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Not only was Trump intimately close to Jeffrey Epstein, but there is a wealth of reporting tying the billionaire pedophile to intelligence circles. Trump is once again protecting the elites he claimed he would fight on the campaign trail.

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[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

ICE raids = distract from his ties to Epstein.

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's because he fucked a child. Just to be clear. That's the reason.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He let Epstein use Mar a Lago as a 'recruiting ground' for a fucking decade.

Not only did Trump very obviously partake in this evil business, he was a fucking integral part to facilitating it.

Every time you hear any Trumpoid cabinet member mention that Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar a Lago... yeah, yeah that's after a fucking decade of him disappearing women and girls from there, there's no fucking way he didn't know what was going on, he just kicked him out when he got too sloppy and tried to fuck the daughter of someone Trump was trying to impress.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/09/epstein-mar-a-lago-trump-1456221

https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epsteins-visits-mar-lago-detailed-1857636

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

You make it sound like it was a one-time occurrence

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The real Deep State is the massive pedophile ring of the rich and famous.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago
[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago
[–] tonytins@pawb.social 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well that's a show I haven't thought of in a long time. Drawn Together

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

I love that scene.

[–] KbSez@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The intelligence rumors are bunk.

Yes, It's possible that Epstein shared compromising information about people to law enforcement in exchange for protection but that's it. The cover and financial support he got was from people had had dirt on

NUMEROUS people close to him knew he taped all his guests having sex, knew that he kept details on them and their families. When he was arrested the first time they found cash, a fake passport and DVDs with names on them and videos of sex

Epstein wasn't some genius financier, he didn't earn his money; he got it from manipulating and taking advantage of people in his circles.

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Read One Nation Under Blackmail, it makes a good case for his ties to intelligence and organized crime.

[–] KbSez@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But the idea that he was an intelligence agent or anything more than a source in exchange for his own protection is ridiculous.

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 4 points 1 day ago

I don't think he was ever a sworn agent, but more like a trained asset.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trump and Epstein fucked children together

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m surprised he doesn’t just release it with him and his friends names removed. Although he could leave his name in and his MAGA worshippers wouldn’t care

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They tried to have his name scrubbed, that's why it took months to get the announcement that there's nothing in it. Presumably, he was so integral to the entire operation that scrubbing any mention of Trump would effectively scrub the entire document—this is the result

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

We need Anonymous to find this list

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Call it a conspiracy, but I think trump did something extremely bad... Like to the American people I think he did something evil. ...I think he sucked Epstein's dick.

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 day ago

Yup. We all know who's at the top of the list. Trump and Clinton are well known womanizers and flat out perverts especially Trump there's so weird shit with his daughter than is between him and God I'm sure.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago

After reading that article, there's every reason in the world for Trump to supress the documents. Too bad his idiot fans won't turn on him no matter how many times he hurts them.

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What did you expect? MAGA is pro-pedophile and a majority of them probably are pedophiles too.

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

If trump had wanted to release the files... He wouldn't have had him killed in the first place

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I don't get why he cares so much about his name being on the documents. He's not going to lose a single supporter, so why does it matter?

[–] gidostro@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Allegedly Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Knows exactly what’s in the documents. Feel free to call his office at (503) 326-7525, or use the online form https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/email-ron

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Wyden story was about one specific case. Not the entirety of the files.

[–] gidostro@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago

Still. Release it.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Drain the swamp right into my bigger one!