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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: While Dominion settled lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell ahead of acquisition, it's still suing Mike Lindell and Patrick Byrne.

Mike Lindell tells me all voting machines "need to go": "They all need to be melted down and turned into prison bars."

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 8h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 23d

In legal arguments, Lisa Cook's lawyers have leaned on the 9-0 Supreme Court decision called Humphrey's Executor to argue for Fed independence.

But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.

www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...

A 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent protecting Fed independence is on its deathbed

A Supreme Court case called "Humphrey's Executor" has shielded independent agency leaders from political influence. In the Trump era, that's changing.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 3

All good

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 3

1) Many of these files were originally searchable PDFs when they were publicly filed to Pacer.

2) So far I haven't succeeded in downloading anything because Google Drive is "Zipping" them for eternity.

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max @bluebookvalue.bsky.social · Sep 2

I don’t litigate so I don’t know whether this is the case, but I would think that if you did this in discovery you would have a very rough time with the judge

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 2

The House Oversight made each individual page its own TIF file, making it extremely hard to search through.

Look at this. It's a page of Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, already released last month.

Each page counts as one file. That's how they got to 33,295.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 2

Someone made a deliberate choice to not make these searchable PDFs.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 2

The House Oversight made each individual page its own TIF file, making it extremely hard to search through.

Look at this. It's a page of Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, already released last month.

Each page counts as one file. That's how they got to 33,295.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 2

Many of these Epstein files remain redacted.

So much for transparency.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Sep 2

So the House Oversight Committee just released 33,295 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents.

Nearly all of it was already public. The committee hasn't said what's new.

If I wanted to obscure new info about Epstein from the public while pretending to be transparent, this is exactly what I'd do.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Aug 21

the latest season of sesame street features elmo as a degen gambler who gradually comes to realize he's destroying the lives of the people who love him

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Aug 12

I don't understand how this is legal but I'm excited to try my new shampoo

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Aug 12

I don't understand how this is legal but I'm excited to try my new shampoo

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 31

I joined @lauracoates.com's CNN show with the great Sarah Krissoff and @willsommer.bsky.social to talk about what's happening with the Trump administration and the Epstein files

It's an important case, and I hope we will all get to see these files soon.

www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 29

Not only was there nothing related to intelligence in the Epstein files.

The Justice Department, when pursuing cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, didn't even think there was anything connected to intelligence. www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...

Was Jeffrey Epstein, superconnector of the rich and powerful, a spy?

People who've seen the Epstein files say nothing in them backs up one of the biggest conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 29

The FBI raided Jeffrey Epstein's home in Manhattan and seized more than 70 computers, iPads, and hard drives.

They took boxes of shredded paper and financial documents. They sawed open a metal safe.

If Jeffrey Epstein had some kind of intelligence connection, you might expect a clue there.

Was Jeffrey Epstein, superconnector of the rich and powerful, a spy?

People who've seen the Epstein files say nothing in them backs up one of the biggest conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 29

The lack of anything related to intelligence agencies in the Epstein files raises more questions about why the Trump administration won't just release them.

If there's nothing sensitive there from a national security perspective, why all the secrecy?

www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...

Was Jeffrey Epstein, superconnector of the rich and powerful, a spy?

People who've seen the Epstein files say nothing in them backs up one of the biggest conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Nothing supports the contention that there was either a honeypot blackmail scheme or any association with intelligence," one source told me.

Read the story here: www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...

Was Jeffrey Epstein, superconnector of the rich and powerful, a spy?

People who've seen the Epstein files say nothing in them backs up one of the biggest conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 29

NEW: I spoke to four people who've seen the Epstein files.

They say there are no signs in there that Jeffrey Epstein worked for intelligence. Nothing the US government wanted to be classified. No interest from intelligence agencies. Nada.

www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 25

but the DOJ has all this other stuff they could release right now!

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 25

The whole grand jury thing strikes me as an obvious misdirection. The bar is incredibly high for releasing the transcripts. It'll be a lot of victim testimony, so ultra-sensitive. And the DOJ can try to shift blame on judges if they decline to unseal anything.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'll never forget this victim's testimony.

She died of an overdose not long after the trial.

www.businessinsider.com/ghislaine-ma...

Ghislaine Maxwell accuser says she stopped giving sexualized massages to Jeffrey Epstein when she turned 18 and was 'too old for him'

"Carolyn" testified at Maxwell's child-sex-trafficking trial that Epstein asked her to bring younger girls to him for sexualized massages.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 25

It would also be great if Steve Bannon released his 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage.

I don't know why he hasn't been subpoenaed.

www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...

Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.

The staunch Donald Trump ally said his Epstein tapes were meant for a documentary. People who knew them together say he was trying to help Epstein.

www.businessinsider.com

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 25

Give us Jeffrey Epstein's financial transactions.

Give us his texts and emails.

These are the things that will tell us about his life, what he did, how he did it, and who else was involved.

Why focus on a politically and legally dubious talk with Ghislaine Maxwell?

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · Jul 25

The New York Times reported yesterday that the DOJ already cleared 100,000 pages for release — but is still keeping them secret.

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