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Swede

(39,917 posts)
Mon May 4, 2026, 09:48 AM 13 hrs ago

No one in this Bluesky post has filed lawsuits for defamation.

odd innit?


Have you noticed that no one on this list, or any other Epstein list, has filed any lawsuits for defamation? I wonder why?

Bill Leibenguth (@bill-leibenguth.bsky.social) 2026-05-03T20:10:43.271Z
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No one in this Bluesky post has filed lawsuits for defamation. (Original Post) Swede 13 hrs ago OP
Further opens the door ...................... Lovie777 13 hrs ago #1
Because they're all guilty as hell. spanone 13 hrs ago #2
And because discovery is hell. BComplex 5 hrs ago #23
Well, Melania wanted to "stand out" among other First Ladies... I'd say she has... hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #3
Best pole dancer FLOTUS in history. yourout 3 hrs ago #26
melanoma did. suing michael wolf. mopinko 13 hrs ago #4
Got a link? Swede 12 hrs ago #6
i stand corrected. see reply #8. mopinko 11 hrs ago #14
With all the shit going on, its hard to keep track. Swede 9 hrs ago #18
M threatened but did not sue Tben 12 hrs ago #8
thank u for correcting me. mopinko 11 hrs ago #15
Wolff was involved with the money, is Ellie Leonard's take - TBF 10 hrs ago #17
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #19
Ooops! TY! Cha 4 hrs ago #25
Discovery's a bitch. Ritabert 12 hrs ago #5
Truth is an absolute affirmative defense... appmanga 12 hrs ago #7
And I See A Couple Of Them Coolgoober 12 hrs ago #9
Because they don't want comply with discovery Betty Boom 11 hrs ago #10
Bingo! FakeNoose 9 hrs ago #20
I can answer the why question in one word: Depositions. Being put under oath and sitting for a deposition scares flashman13 11 hrs ago #11
Ha! Joinfortmill 11 hrs ago #12
Discovery is a brutal thing. republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #13
Discovery, depositions are pretty scary territory for guilty parties. Passages 10 hrs ago #16
One clarification: 70sEraVet 9 hrs ago #21
it's the FBI's Most Wanted list. Wonder Why 7 hrs ago #22
You know habitual suit filer Trump if it wasn't for the discovery. ificandream 5 hrs ago #24

Lovie777

(23,463 posts)
1. Further opens the door ......................
Mon May 4, 2026, 09:53 AM
13 hrs ago

re: Epstein files.

Assholes want it swept under the rug and disappear forever.

hlthe2b

(114,418 posts)
3. Well, Melania wanted to "stand out" among other First Ladies... I'd say she has...
Mon May 4, 2026, 09:55 AM
13 hrs ago

(with public contempt polling proving it so)... I certainly detest her. (and no, I am not ignoring the rest, but along with Trump, they would take days or more to discuss and I have to go to work).

TBF

(37,057 posts)
17. Wolff was involved with the money, is Ellie Leonard's take -
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:51 PM
10 hrs ago

I subscribe to her on Substack and hope the link will come through. She has been examining all the emails she can get and has been piecing this together. So far, from what I've seen, it seems that Wolff knew Epstein very well over many years - and was involved on the money side rather than abuse of girls.

https://open.substack.com/pub/ellieleonard/p/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-co-conspirator?r=4hglx6&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

appmanga

(1,507 posts)
7. Truth is an absolute affirmative defense...
Mon May 4, 2026, 10:55 AM
12 hrs ago

...to defamation. Add to this all these folks are public figures, which raises the bar to include "malice", and they know they have no chance of prevailing. And, as someone else pointed out, they don't want to be part of discovery.

FakeNoose

(42,117 posts)
20. Bingo!
Mon May 4, 2026, 01:50 PM
9 hrs ago

They've probably looked into it, and then they got talked down by their lawyers. The lawyers KNOW better.

I was surprised to see Kennedy's name on there. Didn't know he was a "friend" of Jeffrey's.

flashman13

(2,535 posts)
11. I can answer the why question in one word: Depositions. Being put under oath and sitting for a deposition scares
Mon May 4, 2026, 11:27 AM
11 hrs ago

the shit out of all of them.

70sEraVet

(5,584 posts)
21. One clarification:
Mon May 4, 2026, 02:11 PM
9 hrs ago

"Current and former Trump Admin officials in the Epstein Files" SO FAR!
Millions of pages yet to be released, and redactions galore yet to be revealed.

ificandream

(11,848 posts)
24. You know habitual suit filer Trump if it wasn't for the discovery.
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:12 PM
5 hrs ago

He'd get plastered there.

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