Family of Lee Harvey Oswald at gravesite, Nov 25, 1963, Fort Worth, TX. Amon Carter Museum of American Art // Gene Gordon
Q1. In a memo Monday, the Justice Department and FBI announced that after an “exhaustive review” there is no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in jail, nor that he was blackmailing prominent individuals.
At a cabinet meeting Tuesday, AG Pam Bondi was asked by a reporter about what some view as unsatisfying evidence backing up the memo. As she started to reply, President Trump said to the reporter "Are you still talking about Epstein. You wanna waste the time. I can't believe you’re asking about Epstein.”
Trump then asked Bondi if she wanted to answer the question, she affirmed that she did, and defended her department’s view that Epstein committed suicide, was not working with Mossad or the CIA to compromise powerful people, that there was no list of his clients, nor videos with evidence of prominent individuals committing crimes.
Do you believe Epstein had successfully compromised powerful individuals?
At a cabinet meeting Tuesday, AG Pam Bondi was asked by a reporter about what some view as unsatisfying evidence backing up the memo. As she started to reply, President Trump said to the reporter "Are you still talking about Epstein. You wanna waste the time. I can't believe you’re asking about Epstein.”
Trump then asked Bondi if she wanted to answer the question, she affirmed that she did, and defended her department’s view that Epstein committed suicide, was not working with Mossad or the CIA to compromise powerful people, that there was no list of his clients, nor videos with evidence of prominent individuals committing crimes.
Do you believe Epstein had successfully compromised powerful individuals?
(Image: Protestors outside federal courthouse, July 8, 2019, NYC. Getty // Stephanie Keith )
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female
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18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes, in conjunction with Mossad/CIA
32%
40%
24%
47%
31%
18%
35%
35%
32%
24%
32%
Yes, with others but not intelligence agencies
27%
22%
31%
14%
36%
37%
28%
23%
28%
27%
27%
Yes, on his own
25%
21%
28%
23%
20%
28%
18%
20%
25%
36%
25%
No
4%
6%
2%
5%
2%
3%
8%
4%
2%
3%
4%
Not sure
10%
6%
13%
8%
9%
11%
10%
10%
10%
7%
10%
Don't care
3%
5%
2%
4%
2%
3%
0%
8%
2%
3%
3%
Q2. At a July 13, 2024 Donald Trump rally in Butler, PA, Thomas Crooks fired eight rounds from a rooftop about 250 yards from the stage. A bullet grazed Trump’s right ear, one audience member was killed, and two others injured.
Some believe the shooting was staged, that Crooks never meant to kill Trump, and may not have even hit him, that Crooks/his family were paid to shoot and miss, getting Trump hero points in the process.
These folks point to Trump’s ear shows no sign of scarring, his security detail inexplicably let him stand clear from protection moments after the shooting to gesture to the crowd, and that very little has been written or said about the shooter since.
Others say that the shooting was real, but it was an inside job among never-Trumpers in his security detail, which is how Crooks gained such a prime vantage point.
Which do you believe?
Some believe the shooting was staged, that Crooks never meant to kill Trump, and may not have even hit him, that Crooks/his family were paid to shoot and miss, getting Trump hero points in the process.
These folks point to Trump’s ear shows no sign of scarring, his security detail inexplicably let him stand clear from protection moments after the shooting to gesture to the crowd, and that very little has been written or said about the shooter since.
Others say that the shooting was real, but it was an inside job among never-Trumpers in his security detail, which is how Crooks gained such a prime vantage point.
Which do you believe?
(Image: Security stand over Crooks' body, July 13, 2024, Butler, PA )
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female
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It was staged by Trump
34%
28%
41%
4%
41%
62%
33%
35%
32%
38%
34%
It was an inside job by never-Trumpers
28%
35%
22%
59%
19%
1%
18%
26%
33%
28%
28%
Neither
27%
32%
22%
34%
33%
19%
25%
28%
28%
25%
27%
Not sure
10%
5%
14%
3%
7%
17%
24%
11%
5%
7%
10%
Don't care
1%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
1%
Q3. The JFK Records Act of 1992 required the government make public all documents it has pertaining to the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy by 2017 unless president(s) subsequently determine postponement is necessary because the harm to military or other interests outweighs the public benefit.
In his first term, President Trump postponed the release of some documents, as did Biden, though in Trump's 2nd term he ordered the release of all documents.
A batch released earlier this month showed for the first time that the CIA was monitoring Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination, something it had denied for decades.
The Warren Commission found Oswald acted alone to kill Kennedy.
Do you believe the Warren Commission finding, and do you feel this CIA lie on its own casts doubt on the finding?
In his first term, President Trump postponed the release of some documents, as did Biden, though in Trump's 2nd term he ordered the release of all documents.
A batch released earlier this month showed for the first time that the CIA was monitoring Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination, something it had denied for decades.
The Warren Commission found Oswald acted alone to kill Kennedy.
Do you believe the Warren Commission finding, and do you feel this CIA lie on its own casts doubt on the finding?
(Image: Warren Commission, Aug 14, 1964, Washington, DC)
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Don't care
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4%
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1%
6%
0%
8%
2%
2%
3%
Aug 2019 36% say Epstein committed suicide , 25% said same in Dec 2021
July 2024, 81% say Crooks was trying to assassinate Trump, 54% believe he acted alone
Feb 2016, 50% believe Oswald didn’t shoot Kennedy, or if he did that he didn’t act alone (in other words, 50% don't believe Warren Commission finding)
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