So much focus on the idea that the ICE crackdown is a distraction from the Epstein files makes me wonder if it isn’t the other way around-get people to focus on the idea of a cover up that they don’t resist a fascist takeover as effectively as they otherwise might.
I don’t think Trump himself is doing it—but I think the people around him see it as a plus that it will likely be the Epstein scandal that eventually brings him down, because it will release the political pressure while leaving the rest his administration and policies unscathed.