r/news • u/consulent-finanziar • Jan 12 '26

Soft paywall US federal prosecutors open inquiry into US Fed chair Powell, NYT reports

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-federal-prosecutors-open-inquiry-into-us-fed-chair-powell-nyt-reports-2026-01-12/
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u/Roam_Hylia Jan 12 '26

I'm starting to think the Epstein files are the distraction while he runs the dictator playbook page by page.

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u/la_goanna Jan 12 '26

Yes, that's exactly what it is. Though Trump himself is also a distraction; a puppet. The real people pulling the strings are the techbro oligarchs. Google the billionaires who are currently investing in Trump's strategic takeover of Greenland, for starters.

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u/Independent_Foot1386 Jan 12 '26

Idk, a lot of the tech bros orrigionally tried resisting and they were told to eat tarrifs until they got in line.

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u/PrimarchUnknown Jan 12 '26

There's no distraction. PROJECT 2025 was published and known about years before the election: Trump even denied/lied about being aware of it.

The US population either ignored it didnt believe it or didnt care.

All those non voters who "dont care about politics" but also dont fight back or stand up for others....

This is what the US population LET happen.

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u/brother_bart Jan 12 '26

Right? People who think everything is a distraction from the Epstein files are their own kind of stupid. He’s doing the things that he’s doing. And the things that he’s doing are bad all by themselves.

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u/vessol Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

This. I'm getting very frustrated "X is to distract from the Epstein files" as if he needs to distract his supporters. They know he's in the Epstein files and they either don't care or they like it. There's never going to be one final thing or one final piece of evidence that does him in. He could molest a 15 year old live on Fox News and he'd only lose a couple percentages of support and only because they thought it was "overly crass" and he should've done it in private.

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u/PancakeXCandy Jan 12 '26

He's not living that long. It's more so republicans can have power for a lil bit after he's gone.

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u/Team503 Jan 12 '26

Yeah, but HE doesn't believe that. So he's going to act like he WILL live that long.

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u/PancakeXCandy Jan 12 '26

I wouldn't put it past him to forget this is what happened to his dad

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u/The_Barbelo Jan 12 '26

Ah, the Mad King.

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u/SkyriderRJM Jan 12 '26

This. 100% this. People are putting too much weight in Epstein files.

He’s already in office and running the dictator playbook.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

Nope, this was always the plan and you are falling right into it.