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I don't see why he wouldn't simply lie

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[–] Nebula@fedia.io 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

He would piss off everyone else he leaves in, who might then snitch on him and if he'd manipulate it too much people would notice. These people are rich and powerful, so he probably won't call them out.

[–] beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Makes sense, that was about what I thought, unfortunately. Online discourse made it seem to me like the Epstein files would be worth something once they came out, but if that's the only thing stopping him from modifying and publishing them, they're likely going to have been tampered with and thus not be trustworthy at all