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(93,746 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 05:59 PM 9 hrs ago

Rep. Stansbury: "Govt. is engaged in active cover-up of largest sex trafficking scandal in history w/Trump at the center

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Rep. Stansbury: “The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex trafficking scandal and influence peddling scandal in the history of the United States, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.”




Feb 9, 2026
This morning, Ghislaine Maxwell blanket pleaded the 5th during her deposition in the Epstein case. What’s the message? She seems to be making it clear to Donald Trump that he can buy her silence with clemency.

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Rep. Stansbury: "Govt. is engaged in active cover-up of largest sex trafficking scandal in history w/Trump at the center (Original Post) bigtree 9 hrs ago OP
She's right in pointing out the Brits are cleansing cachukis 9 hrs ago #1
"... she will not be released from jail unless, of course, Donald Trump buys what she is selling." erronis 9 hrs ago #2
CORRECTION: she will not be released from jail unless B.See 6 hrs ago #5
. bigtree 7 hrs ago #3
K&R B.See 6 hrs ago #4

cachukis

(3,756 posts)
1. She's right in pointing out the Brits are cleansing
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:05 PM
9 hrs ago

from their society those associated with Epstein.
We are led by a depraved party that accommodates its depraved leadership. There is no shame among these people.
My Canadien friend says we are all represented, regardless of our votes, as depraved.

erronis

(23,130 posts)
2. "... she will not be released from jail unless, of course, Donald Trump buys what she is selling."
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:10 PM
9 hrs ago

Interesting wording.

I wonder if she was better able to get lots of copies of her intimate memoirs distributed with a dead-woman's switch. I would have thought that Epstein had that exit plan.

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