Schnitt Fit

 The acting deputy of a Justice Department unit may have shared a little too much on his second date. Especially since the woman with whom he confided was a journalist, recording their chat for posterity. And for showing about on Al Gore's Internet. 

Joseph Schnitt, the DOJ officer in this scenario revealed to his "date" that the government would “Redact every Republican” and “Leave all the Liberal, Democratic People” from the Epstein client list. It would be simple enough to just excuse this as some guy attempting to score points with a woman he met on Hinge. He would not be the first guy to expand and expound on his credentials to make himself appear interesting.

But Mister Schnitt wasn't done. He went on to share that Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison as "a benefit." He insisted that it is "against BOP policy because she's a convicted sex offender."

The oversharing continued as Schnitt suggested that there was "internal conflict" going on within the Justice Department. He gave an unflattering picture of the workings of his job, including this assertion about his boss, Attorney General Pam Bondi:  "I don't know what Bondi wants. Bondi wants whatever Trump wants. She's just a yes-person."

In the light of a new day, Joseph sang a different tune. He assured us that if he had known that the young woman "who said her name was Skylar" was a reporter, he would have ended things before the first date even started. He went on to issue the following statement: "The comments I made were my own personal comments on what I've learned in the media and not from anything I've done at or learned via work. I have no knowledge of the circumstances surrounding Ms. Maxwell other than what is reported in the news. I also never divulged anything about what I do at work. I recall that she asked if I had any knowledge about Maxwell and I specifically said I only know what's been reported in the media."

Except like so much of what ends up on Al Gore's Internet, there's a pretty candid video just sitting out there, pointing to counter his denial. Was it just a flex on Joseph's part to try and get a third date? Maybe, but this might be an amusing point at which I can share the Hinge app's slogan: "The dating app designed to be deleted." My guess is that the Department of Justice is requiring that all of their employees do just that.