Epstein arrest/death 2019. Project 2025 drafted 2022-2023. They knew exactly what was out there and built institutional architecture to ensure it could never threaten them.

THE PROTECTION ARCHITECTURE

Layer 1: Eliminate Independent Investigators

Fire all 74 Independent Inspectors General:[citizen]

• IGs detect fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct in federal programmes
• They investigate internal corruption
• Project 2025: president should "summarily fire these independent investigators and install loyalists instead"

Who this protects: Anyone being investigated internally for misconduct, including trafficking-related crimes within federal agencies.

Layer 2: Kill Active Investigations

"Terminate any FBI investigations contrary to the national interest":lofgren.house+1

• Project 2025 directs: president appoints political operative to "review all major active FBI investigations"
• Terminate any deemed "contrary to the national interest" (undefined)
• "Any public corruption investigations into a friend, donor, or ally of the president could be closed"[citizen]

Who this protects: Anyone with active FBI investigation. Including trafficking networks, financial crimes, corruption cases involving elites.

The Epstein application: If there were active FBI investigations into Epstein network participants, this authority terminates them.

Layer 3: Fire Everyone Who Won't Comply

Schedule F: Reclassify 50,000+ civil servants as political appointees:nffe+3

• Removes civil service protections