Summary

Donald Trump’s name appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s recently released flight logs seven times, including flights in 1993 and 1994, some with his then-wife Marla Maples and daughter Tiffany.

The documents were released by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who stated this was the first phase of disclosures regarding Epstein’s network.

Bondi requested additional FBI records on Epstein, citing thousands of undisclosed pages.

Epstein, who died in 2019, had connections to Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew, though no wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

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      7 hours ago

      he needs a distraction from the epstein stuff, by going apeshit on zelenksy meetings.

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      I don’t know why you think that.

      It’s not like the girl who was raped by Prince Andrew was recruited by Epstein at Mar-a-Lago or anything, right?

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        Epstein’s connections were as blatant as Prince Andrew’s inability to sweat—hard to ignore

        😺😺😺😺

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      7 hours ago

      For a second there I was thinking about the circumstances surrounding Ivana Trump’s mysterious staircase death.

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        Isn’t it in a book, that trump shoved her down the stairs? Or maybe I’m confusing that with when he just beat her. IDK

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    Donald Trump knew about Epstein but didn’t tell us; we had to find out for ourselves.

    The fact that nobody is saying this and none of you have considered it until reading this comment should be very telling at how deep their power runs, and how stupid we are for going along with it.

    We literally aren’t allowed to have our own thoughts. We can only think and talk about what the powers that be have deemed appropriate.

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      I’m pretty sure we have all been saying that for years. Pretty much from the moment the Epstein shit blew up. I mean, they were best buds for over a decade.

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        I’ve seen people mention that Trump knew about Epstein, but I’ve never seen them make the connection to him withholding that information from us for decades.

        It creates the argument that either Trump isn’t as all-seeing as his base would like to believe, or he’s part of the cabal that protects pedophiles like Epstein. We’re not allowed to look in this direction.

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          I suspect most people don’t bring it up because that’s the least of what their friendship implies. And of course if Trump is a pedo, then he would definitely be protecting them.
          The real problem is that his base doesn’t care if he’s a child rapist or not. They are either jealous that he gets away with it and aspire to be like him, or they think it’s his God given right and the poor lost children he raped should be honored.

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    Does it matter how many and which Republicans are named in Epstein’s records? Even if set in stone proof is available and records show pedofilic enconters with minors… Consequences do not seem to apply to the Republican party.

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    Well, yeah. He’s a rapist. Epstein ran the Disneyworld equivalent of rape attractions. If you’re good at football, you go to the Superbowl. If you’re good at violence, you go to prison. Trump is good at rape. Of course Trump went to Rapeworld.

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    “No wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.”

    FFS

    I am alleging it now and have alleged it for years: Donald J Trump joined convicted pedophile and sexual abuser Jeffery Epstein in raping an underage girl.

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      I was questioning that too. I’m certain I’ve read allegations of wrongdoing, i.e. sex with a minor, attributed to Trump. Why are they saying otherwise? (no need to answer that, I think we know)

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        I think the article means court case or criminal charges. It’s been implied or stated, but no courtroom allegations or cases. Edit: I hope that’s what is meant

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    No wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

    BECAUSE HE SETTLED THE CIVIL SUIT, A TACIT ADMISSION THAT THEY RAPED A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD TOGETHER.

    I wish the media would just be straight with us. Obligatory “Fuck Reagan”.

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    Anyone with skill to do a basic Google search can easily see he’s a kiddy diddler, no surprise here.

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      Noooo. No no no. He was inspecting the teen beauty pageant when he walked into the dressing room full of naked minors. You don’t understand. When you’re famous, they let you do it!

      Anyway, those trans people sure are bad, huh?

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    Why is this a surprise? It’s undisputed that trump knew Epstein and hung out with him. He even raped a girl who was also “hanging around” Epstein for lack of a better word.

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      For anyone paying attention, it’s no surprise. To the people who blindly follow him, though…well, they’ll probably never hear about this or just brush it off as some liberal shadow government conspiracy against him.

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        He could eat a baby in front of them and they’d go from being shocked to figuring out how it was justified. I don’t think anything can shatter the hold he has over his cult followers at this point.

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          Brow-beating is an extremely effective tactic on the internet.

          We see it on both sides, so most discourse devolves into whoever is censored/moves on with their life first loses.

          It can make the appearance that Russian trolls with their literal non-stop promotion and shilling of trump bullshit in 2016 are more successful than they are, which invariably contributes to their success.

          I wish we could see what was happening as it’s happening. Unfortunately, all we can do is let it happen around us and future generations can study how we’ve been taken advantage of without realizing it.

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      It’s a bit surprising he didn’t have them censor all references to him before releasing the files. I’m surprised any time this administration doesn’t do the most corrupt and evil thing possible.

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        It’s a bit surprising he didn’t have them censor all references to him before releasing the files.

        Why even bother? He could rape a baby and then eat it in front of its mother and his supporters would keep supporting him.

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        Fair. But they’ve already “so what if I did?” whitewashed his association with Epstein already, so releasing the passenger log seems like a non-event to me.

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    Let’s be honest: If Epstein was still alive and in prison, he would get a pardon from Trump

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    though no wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

    Uhhhh…

    A woman accused Donald Trump of raping her when she was 13 years old in a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York this week. The lawsuit alleges that the assaults happened at parties hosted by billionaire Jeffrey Epstein (for more on his past see our previous story).

    https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/yes-donald-trump-was-accused-of-raping-a-13-year-old-but-this-lawsuit-has-little-chance-of-succeeding/

    Pretty sure being sued for raping one of Epstein’s 13 year old “massage therapists” is allegeding he committed a wrongdoing or two…

    Edit:

    To clarify that article is almost a decade old.

    I was just pointing out that there’s absolutely been enough to cross the threshold of “no alleged wrongdoings”

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      1994, the same year he was flying with Epstein. I have no doubt the orange cancer is/was involved in child trafficking.

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        Same year trump was giving Bill Clinton a bunch of donations, and he then orchestrated the largest reduction of the federal workforce, pretty sure ever.

        This shit ain’t history, the same assholes are still shambling around doing the same shit.

        They’re just a lot less competent and frankly stopped caring we could see what they’re doing.

        The neoliberal movement was basically Randy Marsh microwaving his balls so he could get a medical marijuana prescription.

        They actively encouraged a cancer because they wanted one of the side effects, but they just assumed the cancer wouldn’t keep growing.

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      Reading comprehension. The article is saying that Pam Bondi, has not alleged any wrong doing by Trump through releasing these files.

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        In 2019, Epstein, facing sex trafficking charges, died by suicide in a New York City jail. He had ties to high-profile figures like Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Trump prior to his arrest. Neither Clinton nor Trump have been accused of any wrongdoing. Trump has said that he once considered Epstein a “terrific guy,” but that they later had a falling out.

        That’s how the article puts it.

        But honestly, when people make comments like that, I’m just as likely to block them as help them

        You might want to at least wait till you’re sure you’re right before acting like that.

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    Donald Trump’s name appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s recently released flight logs seven times

    Wow, committed rape at least seven times

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      I have subscribed to this theory since day 1. He had the most to lose, and was literally in charge of the prison indirectly. He absolutely could have made it happen, but conspiracies involving people on the right clearly don’t exist.

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        And it happened in 2019, a time when he and his people were under a ton of pressure with the upcoming election. Such a high profile case would have been really really bad for the campaign. It’s easier to deny a couple of documents than testimony from Epstein himself.

        just sayin’