OPINION:
Nearly one-fifth of those in Congress are guilty of enriching themselves to the tune of millions of dollars by directly investing in stocks — in clear violation of the Stock Act. Efforts to make that law more binding and with more severe penalties has been shunned by those same few who prosper.
The names of presidents, prime ministers, philanthropists and many other powerful people are listed on the pilots’ manifest of those who traveled to Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Epstein supposedly hanged himself in a small window of time when his cellmate was removed, his guards napped and the cameras failed.
His sex-trade associate, Jean-Luc Brunel, also mysteriously hanged himself, also before trial. How fortuitous for the few and the powerful. And still, Epstein’s black book has not been released.
Our president’s son has violated tax, gun and drug laws, then failed to abide by the Foreign Agent Registration Act, all the while making millions of dollars abroad. He has benefactors with deep pockets to pay his tax bills. Rest assured a sweetheart deal is in the works.
Cocaine was found in the White House. Despite being the most secure building in the country and despite DNA testing, cameras and guards everywhere, those involved have not been identified. No story here, folks, says White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre with a smile.
The FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission, Secret Service et al. are not inept; they are complicit. Atop all of it sits the Department of Justice, protecting the few and the unaccountable.
CHARLES EARY
West Fenwick, Delaware
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