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

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[–] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Meidas Touch said that Ghislain Maxwell has an upcoming appeal and that she has the files as well. She’s apparently threatening to go public with them if Trump doesn’t make a deal with her. If Trump were to release doctored files, that makes a deal with her politically unviable and she has nothing to lose since she’ll likely be in prison for most of if not the rest of her life. The files have also already been submitted to court, so her’s could be verified by outside sources.

That’s essentially the only hope for getting the truth as far as I can tell, but I can’t say I really expect much to be exposed in the end.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sadly if Snowden couldn't make a dent with all the info he leaked in a time where things were still relatively "sane", a little list of names here will do absolutely nothing.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

But don't you know? Snowden is a traitor to America and liberty and donuts, of course nobody would listen to him.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't figure out why she's still alive.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Dead-man switch of some sort. She probably gave a sealed envelope of evidence to a lawyer to send to the media in the event of her sudden death.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh that's exactly what they've started putting into motion now that they realize that trying to avoid it entirely is actually backfiring on them and breaking the base. Trump ordered Pam Bondi to produce more Epstein info. That is definitely going to be doctored info, just like the "raw" video they released was edited and missing segments.

[–] beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welp, that means it can't be trusted at all if it comes out then

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

The problem will be if someone leaks the real info that contradicts their version. At this point, they won’t know who has what and competence is not their strong point, I mean, the video was famous for being doctored, before it was famous.

[–] Nebula@fedia.io 12 points 1 day 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 day ago

Well the they released a video and it is misisng some minutes