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tulipsandroses

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19. I think there is a lot more to this story. I don't think there is a list. But there are tons of documents, pictures
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 01:11 PM
Jul 15

and financial records.
The journalist (Julie K.Brown) that did the expose that forced the DOJ to arrest Epstein in 2019 - did an interview yesterday and she said she did not think that Epstein did all this by himself. She also talked about possible financial crimes. I have always thought that financial misdeeds were a big part of this cover up. Even if some of these folks were not engaged in sexual abuse/misconduct - they may have been involved in shady financial dealings.
Michael Wolff said Epstein showed him pictures of trump with young topless girls. He doesn't say how old the girls were.
I notice that trump has not threatened to sue Wolff, and Wolff is on record saying this multiple times in different interviews.
According to Wolff, Epstein said he had dirt on trump - "the kind of dirt that would have canceled the election". I have no idea what that means, maybe he was just blowing smoke. But one of the things he did talk about was trump and money laundering and the Russians. He probably knew a lot about that.

Going back to what Julie K. Brown said yesterday, she said she did the expose for the victims. Until then, they had not gotten justice, Epstein got a sweetheart deal, the girls - as young as 13 or 14 were accused of being prostitutes by the prosecutors that were supposed to be getting them justice. She reminded us that they are the real victims. They are more than just a meme or political toys and they deserve justice. In all of this, they are barely mentioned. Virginia Guffrie died by suicide recently. Ms.Brown also mentioned that others have not recovered, mental illness, substance abuse. Another victim filed a civil suit against a prominent NY psychiatrist ( a friend of Epstein - ) - whom she claimed sexually abused her and sex trafficked her. She was an adult at the time. The psychiatrist claimed he had a "non secret" consensual relationship with her. No such thing as a consensual relationship with a psychiatrist and a patient. If not criminal, it is unethical. She alleges that he forced her to have sex with other men while he watched. - I guess this is his "non secret" defense.


I do think there should be congressional hearings about who knew what, when and why.
Weinstein, R. Kelly. P. Diddy. All these men continued their disgusting behavior for many years as a "non secret". There are more of them out there.

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Bondi: "There are tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn and there are hundreds of victims." sop Jul 15 #1
They said it was all just porn he downloaded. johnnyfins Jul 15 #2
This 100% MacDo Jul 15 #9
In the absence of actual evidence that all makes sense. bucolic_frolic Jul 15 #3
This is a bedrock tenet of MAGA newdeal2 Jul 15 #4
K&R for sheer pithiness and depth... Hugin Jul 15 #5
Of course there is no list. But there were video cameras in EVERY ROOM of EVERY HOUSE Epstein owned. Scrivener7 Jul 15 #6
Of course. And a huge damning list can be made of it. nt miyazaki Jul 15 #12
Epstein used video footage to extort poli-junkie Jul 15 #7
That was Barr's role in the First Imposition... Hugin Jul 15 #11
A cogent analysis, I've been saying similar here AZJonnie Jul 15 #8
Don't overthink it. usonian Jul 15 #10
Their own actions over the past week created too much smoke for me to ignore Torchlight Jul 15 #13
I think she wanted to string along the MAGA base as long as she possibly could. Tommy Carcetti Jul 15 #14
All guesses are drawn from the same deck Torchlight Jul 15 #16
I think it is interesting that Pam Bondi was the AG of Florida in 2007 when Epstein was indicted... kentuck Jul 15 #15
She wasn't AG back then. Tommy Carcetti Jul 15 #18
She was the AG though from 2011-2019 - She had to be aware of this case. The victims had an ongoing lawsuit tulipsandroses Jul 15 #21
Not buying nor is the majority of people. Blue Full Moon Jul 15 #17
I can answer your first question, at least in terms of the case brought by Biden's DoJ AZJonnie Jul 15 #23
I think there is a lot more to this story. I don't think there is a list. But there are tons of documents, pictures tulipsandroses Jul 15 #19
135 Women were paid damages from Epstein's estate TBA Jul 15 #20
Well so if he was running a child prostitution ring there should be TONS of women who've testified they were passed AZJonnie Jul 15 #22
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