epstein, with one woman wrapping her arms around his shoulders while two others sit next to him.
Besides Brooks, other high-profile personalities featured in this latest batch of documents include renowned author Noam Chomsky, former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Google’s Sergey Brin. The presence of a person in files or images with Epstein does not imply allegations of wrongdoing.
“As we approach the Epstein Files Transparency Act deadline, these new images raise even more questions about what exactly is in the Justice Department’s possession,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, said Thursday. “We must end this White House cover-up, and the DOJ must release the Epstein files now.”
After this, interest in the Epstein files increased in July Justice Department determined There was no Epstein “client list”, there would be no further investigation by other third parties, that the financier had died by suicide and “there was no basis for reconsidering the disclosure of those materials.”
Noting that Trump – who had a long friendship with Epstein before their falling out in the 2000s – had promised to release the Epstein files before his return to the White House, the DOJ memo Her relationship was scrutinized anew with deceased financierTrump has not been accused of any wrongdoing as it relates to Epstein’s crimes,
Ultimately, after a months-long pressure campaign from Democrats and some Republicans—which featured Release of several batches of previously unreleased documents from Epstein’s estate – The president reluctantly agreed last month to force the DOJ to release all of its materials related to the Epstein cases.