The Epstein Files

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   IslandBitesposted 4 days ago

   Yikes!
   
   Jeffrey Epstein emails: Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and more
   
   Emails released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday show Jeffrey Epstein sounding off on Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and more.

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   Joel Steinnposted 4 days ago

   Epstein in 2018 Telling Former Norway PM, Thorbjørn Jagland that Putin can get advice about Trump from him:
   
   
   Very interesting indeed.

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   IslandBitesposted 3 days ago

   15 is not that bad... Trump agrees.
   
   "Somebody very, very close, who is in a position to know virtually everything, told me, from the start years and years ago, that Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile. He was into the barely legal type. Like, he liked 15-year-old girls...And that is what I believed, and that is what I reliably was told for many years." - Megyn Kelly
   
   YUCK!
   
   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kgiB8qWBHjk
   
   Btw, never forget...
   
   Stern then asked Trump if he has an age limit.
   
   “No, I have no age — I mean, I have age limit. I don’t want to be like Congressman Foley, with, you know, 12-year-olds.”

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   My Esotericposted 3 days ago

   I wonder if this idiot thinks presidential immunity will protect him when this investigation gets are around to him in 2027.
   
   "Trump says he’s asking Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to slew of high-profile figures"
   
   Is he so dumb that he doesn't know that includes him and all the time he spent at Epstein's house with at least one of the victims - Giuffre?
   
   https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/politics … te-enemies

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      Joel Steinnposted 2 days agoin reply to this

      I'm wondering if this is an attempt to prevent the release of the files? Can you hear them saying "The files can't be released in an active investigation" ?

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         My Esotericposted 2 days agoin reply to this

         You can bet that is exactly why Donald "the felon" Trump ordered DOIJ to investigate - to hide the TRUTH about him.
         
         I have to believe now that there is some very incriminating evidence in those files for Trump to go to these extremely unethical measures to hide them.
         
         If the attorney Bondi selected in order to obey Trump isn't careful, he will come under detailed scrutiny by the Democrats in 2027. Trump looks to have ordered only Democratic associates be investigated.
         
         But if this attorney is a professional and not a lapdog, he will investigate ANYBODY mentioned in the Epstein files - including Trump himself. If he doesn't he can be hung out to dry on various charges of dereliction of duty.

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   Sharlee01posted 2 days ago

   Just read this ----   "President Donald Trump said Friday he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to many other high-profile figures, in an extraordinary step that comes just days after Democrats released emails from the late Epstein that mention him.
   
   Trump announced the directive in a Truth Social post that accused Democrats of trying to revive attention to his past ties with Epstein, contending they are “using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures.”
   
   “I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him,” Trump wrote.
   
   Bondi later on Friday confirmed she would launch the investigation on Trump’s orders, assigning Jay Clayton, the top prosecutor in New York’s southern district, to lead the federal probe."
   
   Speaker Mike Johnson now plans to schedule a vote on releasing the Epstein files next week, in a strategic shift spurred by the realization that it could not be stopped. The vote is expected to attract significant support from rank-and-file GOP lawmakers.

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      Credence2posted 2 days agoin reply to this

      Justice will be done even if the heavens themselves may fall. Let’s empty the sack in its entirety and hold everyone that may be criminally involved accountable.

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         Sharlee01posted 2 days agoin reply to this

         Cred,   I’ll be honest, I’m hoping justice plays out naturally and fully. At this point, I want every fact on the table and every person who was truly involved to step forward so we can finally get the truth. What I don’t want to do is jump into scandalizing every name that gets tossed around. We’re seeing flight manifests, emails, and now all kinds of documents surface, and Trump even added more names today. It really does feel like Pandora’s box has been pried open, but only halfway. I’d rather see it opened completely so we can separate truth from rumor once and for all. And when that finally happens… will we be satisfied, disgusted, disappointed, shocked, or sorry we even asked?

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            My Esotericposted 2 days agoin reply to this

            Well, unfortunately, that is what Trump is about to do - scandalize people while preventing the files from coming out. DOIJ won't release them now until 2029.

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         My Esotericposted 2 days agoin reply to this

         Haley Robson, an Epstein survivor and registered Republican (and proud of it it seems but clearly not a Trump fan), was interviewed on CNN today. One part stood out to me.
         
         BROWN:  So, I want to get your reaction to President Donald Trump's post on social media where he says, quote, "The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein hoax again because they'll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they've done on the shutdown and so many other subjects. Only a very bad or stupid Republican would fall into that trap."
         
         ROBSON: "I mean, my direct message to President Trump is still going to be the same message. Sir, with all due respect, this is not a hoax. And I have been very clear and very concise not to mince my words. I am more than happy to meet with you and to meet you halfway so we can work together to make this horrific ordeal end in a way where everybody can get what they want, which is transparency.
         
         I think the only embarrassing thing is the fact that he's still calling it a hoax. The only embarrassing thing is that you would send Todd Blanche to interview a known perjurer, liar and a pedophile and not invite the victims and survivors to have a conversation with you. The only embarrassing thing I see is the way the government has handled this since Maria has, you know, come out in 1996 and her, you know, complaint was never investigated.
         
         The way they've been handling this entire case has been a disgrace and nothing short of an embarrassment. And I want to add that the world is watching. So, I guess the comedy show and the entertainment that Trump is providing with calling us a hoax, it's at our expense, of course, once again."
         
         
         While she was not trafficked by Epstein, she did say she would happily stand by MTG, Massie, and Ro Khanna on the House floor while the names of the abusers are read. The other survivors are or have created a list of names, but, because of the danger it would put them in, are unwilling to share it themselves. MTG is on record saying she would do it for them.

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   Joel Steinnposted 2 days ago

   
   
   “Clinton was NEVER EVER there, never,” Epstein wrote in an a January 2015 email to Michael  Wolff. 
   Here's what the Epstein emails say about Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and others https://share.google/7Tnz5X08da3rLGiVF

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   IslandBitesposted 2 days ago

   President Donald Trump announced Friday night on Truth Social that he is withdrawing his support and endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her a "ranting lunatic"
   
   The president claimed that Greene "has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore" in a long post where he ultimately vowed "Complete and Unyielding Support" to any conservative primary challenger leading into the 2026 midterm elections.
   
   Her response:
   
   President Trump just attacked me and lied about me. I haven’t called him at all, but I did send these text messages today. Apparently this is what sent him over the edge.
   
   The Epstein files.
   
   And of course he’s coming after me hard to make an example to scare all the other Republicans before next weeks vote to release the Epstein files.
   
   It’s astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level.
   
   But really most Americans wish he would fight this hard to help the forgotten men and women of America who are fed up with foreign wars and foreign causes, are going broke trying to feed their families, and are losing hope of ever achieving the American dream.
   
   That’s what I voted for.
   
   I have supported President Trump with too much of my precious time, too much of my own money, and fought harder for him even when almost all other Republicans turned their back and denounced him.
   
   But I don’t worship or serve Donald Trump.
   
   I worship God, Jesus is my savior, and I serve my district GA14 and the American people.
   
   I remain the same today as I’ve always been and I will continue to pray this administration will be successful because the American people desperately deserve what they voted for.
   
   For me, I remain America First and America Only!!!
   
   

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      IslandBitesposted 2 days agoin reply to this

      "It’s astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level."
      
      Makes you wonder why, huh?

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   My Esotericposted 2 days ago

   Just finished another section of Giuffre's book Nobody's Girl that is talking about the period where she filed a civil suit against Epstein, the FBI belatedly started investigating, and she gave her first interview to the Daily Mail who broke the story on ex-Prince Andrews. In each case she gave her lawyers, the reporter, and (new information to me) the FBI the many names of those to whom she was trafficked. Some she remembered others she identified through pictures she was shown. She also gave the FBI a tranche of pictures and other documents she possessed, which they still have the originals of.
   
   So the other survivors are not the only source of names now. Most importantly, the FBI has those names and therefore so does Bondi and DOIJ, as well as Trump*. We know that Trump is not one of those names as it relates to Giuffre, but he is clearly hiding the release of the some of the other names. Why would that be?
   
   * I take it as a given that unlike all previous administrations, even Nixon's, his personal lawyers Bondi and Blanche will give him any information he wants to know and DO ANYTHING he tells them to.

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      Sharlee01posted 2 days agoin reply to this

      All of these documents and related information need to be released to the nation. It’s time the curtain is pulled back. The perpetrators are clearly being protected, and they need to be exposed; and if laws were broken, they should be charged. It has become obvious that their wealth and positions are shielding them.
      
      The fact that Trump is not demanding full disclosure reflects poorly on him. It suggests he may be involved or acting like a ‘good old boy,’ protecting his associates.
      
      For lack of a better word, because nothing else fits,  this is complete nonsense, BS!

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      Joel Steinnposted 2 days agoin reply to this

      Not sure if you or anyone else caught an interview with Howard Lutnik.  He apparently lived next door to Epstein's New York City home. Lutnik claimed that Epstein was a master manipulator,  had dirt on everyone and that he was the "greatest blackmailer ever".
      
      Lutnick suggested that anything that happened in Epstein's "massage room" was likely recorded on video. He stated, "That's how he had money," implying Epstein used these recordings to blackmail individuals. If he is right, the files will be a treasure trove.

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         Sharlee01posted 2 days agoin reply to this

         This sounds intriguing, but it doesn’t convince me. We know Maxwell could have benefited from any tapes, and she’s already in prison. Common sense says she wouldn’t release them unless it served her own interests — or, at most, as an act of revenge.

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         My Esotericposted 46 hours agoin reply to this

         Giuffre in her book verifies the cameras.
         
         Many people suggest that is how he became so rich.
         
         What would make sense to me is that when police raided his home, they would have discovered these tapes unless Epstein was tipped off about the raids and he hid the videos.

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   My Esotericposted 2 days ago

   A new analysis has several interesting quotes from Trump's former bestie Epstein. I'll reproduce some here. A few will be familiar, others not so much
   
   "‘I am the one able to take him down’: New Epstein emails detail his soured view of former close friend Donald Trump"
   
   * Epstein’s claim that Trump “spent hours” with a trafficking and rape victim inside his home, who House Republicans on Wednesday identified as the late Virginia Giuffre — one of Epstein’s most prominent victims.
   
   * Epstein’s assertion that Trump “knew about the girls” - seemingly in reference to Trump’s claim that he kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club for poaching young women who worked there.
   
   * “I told everyone from day one. evil beyond belief, mad, ” Epstein wrote of Trump in March 2018. “he feels alone. and is nuts !!!” (maybe he read the analyses from the professional mental health experts)
   
   * Several months later in a text message to a recipient whose name is redacted, an unidentified person wrote to Epstein, “It will all blow over! They’re really just trying to take down Trump and doing whatever they can do to do that …!”
   
   To which, Epstein replied: “yes thx. its wild. because I am the one able to take him down.”
   
   * In February 2017, in an email to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Epstein wrote of Trump, “i have met some very bad people ,, none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body.. so yes – dangerous.”
   
   * “your world does not understand how dumb he really is,” he wrote of Trump in a 2017 email. “he will blame everyone around him.”
   
   * Epstein once called Trump his “closest friend for 10 years,” a characterization echoed by several people in their orbit.
   
   * In messages from 2017 and 2018, he described Trump as “f***ing crazy,” speculated he might be showing “early dementia,” called him “a maniac,” compared him to a mob boss, replied “duh” when someone referred to Trump as “truly stupid,” and added that he was “borderline insane.”
   
   “he feels alone. and is nuts !!! , I told everyone from day one. evil beyond belief. mad, and most thought i was speaking metaphorically. its obvious he could crack. stormy daniels. ? lies after lies aflter lies,” he wrote in one 2018 email.
   
   * In a 2019 exchange, a contact wrote to Epstein, “just met your friend POTUS.”
   
   “See if you still have your wallet,” Epstein responded
   
   * “donald is close to no one,” Epstein wrote in one exchange with an Emirati businessman in 2018. “he talks to many people. he tells each one something differnt.”
   
   * In one exchange with former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, discussing Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime fixer who had flipped on him, Epstein added, “i know how dirty Donald is.”
   
   [i]Those of us not under Trump's spell know what Epstein has described about Trump to be very TRUE. As to the mental health problems - that has been very well documented by hundreds of experts in the field. His latest move of ordering an investigation into Epstein and Democrats is a sign of that decline. He doesn't realize his personal law firm, DOIJ, will most certainly bungle the job and end up incriminating Trump one way or another. Also, he is going to really piss off MAUGA even more as he tries to hide the TRUTH from them even more.

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    IslandBitesposted 8 hours ago

    Trump, in reversal, calls on House GOP to vote to release Epstein files
    
    President Trump on Sunday night called on House Republicans to vote to release files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his previous position.
    
    Trump’s announcement came amid signs that a vote this week on a measure forced by a discharge petition might have won dozens of Republican votes despite the president’s opposition.
    
    “As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown,’” the president wrote in the Sunday night post on his Truth Social platform.
    
    In the hours before Grijalva was sworn into the House last week, Trump and allies reached out to some Republicans who had signed in the discharge petition, in what appeared to be an effort to get them to back down. A discharge petition to force a vote on a measure to release the government files secured its 218th signature on Wednesdasy when Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was sworn into Congress. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had refused to swear in Grijalva for weeks amid the government shutdown.
    
    Discharge petitions are a way for the minority to force a vote on legislation the majority in the House does not want to hold. In this case, a handful of House Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who has been in a feud with Trump over the Epstein files and other issues, joined with Democrats on the discharge petition.
    
    
    Johnson said the House would vote on the underlying measure forced by the petition this week. Several sponsors, including Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), predicted dozens of Republicans would vote for it on the floor. Massie specifically predicted 100 GOP members could back it.
    
    Such a scenario would have potentially been embarrasing for Trump and the White House. Calling for the GOP to back the release of the files ahead of the vote saves the president from the harshness of that situation.
    
    If the measure is approved by the House, it would still need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump to force the release.
    
    At least 13 GOP senators would likely need to support the measure in the Senate given the filibuster in that chamber.
    
    In recent months, the Trump administration has faced scrutiny from both sides of the aisle over its handling of information related to Epstein.
    
    Pressure grew last week after the release by Democrats of more emails, including one written by Epstein that said Trump “knew about the girls.”
    
    
    
    
    Now that he knows the measure is going to pass anyway. "Nothing to hide", but he was still trying to stop the discharge petition until it passed.  LOL
    What a sad excuse of a man.

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       Joel Steinnposted 5 hours agoin reply to this

       Where this is headed? In my opinion, of course.   The investigation he launched means the DoJ can likely  withhold anything he wants until he says the investigation is over, which gives him the ability to hide whatever he likes while he is in office.

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          My Esotericposted 4 hours agoin reply to this

          If Congress passes the law and overrides Trump's veto they can force the release of much of the files so long as it doesn't contain grand jury testimony, which they don't really need, and have the victim's names redacted. The big question is what to do about the "third-party names", I won't use the word "innocent", the thing they are really after.
          
          In any case, Trump will tell his weaponized DOIJ to tie this up in court if it gets that far.

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    My Esotericposted 4 hours ago

    Whoever says Donald "the felon" Trump doesn't flip-flop on a regular basis is simply lying to themselves and others.
    
    Trump reverses course and tells Republicans to vote for Epstein document release law.
    
    (Of course he has his fingers crossed behind his back because he knows the files are protected since he ORDERED DOIJ to investigate Democrats that Epstein knew.)
    
    https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ … s-11-17-25

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    Sharlee01posted 3 hours ago

    I’m hopeful the vote will pass and we’ll finally get what we’ve been asking for. I’m sorry to hear the lights may be turned off here as soon as November 19th, especially since it means we won’t have the chance to explore the documents and discuss them together. I’m sure there would have been plenty to dig into.

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       My Esotericposted 38 minutes agoin reply to this

       Me to, but as I said, even if it does pass, it will be years before we see anything.

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