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Federal authorities have arrested more people investigating damage to the D.C. Reflecting Pool than they have in connection with the released Epstein documents, highlighting the disparity in enforcement priorities.
Federal authorities have arrested more people for investigating damage to the D.C. Reflecting Pool than they have in connection with all the released Epstein documents combined. The Reflecting Pool incident involved people walking through water and causing minor damage during a protest.
This is a stark comparison of enforcement priorities. The Epstein files involve massive financial crimes, trafficking, and abuse—connected to some of the most powerful people in the country. The Reflecting Pool is property damage from a protest. Yet one got vastly more arrests than the other. This isn't just about numbers—it's about what the government chooses to prosecute aggressively and what it leaves alone. It shows federal law enforcement treating protest damage as a national security priority while treating elite crimes as something to slowly release redacted documents about.
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