Question: If the trumpstein files are a "Democrat (sic) hoax", wouldn't

[niyad]

that preclude the need for an informant?

My head hurts!

[kentuck]

1. And wouldn't Trump stumble over himself in his rush to release them?

If it was a "Democrat hoax"?

As usual, nothing he says makes any sense.

[live love laugh]

18. Things don't need to make sense when people don't have any sense.

[The_Counsel]

28. Except Dolt45 DID Stumble Over Himself...

…trying to make this thing public—until he realized his name was all up and through it.

Seems this idiot HAD to know he was knee deep in this mess and didn’t need to be told by the Attorney General.

But again, he’s an idiot. So…there’s that.

[The Roux Comes First]

2. Conversations With a Stone Are More Meaningful Than Any Attempt to Find Meaning Here

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Moreover...

...wouldn't it encourage releasing the files? That would prove the "hoax".
But, they don't want to do that. I wonder why.

[Justice matters.]

29. I suspect the existence of tapes "probably"

tapes that would be hard to claim they are AI-generated because "AI" did not even "exists" at the time they were recorded.

Pedo felon is scared of them being made public so he hopes to con the gullible maga voters again because he's an expert at that (the only thing he's an expert of apart from scamming them over and over again while they lose their small businesses).

[Ocelot II]

4. Trump has tangled himself up in his own excuses.

If he he had been an FBI informant against Epstein, why wouldn't he have said so and even bragged about it? Since Epstein is dead and the case against him permanently shelved, why wouldn't he exalt himself as the guy who helped bring that evildoer to justice? It's quite possible that the FBI might have interviewed him at some point during the Florida investigation that resulted in Acosta's sweetheart plea deal, and maybe he's one of the unnamed people in the non-prosecution agreement that was part of that deal? The FBI often immunizes coconspirators in exchange for cooperation and information. If that's what happened, of course he doesn't want to talk about it, but why would Mike Johnson make that claim when everyone knows the FBI flips coconspirators?

And if the whole thing is just a "Democrat hoax," why doesn't he order the files released so we can see that it's a hoax? If the files name a bunch of Democrats as among Epstein's "clients," that would be an even more compelling reason for him to do it. So why doesn't he do it?

Whatever is in those files must be so bad - probably involving not only sexual acts with minors but participation in Epstein's money laundering and international sex trafficking schemes - that Trump is willing to risk incurring the wrath of MAGA. He probably didn't know what the FBI really had on him until Bondi had the FBI scour the files for his name, or else he had either enough influence to avoid prosecution or a nonprosecution deal in exchange for cooperation - but now he does know and he's willing to move heaven and earth to keep them under wraps.

[kentuck]

5. I think maybe his "FBI informant" days was his connection to Rudy...

...who had his own friends working in the FBI for him when he was with the SDNY, and after he became mayor. He and Trump have always been best buds.

[MLWR]

11. If it's a "Democrat Hoax"

why won't he RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES and prove it.

[BootinUp]

6. You recognized a common Trump tactic (making peoples' heads hurt). nt

[niyad]

24. My head, my stomach, my heart. . .

[Trueblue Texan]

7. Since we're all speculating...

What if the FBI was conducting surveillance due to Maria Farmer's complaint? What if TSF was caught and FBI offered him a deal to inform on the Epstein trafficking scheme? TSF would take the deal in a heartbeat. I think it's either that or when TSF told Epstein he wanted a cut of the profits and Epstein refused, TSF went to the FBI. Though that would involve risking his own butt. I think the former idea has more logic. Either way, Epstein told Michael Wolfe he believed TSF was the one who tipped off the FBI.

[colorado_ufo]

13. Whether Trump was fully guilty of all the Epstein atrocities or tipped off the FBI, he is in deep trouble.

Either legally, or at the hands of the rich and powerful people he gave up to the FBI.

I hope the truth comes out before he dies.

[Wiz Imp]

16. If that were the case, the Feds would have prosecuted Epstein in 2006/2007.

Not to mention the fact that Maria Farmer called the FBI in 1996 and the FBI didn't investigate until 2006. The Palm Beach police didn't even investigate until 2005.

I know you're not trying to defend Trump, so don't twist yourself in knots trying to think of a rational explanation for Trump's rantings. Trump never went to the FBI about Epstein's sex trafficking. If Trump ever talked to the FBI about Epstein, it was about financial crimes and money laundering. This claim is just another figment of Trump's imagination.

[Trueblue Texan]

30. Thanks for knowing...

I would NEVER, EVER in a million years defend that scumbag! I completely believe Katie Johnson's account that he raped a 12-year old girl and then complained about her performance.

[misanthrope]

20. In your first scenario (Farmer)

an agreement to cooperate as a response to a threat would be against character for Trump. Even if it was federal law enforcement, Trump would want to become the aggressor and turn the tables using attorneys.

If Trump tipped off the FBI, I think it was more likely some act of revenge born from frustration.

[Trueblue Texan]

31. An act of revenge born of frustration...

...that Epstein wouldn't give him a cut of the profits would be my guess.

[misanthrope]

32. Yeah, something where Epstein got between

Trump and some money.

[surfered]

8. GOP pretzel logic increases Tylenol sales

[Attilatheblond]

14. So, does that make RFKjr's claim that Tylenol + pregnant women equals autism a wash on the sales reports?

Are the idiots chasing their own tails or each others'?

[niyad]

25. and alcohol.

[Mblaze]

9. Dems had amazing foresight

To plant those girls in Mar a Lago in the early 90's.

[yonder]

10. Nice post . . . comments too.

Thank you niyad.

[niyad]

26. You are most welcome.

[SheltieLover]

12. There you go "thunking" again

[niyad]

27. I know. . see what happens when I have coffee and a few idle minutes?

[poozwah]

15. unleashed

with all their bullshit about democrats being the sick sexual predators, the trumpublicans never realized that this scandal, like an angry pit bull, will turn on you. while trump is president, we most likely will not discover the people and the organizations involved in these crimes. the republican party now requires its an oath of omerta to be taken by every member of the magafia.

[Sneederbunk]

17. Never try to rationalize TSF cray cray.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. This claim is stupid

[LoisB]

21. I am sure MAGA can't/won't see the problem with their logic.

[Nigrum Cattus]

22. It doesn't do any good to argue with stupid

The only true substitute for intelligence is silence -
and ignorant/dense/shallow/witless people won't stop talking

[Kali]

23. there was something about drumpf ratting his good buddy out

after good buddy scooped him in some real estate deal. could that be it?