Trump and Epstein

September 8th, 2025 at 4:37:08 AM permalink
rxwine
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The Department of Justice recently urged a judge to deny a request to release the identities of two individuals that notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein sent large payments to as he was being prosecuted.

According to NBC News, Epstein sent large payments of $100,000 and $250,000 to two unidentified associates back in 2018.

This payoff came on the heels of alleged victims making statements to the Miami Herald in which they publicly criticized a plea deal the disgraced financier had made with federal prosecutors in his Florida sex offense trial.
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September 10th, 2025 at 8:07:23 AM permalink
rxwine
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Another possible clue to the puzzle.

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Timothy L. O'Brien, a journalist and senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, said Tuesday it was "patently obvious" that President Donald Trump was attempting to conceal tax shelters that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein provided to his clients, which included wealthy individuals.

During an appearance on MSNBC Tuesday evening, O'Brien, who has been advising journalists to "follow the money" while covering the Epstein scandal, said, "It's interesting that this whole investigation is running at pace with the Trump administration getting the IRS to turn its back on patently obvious abusive tax shelters used by corporations and wealthy people."

He continued: "That was one of the services Jeffrey Epstein provided to his clients. He engineered tax shelters for them. Leon Black and others have said that's what they were grateful to him for. This issue of whether or not this is his signature is a total distraction."


The journalist went on to say that Trump told him in 2005 in Palm Beach that he was good friends with Epstein.

"He took me on a tour of a house in Palm Beach that he that he won in a bidding war against Jeffrey Epstein, but told me in 2005, we're still friends. He's mad he lost the bidding war, but we're still friends. I suspect the biggest thing that what Trump is afraid of in all of this is our financial shell games and services that Epstein provided for Trump, that Trump doesn't want to get out into the wild," he said.
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September 11th, 2025 at 6:01:40 AM permalink
rxwine
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UK fires its US ambassador over appearance in Epstein birthday book.
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September 17th, 2025 at 9:42:48 PM permalink
rxwine
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Don't know why they rejected it. No reason given that I've seen.

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“Republicans had the chance to subpoena the CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of New York Mellon to expose Epstein’s money trail,” the House Judiciary Democrats said in a tweet. “Instead, they tried to bury it. Every Republican except one voted against the subpoena.”
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September 18th, 2025 at 6:08:55 AM permalink
Gandler
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Don't know why they rejected it. No reason given that I've seen.


It was nice when Republicans pretended to care about uncovering Epstein...
September 18th, 2025 at 7:59:04 AM permalink
missedhervee
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Since they've pretty much ALL attached themselves to the oaf's "star," they don't want anything to tarnish, blemish, or god help them oust him...think "self-preservation."
September 19th, 2025 at 6:26:45 AM permalink
rxwine
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Epstein attorney who got his sweetheart deal testifying today.
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September 19th, 2025 at 7:32:21 AM permalink
Gandler
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Epstein attorney who got his sweetheart deal testifying today.


It will be interesting to see what happens. It is also interesting Trump appointed him to a cabinet position in his first term after he let Epstein off with a wrist slap.
September 19th, 2025 at 9:35:48 AM permalink
missedhervee
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Yeah, "the fix is in."
September 25th, 2025 at 5:44:11 AM permalink
Gandler
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/politics/epstein-files-house-gop-block

Seems like White House is in clean up mode, trying to make sure Republicans don't vote for release of files. Sad...