As Epstein Files Turn Into Partisan Circus, Institutional Power Protects Its Own

“By some baffling twist of logic, it concluded that Oakes was guilty of offering bribes but that no one was guilty of accepting them,” wrote historian Maury Klein regarding the Credit Mobilier scandal. During the late 19th century, financial elites bribed lawmakers to maximize industrial profits through state-sponsored projects. Despite the widespread attention to the scandal and a congressional…

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