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[–] MadBits@europe.pub 22 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't Epstein say that Trump is the most vile person he ever met, and he himself said that he met some absolutely disgusting people?

If I remember correctly there even was a case where Trump was allegedly accused of impregnating a 14 year old girl which "vanished". Files revealed that they probably tossed her in some sort of lake.

[–] MacAttak8@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

I think this is the incident you are talking about:

In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released an FBI tip in which a complainant alleged President Donald Trump witnessed her uncle kill her newborn child and dispose of the body in Lake Michigan when she was 13 and being trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

BIGLY SPOILER ALERT!

Nothing will happen.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Which is why 8 never got the the people who where obsessed with the files release. And said everything was a distraction. Like dis they think these where magical files that would make everything right. The rich never get prosecuted the same as us. Unless you piss off other rich people.

[–] Tehbaz@lemmy.wtf 4 points 23 hours ago

Nothing was ever going to happen. The rich are not subject to the law in the US.

[–] ctjacobs@feddit.nl 22 points 1 day ago

We are sorry, the page you're looking for can’t be found on the Department of Justice website.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 day ago

we already knew this and ignored the victim

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 78 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (19 children)

Ya know...you might expect a couple of loonies filing fake reports against somebody as high-profile as Trump.

And I could totally see Trump's DOJ tossing as many non-credible reports on top to make it sound like all of them are just crazyy.

But nobody could possibly piss off this many people into making this many fake reports.

Even if 1% of them are legit, that's far too many. And you know it's probably more like 80-90%.

This is way bigger than Clinton's blowjob (from Lewinsky).

Where the fuck is the outrage in Washington?

Oh half of them are mentioned in the documents. Well, that explains it then.

Is it pitchfork time? We gotta be getting close by now. Right?

[–] BranBucket@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Where the fuck is the outrage in Washington?

It's been Exhausted/Diluted/Usurped by a neverending onslaught of daily ragebait and all the other atrocities currently happening in the nation and world.

Is this intentional? I can't prove it but I think to an extent it is. But it's not just about the Epstein files, it's the people who enable Trump and the people who own him keeping him in place because his a useful tool for malfeasance on many, many fronts.

Should we be more upset about a global cabal of pedos, Gaza, ICE shooting people, Greenland, or what's about to happen in Iran? What's the biggest threat? The economy? The climate? China? Russia? Fascism? Terrorism? Antivaxxer's fetish for contracting preventable diseases? Mass shootings? Robotaxis commiting road rage? AI disinfo and job loss? Housing costs? Groceries...?

All of this, whether by design or coincidence, is working together to force people to keep their heads down and worry about themselves as much as possible. That's why it's so important to organize, to give material and verbal support to protestors and advocates when you can, and to build a community where you live.

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

Outrage doesnt work on the right. Their hatred for other groups far outwieghs any thought of policing their own. And I'd bet that will never change. They will happily use fake outrage on others though so thats fun for everyone.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where the fuck is the outrage in Washington?

There's probably a lot of them in the files is my guess.

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

No one has been able to explain how Epstein got his money to get this whole thing started. He did also have a lot of ties to the Mossad and senior Isreali leaders. It's pretty likely his work was an Israeli influence operation. Fund someone to build a sex island and staff it with illegally young girls that can't be found in such numbers anywhere else. Provide means for the rich and powerful to discretely access the island. Fill the place with video and audio recording equipment. Create records of everything that happens there. Then, invite as many members of the American ruling class to rape children on the island as possible. You now have lifelong blackmail on every one of those people. For the cost of a few tens of millions, Israel bought itself control of the American political and business elite. Even if they only manage to snag 1 in 10 of these leaders in their web, it's enough. That guarantees that whenever a big decision is made regarding US-Israeli relations, there will be someone in the room that the Mossad has lifelong blackmail material on. There are few more powerful forms of blackmail imaginable than telling someone "we literally have video of you raping children."

It does go a long way to explaining both parties' total capitulation to Israel. Up until the 1990s or so, Israel was an ally, but we didn't see this fawning supplication we do now. Presidents were willing to actually stand up to the Israeli government and use American funding to rein them in. At the same time, Israel also wields the Mossad, probably the single most competent espionage, influence, and assassination outfit on the planet. Look at what they managed to do to all those Iranian nuclear scientists or the mass pager attack. The Mossad are terrifyingly competent, and they truly believe in their cause. Blackmailing the US political class on a massive scale is something entirely within their capability.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's guns and guillotine time

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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 150 points 2 days ago (21 children)

There are very likely dead girls buried on Trump golf courses

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

There's at least one at Mar-A-Lago.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago

"There's always girls on the golf course Michael"

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 113 points 2 days ago (1 children)

whats scary is; (without reading) you dont know if this was last week, last year, or a decade ago.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This was in 2016, while it was still campaiging for presidency.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 12 points 1 day ago

No, it was reported in 2016.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 83 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] FalschgeldFurkan@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Holy shit this reads like a horror novel

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People can't say they were fooled. After all, they elected the guy who bragged about grabbing them by the pussy.

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

Sexual assault is FUNNY. Women love it when you are in a position of power over them and you use that as an opportunity to molest them.

That pretty much sums up how all conservative women must think unless they are in complete denial.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

I try, but I still don't really understand how these people think either.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pulling them down AFTER the fact makes it look sooo much worse.

The DOJ has lost all of its credibility. What a total shitshow.

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Department of inJustice these days. Hang them with the rest of the traitorous pedophiles.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

When are we going to citizens arrest this guy with an angry mob? !?!!?

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