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[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

People? You mean his whole shit stain Administration? Those people…?

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

These are demons that we are calling human, the politicians and businessmen that are ruining our society and causing misery simply because it is their nature to do so.

[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

I thought there was no list?

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

The only person trump means when he says “people” is himself lol

[–] Old_Bald_Bloke@feddit.uk 9 points 3 hours ago

Really wish that somebody would leak these papers

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Two possibilities:

  1. The Epstein files are full of Magastanis.

  2. There was never anything in the Epstein files and the Magastanis lied and 70 million idiots believed them.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 points 42 minutes ago
  1. The Epstein files are full of Magastanis.

I mean, if there is some list of extremely wealthy clients...... It would probably just resemble a copy of the Republican mega donors list.

Most people wealthy enough to vacation on a private island also really don't like paying taxes.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Lied to what end. Why lie, how did they benefit from the lie.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

They lied by claiming that the list was full of Democrats and that they were the party to protect children from the lizard people.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They better be praying real hard from now on

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

too busy preying

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 33 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, that’s the point. They’re child molesters.

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

What about the lives already destroyed?

[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 26 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

The lives that mattered (the victims') have already been destroyed. Why are we protecting these people?

[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Because they are Trump’s campaign donors. And him.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

conservatives went from "would somebody please think of the children" to "would somebody please think of the pedophiles"

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago

They only care about fetuses, not so much once they're out.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

They all know this lands Trump... or someone important to him in some deep shit.

[–] leftthegroup@lemmings.world 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm ok with that tho. There are no Innocents on that list.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He's trying to retcon the whole thing (and no doubt pad himself and his cronies), by fabricating this fiction that there are names in it that are just associated with Epstein, without being involved in anything illegal.

Personally I don't buy it. Seems like he's in CYA-mode.

[–] leftthegroup@lemmings.world 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Release the list and we can sort em out.

But really, having anything more than a conversation with him is suuuuper sus. Even if not illegal, it's shady AF.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

If that concern were actually relevant and not merely an excuse, mob justice would fail to consider innocence. That's seen repeatedly. Merely an excuse seems likely, but...

The thing I could imagine is that the list being something like a contact list, and Epstein treated celebrity contact information as a status symbol. If the list is a ledger of otherwise off book transactions, or a lost of people complete with blackmail material, then I can't see how they could even try to make the argument about innocent caught up in the list.

Either way if they have a district list, put aside releasing the list for a moment, where's the legal system enforcement actions?

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh like we get I dunno like 12 people in a room to listen to what all happened relate it to relevant law and establish guilt or innocence... I hear commie countries do anti freedom stuff like that

[–] leftthegroup@lemmings.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Sure. But I don't think we'll hear of any surprises.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 29 points 21 hours ago

If you rape kids your life should be destroyed though

Isn’t that the point? To destroy the lives of pedophiles?

Trump Doesn't Want to Release Epstein Files Because (rich) People's Lives Will Be ~~'Destroyed,'~~ inconvenienced with having to spend money on lawyers when a few of their wives divorce them Ex-Fox Host Says

Real “Brock Turner-ism” happening here. Be sad that some rich people might get in trouble.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm just happy that they say "ex-Fox Host" because it implies that people don't know who Bill O'Relliy is.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 3 hours ago

I was completely surprised that that arsehole was even still on the air. Everything is stupid.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LOL, he must be talking about himself, since he never gives a rat's ass if someone else's life is destroyed - see for example, the outcomes of DOGE, ICE....

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Trump could rape a underage girl on camera and nobody would care.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

He almost certainly has.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

GOP: "Pedophile lives matter".
Republican voters: "We love pedophiles now!"

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Unlike their victims who’s lives do nothing but thrive

/s

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 147 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is exactly one person's life that Trump cares about, and that says everything that needs to be said about this topic.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am absolutely positive that this is a direct result of Elon Musk's little bitch-fit earlier. He tried playing a card he didn't hold in his hands. He assumed he did, and then when his bitch-fit didn't get him anywhere the administration quietly decided to torch any and all evidence and just pretend it never happened. He played a card that Trump didn't want him to play, and so they took it straight out of his deck in the most blatant-to-anyone-with-two-brain-cells manner possible.

I thought, before this, that there was a slim possibility -- however slim -- that Trump merely associated with a child rapist, and Elon was simply pulling a(n admittedly half decent) plausible "gotcha" out of his ass. Now I know with certainty that Trump is a child rapist.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

With the testimony against Trump from people who claim he raped them when they were children... Let's just say that if Trump was a Catholic priest, they'd have already moved him to a different country.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

First and foremost his.

[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 44 points 1 day ago

So, you can destroy normal peoples lives, people who've paid taxes and followed the law, but rich pedos are above the law, got it. America, you're cooked.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 92 points 1 day ago

Pedophiles lives. Pedophiles lives will be destroyed. Or people happy to associate and socialize with pedophiles.

Truth told? I'm not gonna lose a wink of sleep over their lives being destroyed.

As they absofuckinglutely should.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Good guy Trump looking out for the poor, helpless rapists.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How come this logic doesn’t hold water for people who live in poor neighborhoods or areas with gang activity? Or for migrant workers from Mexico?

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[–] gidostro@lemmy.cafe 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s probably every fucking billionaire. Aaaannndddd once it gets released nothing will happen.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Bingo. Nothing well come of it anyway. People well still support Trump even if he's in the list. I'm convinced nothing Trump could do would hurt him.

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[–] runiq@feddit.org 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (4 children)

"[Trump] said, and I agree, there are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein's conduct. They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another," O'Reilly began. "If that name gets out, those people are destroyed — because there's not going to be any context. The media doesn't care about context — so you can't do that. You can't destroy human beings by putting out the files, whatever they may be."

Oh, yeah, Bill, you're totally right. Lemme just put down this pitchfork and torch and go right along with NAW I'M JUST KIDDIN EAT THE RICH

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[–] Gameline@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 day ago

waaait, but apaaarently they said those files "did not exist" 🤔

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