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Well-known MAGA influencers who once championed the release of the files associated with the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein remained unusually quiet about the latest release of documents that included multiple mentions of Donald Trump.

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 188 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"multiple" = over 600 in just recent copy/paste trick. There will be more mentions. This is basically trumps pedophile sex trafficker ring, epstein was just the fall guy.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 121 points 8 months ago (8 children)

No way Trump was running the show.

He's the guy who bankrupted two casinos and lost a billion trying to buy the Plaza Hotel.

Moreover, look at Trump's record. He hasn't got any long time associates besides Michael Cohen [who got arrested. ] Trump wouldn't have had any one at his side.

Trump was Epstien's client.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 73 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Trump ran his own trafficking ring. Trump Model Management.

Epstein ran a separate trafficking ring. MC2 Model Management. (in partnership with a French pedo named Jean-Luc Brunel, founded almost 6 years after Trump's agency.)

They then traded trafficked girls back and forth, while hosting sex parties that they invited rich and famous people to.

Epstein most likely collected blackmail for Israel, while Trump likely collected for Russia.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/welcome-to-trumps-teenybopper-model

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/6/1578544/-The-Untold-Story-of-Trump-Model-Management-A-Daily-Kos-Exclusive-Part-1

https://archive.is/An3VM#selection-719.76-719.115

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

His best client though. Probably the only time he ever paid for services received

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

He paid by trading girls.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

maybe someone else was paying his way

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I saw a commenter suggest Trumps properties were finding, grooming, and storing potential victims.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago

Trump Model Management.

He ran his own trafficking ring, and yes, he stored girls at his properties. Mostly from Eastern Europe, and in the US on immigration fraud (forcing them to work on tourist visas)

Epstein copied Trump's agency with MC2 modeling a few years after Trump founded his own.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 25 points 8 months ago

The hotel and casinos were almost for sure money laundering and skipping out on paying vendors/contractors etc

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

Epstein was actually smart. Unfortunately he used his brains for worse things than just run of the mill financial gain. Trump just tries to associate with people who know what they’re doing, just preferentially chooses people good at shitty things.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

you can be very successful financially in bankrupting businesses, especially ones that are very easy to get millions upon millions in dirty money and laundering rackets... like casinos.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

Also, Trump may have invested in Epstein's trafficking/extortion business.

He hasn’t got any long time associates besides Michael Cohen [who got arrested. ]

Allen Weisselberg was even longer-term and probably more essential to Trump Org operations and its various frauds.

[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Although I understand your argument. Epstien got arrested and is currently dead.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 2 points 8 months ago

I am not sure why you use currently in this context. If you expect him to rise from the dead, he probably would have done so after 3 days, right?

[–] Restaldt@lemmy.world 111 points 8 months ago

Silent?

They are just waiting on their orders on what to believe in.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago

They’re just waiting for new programming instructions. Don’t worry.

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nah. They busy crying fake news and trying to say Clinton is in them.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

He might be. I don't know. I haven't read them.

But if he IS in there, that's not the gotcha moment they think it is.

Trump is in the files.

throws trump in the fire

Fuck trump.

Now, if Clinton is in there too as a guilty party?

throws clinton in the fire

Fuck clinton.

Any other questions?

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Numerous? It mention over 800 times. That a lot more than the vague title suggests.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Technically 800 IS numerous! It certainly isn't singular....

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 8 months ago

Just catching their breath before gobbling orange chode again

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Waiting for marching orders. They're still downloading.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 22 points 8 months ago

President’s name was mentioned in some documents part of Tuesday’s release but did not implicate him in any crimes.

He was present while they drowned a baby.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 16 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately, they won't stay silent.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They go into hiatus to somehow find a way to defend pedophilia. Because it can't be bad if Trump does it.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good lord.....I am not looking forward to being called a woke libtard for my refusal to rape kids....

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago

Well, they've already started with the "it's only light pedophilia: ackshually it's epebophilia." And even if that mattered, avoid the subject of the trafficking, the rape and the extortion.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You will wear that for the rest of your lives you fascist pukes.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 months ago

“It’s more important that we got fake documents released to us that had no new information than actually doing anything.”

Way to go, dumbasses.

[–] rossman@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have right skewing family and they can't be swayed. their only source is a news station, and they refuse to listen to anything else. They'll just act surprised when anything hits the news. This is like "ignorance is bliss' but ruins it for everyone else.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 months ago

It's willful ignorance because they never listen when you try to inform them. They don't want to know, because deep down they know he's absolute scum.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Go silent? Lol right. They’re not silent. Right now they’re simply in full-on denial.

It’s like that scene from “What about Bob.”

Me: “You think they’re gone?! They’re not gone! That’s the whole point! They’re never gone!”
opens comments on news story about Epstein
MAGA Influencers: “is this some kind of radical new fake news?”
Me: “SEE?!”

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

The Friday News Dump: Xmas Edition 🎁

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So now Trump will be investigated and prosecuted for his crimes, right? .......right?

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Good little sheep….

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