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snot

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Sat Jul 19, 2025, 04:57 PM Jul 2025

One more point re- the Epstein case: [View all]

Most informed observers believe that Epstein's operation was tolerated for as long as it was because he was amassing info that could be used to blackmail important people into doing or going along with things that they wouldn't otherwise have done or gone along with – potentially treasonously.

If that's true, and there's plenty of reason to be concerned about the possibility, we need not only to prosecute the abusers but also to re-examine which decisions they may have been blackmailed into – and perhaps most importantly, we need to know whether Epstein was the sole blackmailer or whether others were involved, and if so, prosecute all the blackmailers – whether affiliated with our own intel agencies or anyone else.



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This assumes that no prosecutors, judges, law enforcement were involved in the crimes. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #1
Alex Acosta for one. sop Jul 2025 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author snot Jul 2025 #5
Acosta should be brought to Congress to testify under oath... AntiFascist Jul 2025 #7
So much the more reason snot Jul 2025 #6
Yes but this case keeps getting buried over and over again. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #10
I hope we have that problem. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #2
That would've been a logical form of insurance for him Uncle Joe Jul 2025 #3
Moreover, if info incriminating powerful figures remains secret and in the hands of any blackmailers, snot Jul 2025 #8
As an aside, could it be possible that TSF is desperate, not so much to avoid no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #9
his fbi raided the island when jeffy was arrested. mopinko Jul 2025 #11
Exactly. snot Jul 2025 #18
The big mystery about Epstein has always been how big the blackmail operation might be, paulkienitz Jul 2025 #12
Pull every thread. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #13
This allegedly went on for many years with many young girls Jarqui Jul 2025 #14
Several have been bought off with secret settlements in lawsuits, snot Jul 2025 #19
Around 150 women were paid around a million each womanofthehills Jul 2025 #15
Find out who ordered the ' hit ' on Epstein and you'll have all the pieces to the puzzle. Bread and Circuses Jul 2025 #16
Chris Hedges interviews Nick Bryant Be Leave On Jul 2025 #17
Hedges is brilliant; one of several of our best journalists/commentators snot Jul 2025 #20
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