[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit [@drawandstrike](/creator/twitter/drawandstrike) on x 299.8K followers Created: 2025-07-16 14:39:18 UTC "Fruit of the poisoned tree" is the oldest trick in the book. They couldn't DESTROY all the Epstein evidence because the Trump DOJ from 2019-2021 carefully catalogued it's existence. You can't say it just never existed. These SpyGate people didn't have control and couldn't begin fucking with the case evidence until early 2021 after they successfully stole the 2022 election and installed Biden, Merrick Garland and kept Wray. I suspect one of the main reasons for the raid on Mar A Lago may have really been about taking away from Trump his own UNCORRUPTED COPIES of the Epstein files [that he had prior to leaving office] So what they appear to have done is tell themselves, "OK we can't destroy ALL the evidence, let's just INJECT some fake 'evidence' showing Trump and other innocent people involved in this. Let's poison the well! Now even if our WORST NIGHTMARE comes true, and Trump wins in 2024, he can't release anything because we've corrupted the evidence files! We're geniuses!" But of course, as President and having full declassification powers until Jan 20, 2021, Trump could take his own Epstein files with him down to Mar A Lago - along with all his uncorrupted files on the MORE THAN DOZEN OTHER SCANDALS all these SpyGate pricks were involved in. Thus, the Mar A Lago raid HAD TO HAPPEN, and all those uncorrupted files in Trump's possession had to be taken away from him. Trump has no brakes, though. And he's a real vindictive son of a bitch. He's gonna find a way to get his revenge on these people but good for this. One way or another. Remember, all the SpyGate traitors are involved in multiple scandals - I listed no less than THIRTEEN OF THEM in a post yesterday, including the coverup of the DNC email hack and the murder of Seth Rich. If it's PROBLEMATIC for a time for him to have Bondi/Kash/Dan hang them on Epstein, don't worry. He has PLENTY other scandals he can hang them with. And he can revisit Epstein later after federal investigators squeeze these people HARD after nailing them on all the other shit they did, when they're in the phase of trying to negotiate for some mercy. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [joe biden](/topic/joe-biden) [doj](/topic/doj) [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) [jeffrey epstein](/topic/jeffrey-epstein) [Post Link](https://x.com/drawandstrike/status/1945493447751671924)
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Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit @drawandstrike on x 299.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-16 14:39:18 UTC
"Fruit of the poisoned tree" is the oldest trick in the book.
They couldn't DESTROY all the Epstein evidence because the Trump DOJ from 2019-2021 carefully catalogued it's existence. You can't say it just never existed.
These SpyGate people didn't have control and couldn't begin fucking with the case evidence until early 2021 after they successfully stole the 2022 election and installed Biden, Merrick Garland and kept Wray.
I suspect one of the main reasons for the raid on Mar A Lago may have really been about taking away from Trump his own UNCORRUPTED COPIES of the Epstein files [that he had prior to leaving office]
So what they appear to have done is tell themselves, "OK we can't destroy ALL the evidence, let's just INJECT some fake 'evidence' showing Trump and other innocent people involved in this. Let's poison the well! Now even if our WORST NIGHTMARE comes true, and Trump wins in 2024, he can't release anything because we've corrupted the evidence files! We're geniuses!"
But of course, as President and having full declassification powers until Jan 20, 2021, Trump could take his own Epstein files with him down to Mar A Lago - along with all his uncorrupted files on the MORE THAN DOZEN OTHER SCANDALS all these SpyGate pricks were involved in.
Thus, the Mar A Lago raid HAD TO HAPPEN, and all those uncorrupted files in Trump's possession had to be taken away from him.
Trump has no brakes, though. And he's a real vindictive son of a bitch.
He's gonna find a way to get his revenge on these people but good for this. One way or another.
Remember, all the SpyGate traitors are involved in multiple scandals - I listed no less than THIRTEEN OF THEM in a post yesterday, including the coverup of the DNC email hack and the murder of Seth Rich.
If it's PROBLEMATIC for a time for him to have Bondi/Kash/Dan hang them on Epstein, don't worry. He has PLENTY other scandals he can hang them with.
And he can revisit Epstein later after federal investigators squeeze these people HARD after nailing them on all the other shit they did, when they're in the phase of trying to negotiate for some mercy.
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