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25. I may be in a minority but I'm not alone.
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 06:37 PM
Sep 2025
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-this-the-hidden-part-of-the-trump-epstein-drama

...But the details of why Trump appears to have turned on Epstein are key too. Wolff lays out the details starting just after minute 32
" target="_blank">in this interview, which you can watch on Youtube. There’s a lot going on here. So I’ll try to walk you through the key points. (For more detail and flavor, I strongly recommend watching that five or six minute part of the interview.)

Epstein was trying to buy a South Florida estate. He brought Trump along to see it one time. A short time later Epstein found out that Trump had gone behind his back and placed a higher and ultimately successful bid on the property. He’d snatched it out from under him with a much higher bid. The problem was that Trump’s entire empire in 2004 was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. It made no sense that Trump was coming up with $41 million to buy this property. Epstein suspected that Trump was acting as a front for a Russian oligarch as a money-laundering scheme. And in fact Trump did purchase and flip the estate two years later to a Russian oligarch named Dmitry Rybolovlev for $95 million, or a profit of over $50 million dollars.

Epstein was pissed for his own reasons (he wanted the estate). But he also suspected the money laundering scheme. So he threatened Trump that he would bring the whole thing out into the open through a series of lawsuits. Right about this same time authorities got a tip about Epstein’s activities which started the investigation that led to his eventual 2008 plea deal...

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WOW Timewas Sep 2025 #1
I do believe Trump would double cross his best friends and business partners Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #2
Informants are usually partners in the crimes Arazi Sep 2025 #8
Exactly. They have cut a deal with the prosecutor to stay out of jail. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #15
I think you're right on zorbasd Sep 2025 #14
If this bullshit was true (it's not), Trump would've come out with it AGES ago and never shut the fuck up about it. Karasu Sep 2025 #3
With the revelation that Trump was an FBI informant, this whole thing is coming together and making sense. Midnight Writer Sep 2025 #4
So is he a member of the deep state? Sanity Claws Sep 2025 #5
When You're the President, MrWowWow Sep 2025 #6
Shouldn't that be Jilly_in_VA Sep 2025 #7
It makes it more likely he is a pedo in addition to all JI7 Sep 2025 #9
It's possible the FBI interviewed him at some point. One of the Epstein victims, Ocelot II Sep 2025 #10
I was wondering when they would try that tactic blogslug Sep 2025 #11
Trump never tipped off anybody about a damned thing. Johnson is obviously lying. Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #17
The mansion that Trump and Epstein fought over was once owned by Lex Wexner blogslug Sep 2025 #20
According to this article, the Wikipedia article is wrong Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #21
Yes, I amended my post blogslug Sep 2025 #23
Wow. You appear to be the only person in the entirety of the internet who believes that. Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #24
I may be in a minority but I'm not alone. blogslug Sep 2025 #25
I'm done with this. Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #29
It's BB malaise Sep 2025 #12
I imagine this is a story told to dim bulb Saint Mike by his lord and savior Don. Since Trump can do no wrong in Vinca Sep 2025 #13
They can surely back up this horseshit claim with yet more testimony and file release. Hugin Sep 2025 #16
So let's hear that from the people MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #18
Agreed. This is one of the best articles I have found about the Acosta deal Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #22
so wait- Krasnov was a FBI informant AND a Russian agent? Conjuay Sep 2025 #19
I don't find it hard to believe. Captain Zero Sep 2025 #27
As mentioned in another post dlk Sep 2025 #26
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