The judge whose family was shot today had just been assigned case suing Deutsche Bank over Epstein

[MelissaB]

Terrible tragedy - and Judge Salas was assigned the civil case suing DEUTSCHE BANK over relations to JEFFREY EPSTEIN only four days ago.

Link to tweet

[MelissaB]

1. A little more...

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Volaris]

2. Somebody needs to prove to me that this wasn't an outright hit on a sitting judge.

Cause this seems to have the OPPOSITE of random home invasion written all over it.

[42bambi]

9. Smells like a hit job to me. Covered by using an old mob trick ... a trusted delivery guy. nt

[Bev54]

56. It is a hit and I am thinking Mossad

There was also an article in the New York Post about how Ghislaine Maxwell believes that Epstein was murdered and she will be too if she stays in prison. She may be right.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/19/ghislaine-maxwell-thinks-epstein-was-murdered-fears-same-fate-report/

[JudyM]

61. Mossad?! Why?

[Codeine]

79. It's always Mossad on DU. nt

[Bev54]

80. Because it has been reported that both

Epstein and Maxwell worked for Mossad, her Dad previously did. It is thought that Mossad financed Epstein and Maxwell helped him, to trap important people from around the world into kompromat by having sex with underage children. They had cameras everywhere and where do you think Epstein got his money.

[musicblind]

12. ABC News says it was someone disguised as a Fed Ex worker.

That's definitely not random.

[Volaris]

16. I'm sayin. Find this fucker. I WANT NAMES.

[musicblind]

26. I hope they get him, and I hope he talks. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

34. First rule of assassination; kill the assassin.

First rule of assassination; kill the assassin.

[dawg day]

39. "Jack Ruby" comes to mind.

Killed Oswald a couple days after the JFK assassination.

[colorado_ufo]

44. And Ruby was killed in prison, if memory serves.

[TexasBushwhacker]

54. No. He died of complications from lung cancer in Jan, 1967

Oddly enough, he died in Parkland Hospital, the same hospital where Lee Harvey Oswald died and where JFK was pronounced dead.

[Polybius]

55. Not officially at least

His death is listed as Ruby pulmonary embolism.

[dawg day]

77. Jack Ruby's action was very suspicious-

IIRC, he was a 'nightclub owner," mobbed up, uninterested in politics. Why would he suddenly turn into a righteous avenger?

[DesertRat]

57. Ruby died from cancer in a Dallas hospital.

[Blue_true]

45. Yeah, he is likely already dead. nt

[Hugin]

19. Yeah, where's the motive, if not a hit?

Robbery? Ha! It looks like The Trumperfellas are shopping for a judge to their liking.

A real indication of the desperation...

[musicblind]

48. Given all the judges they could choose to hit --

why this one?

I'm not saying it isn't Trump related, but wouldn't they go after a litany of others first?

This feels more like Russia or the mob?

[Hugin]

59. The D Bank/Epstein affair seems to be closer to the fire than the smoke...

of the roaring dumpster fire which is the Trump Organization.

Mainly, the D Bank... It's the nexus of the whole Turd Reich. The main vein, so to speak.

It's where they channel and launder money. It's where SCOTUS Justice (retired) Kennedy's son worked as Old Yeller's personal banker. It's basically run by the Russian Syndicate. Add in Barr as part of the Triumvirate of Barr, Pompeo, and Mnuchin who have seized power and are essentially running the US in the vacuum created by a negligent and mentally unfit would-be dictator, and Barr's vulnerability to all things Epstein. Along with so much else I can't even begin to list it here. The mob which is currently in power in the US can't afford any chink or wiff of actual impartial nosy Justice getting anywhere near this cesspool. It would start the cards falling and they can't have it happen.

Much of their distraction and noise making is directly related to them making sure nobody sees what is happening behind the curtain and that curtain is D Bank.

[2naSalit]

67. +1

[uponit7771]

69. +1

[crickets]

81. THIS. Spot on.

The thing is, by having taken such blatant action, someone may have pointed a great big neon arrow at what so many people want to keep hidden away.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

88. Innnnteresting.

Also, Turd Reich and Old Yeller...

[elleng]

22. Definitely a 'hit.'

[Dios Mio]

63. Sounds like Bogota Columbia.

[musette_sf]

3. K&R

[triron]

4. Trump and Barr are behind this somewhere.

[AJT]

13. I'm thinking more of Putin, with 45s knowledge.

[triron]

25. Why Putin?

Advising capacity?

[Sugarcoated]

52. So it can't be traced or blamed on Trump

or his whack pack

[JI7]

66. I don't think they are totally separate things

[42bambi]

17. I hope that Ghislaine Maxwell is locked up somewhere safe!

[Blue_true]

47. So was Epstein, until he suicided himself after a couple months locked up. nt

[renate]

5. OMG

This is horrifying.

I cannot believe what is happening to our country.

It’s worse than Russian defenestration... killing family members is more paralyzing than killing the judge herself.

[lostnfound]

6. The son was only 20 years old. Nt

[musicblind]

14. That is tragic.

I hope this actually gets covered.

[flamingdem]

7. The Russians are coming

Their methods anyway.

This is devastating.

[emmaverybo]

21. Yes. We see their methods in Portland. Coincidentally, in Belararus, secret police/KGB picking up

journalists and protestors off the street and situation escalating. Personally, I think PUTIN advises Trump not only on foreign policy, but domestic as well.”Dominate the streets” sounds great in a Russian accent.

So sorry for this family! ,

[OMGWTF]

83. Putin in the real president. It explains so much.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. William Barr!

Judge wouldn’t play ball with Barr So Trump has it handled other ways.

The judge will be removed from the case now. Barr will give it to a friendlier judge.

[katmondoo]

20. What Judge would be willing to take the case after this horror?

[robbob]

72. A judge who has already agreed

to sweep the whole thing under a carpet...

[musicblind]

10. CNN hasn't broken in to cover it yet, but ABC news has a Twitter thread going.

You can scroll down for updates as ABC News gets them:

Link to tweet

[triron]

11. Get this to Rachel.

[JoeOtterbein]

15. ...

(tears)

[musicblind]

18. CNN now has a "breaking news" stub article up:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/us/federal-judge-esther-salas-shooting-investigation/index.html


I imagine it will be updated soon.

[smirkymonkey]

23. This is absolute madness.

We are no longer living in the Democratic United States of America. Something has happened to us without our consent or notice. I can barely believe what is happening here.

[pandr32]

24. This administration has gone full mob

They intend for everyone to be too frightened to stand against them in any capacity. We need judges to stand for the law, we need watchdogs, we need whistle blowers, we need people to honor subpoenas, and we need a functioning government.
We must rid ourselves of these criminals.

[MissLilyBart]

27. some reporting from local non-Wildstein (NJ) news source

https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2020/07/husband-son-of-federal-judge-shot-at-their-nj-home-sources-say.html

[musicblind]

30. Thank you for this!

Damn, the son was only 20.

[musicblind]

28. The CNN article now has a tip number that's been set up by the FBI.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/us/federal-judge-esther-salas-shooting-investigation/index.html

[Devilsun]

29. Unfortunately

The fucking insane Qanon people will claim this is the work of the deep state. SMH 😤

[BGBD]

31. There's a better chance

It's somebody from Qanon.

[musicblind]

35. They're already on Twitter trying.

They're insane.

[ashredux]

32. It doesn't take a detective to know that was a hit. Plain and simple

[triron]

33. knr

[pnwest]

36. holy fuckin shitballs.

K&R

Can they really be this brazen, is this really happening?

[triron]

38. Sure beginning to look like it.

[struggle4progress]

37. It sure sounds like a job by some mobbed-up thug

[SunSeeker]

40. Maybe instead of guarding monuments, some of those federal officers can guard Epstein judges.

If we can trust them to do it properly...

[LudwigPastorius]

42. "Russian telegram" sent...

[Another Jackalope]

43. "Three Days of the Condor"

America is teetering on the edge of the abyss.

[FM123]

46. Oh no, this is a nightmare scenario.

I feel so bad for this woman who lost her husband and son like this. And possibly because of her job assignment....

[musicblind]

50. The husband is still alive, isn't he?

Or has he since passed, too?

[sfstaxprep]

51. They Last Said Critical But Stable Condition nt

[Grasswire2]

49. JAW DROPPING MOB HIT

We are descending into a dark, dark time.

[uponit7771]

70. +1

[peggysue2]

53. Wow!

Someone or an group of someones are working overtime to bring on the collapse of the United States.

Horrifying.

Once upon a time, this happened in other countries. Now? It's right on our doorstep.

[C Moon]

58. Well, I guess we've finally come upon the center of what is going on with Trump and the GOP.

Now the mafia hits are beginning.

[NBachers]

60. The terror is getting ratcheted up as we get closer to the election.

[Firebrand Gary]

62. This SHOULD BE EVERY HEADLINE.

This is fucking insanity.

[ffr]

64. Everything about Russia is just bad. Avoid anything Russia!!!

Vote Biden.

[Cha]

65. So unbearably sad and traumatic for

Judge Salas.

Just what the hell do they think they're accomplishing with killing her family? Taking her out and getting another judge?!

ETA.. yes, from reading the thread.. that seems like exactly what they're doing.

[Cha]

68. I hope Judge Silas' husband is being Guarded in the hospital

like his life depends on it!

[ck4829]

71. K&R

[Vinca]

73. What are the chances this isn't either MAGA or mob related? About zero.

[kentuck]

74. Dressed as FEdEx driver?

It does smell like a horsehead in the bed...

[boston bean]

75. This definitely has a mob hit feel to it.

Russian mob to be exact.

[DFW]

76. The killer showed up in a FedEx uniform, fired and disappeared

Never even said a word?

Assuming he knew any English to begin with, my bet is he is no longer in the country.

This was a professionally organized hit with a message. The message is obvious, and so is the style of the messenger. My only question is who, if anyone, is going to do anything about it? Obviously, the answer to that is not Trump, not Barr, and not Putin, and I doubt MSNBC has the firepower to protect its investigative journalists from FSB or GRU professionals.

[BSdetect]

78. k&r

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

82. Holy fuck.

Well, besides trying to vote the fascists out, what can be done. We can't let this kind of thing, the Portland gestapo tactics, etc. Where is Bill Gates with his savior money?

[grantcart]

84. Killer who committed suicide was a woman hating attorney.

Nothing to do with Epstein the mob or anything else.

Please update article and change misleading title

[bloom]

87. We don't actually know that.

The (Trump) mob could have found this guy - who already had issues and cancer - and would do the deed.

[triron]

85. knr

[triron]

86. knr

[triron]

89. knr