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demmiblue

(38,766 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 01:06 PM Friday

"... evidence that Thiel and Bannon had scheduled meetings with Epstein... a pending trip by Elon Musk to Epstein's island"

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Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T16:14:17.371Z
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"... evidence that Thiel and Bannon had scheduled meetings with Epstein... a pending trip by Elon Musk to Epstein's island" (Original Post) demmiblue Friday OP
Oversight Democrats Release Third Batch of Documents from Jeffrey Epstein Estate, Includes Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Steve demmiblue Friday #1
Peter Thiel openly spoke about associating with Epstein (on Joe Rogan's show, no less) RockRaven Friday #2
His BloodBoys had to come from somewhere, i suppose. Volaris Friday #5
the thing about this is, barbtries Friday #11
There were boys also on the island and available in NY and and his other places LiberalArkie Friday #15
I did not know that. barbtries Friday #24
Guys have a tendency to not ever wanting to admit that they were molested especially once adult. LiberalArkie Friday #25
Yeah, and? RockRaven Friday #22
no. barbtries Friday #23
Bannon? Ewwwwwwwwwww! Sneederbunk Friday #3
I'll bet the girl who gave Bannon a massage Haggard Celine Friday #4
and barbtries Friday #10
Bannon's meeting was very shortly before Epstein's arrest and subsequent death Wiz Imp Friday #17
Or was absolutlely about sex trafficking. Kingofalldems Friday #19
Nope. It was about this, I'm sure. Wiz Imp Friday #21
Epstein sure like to keep documents leftstreet Friday #6
No surprise on those 3. appleannie1 Friday #7
Hasn't it been stated that there were over 1,000 girls? 1WorldHope Friday #8
ya know, i thought barbtries Friday #9
Republicans tend towards pedo mr715 Friday #18
Starting in 2016 with Trump becoming President after massive Russian help along with others I have ... Botany Friday #12
Trump starting a war with Venezuela is more that a way to change subject. Being 'at war' gives him more power Attilatheblond Friday #13
If his dad wasn't rich he wouldn't have gotten away with trying to throw a teacher out of a window and his Botany Friday #14
Follow the big money. They hold the gold and make the rules. twodogsbarking Friday #16
Kick this one bigtime--for the gatekeepers. Kingofalldems Friday #20
EPSTEIN, MAXWELL, & MALARIA! SheltieLover Friday #26

demmiblue

(38,766 posts)
1. Oversight Democrats Release Third Batch of Documents from Jeffrey Epstein Estate, Includes Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Steve
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 01:11 PM
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released partial records from the third batch of documents produced by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate, which includes phone message logs, copies of flight logs and manifests for aircrafts, copies of financial ledgers, and Epstein’s daily schedule. The documents produced to the public include mentions of possible contact between Jeffrey Epstein and prominent figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, and Prince Andrew. Further review of the documents, which were redacted to protect the identity of victims, is ongoing.

“It should be clear to every American that Jeffrey Epstein was friends with some of the most powerful and wealthiest men in the world. Every new document produced provides new information as we work to bring justice for the survivors and victims. Oversight Democrats will not stop until we identify everyone complicit in Epstein’s heinous crimes. It’s past time for Attorney General Bondi to release all the files now,” said Oversight Spokesperson Sara Guerrero.

Within documents of Epstein’s schedule, there is evidence that Thiel and Bannon had scheduled meetings with Epstein, as well as evidence of a pending trip by Elon Musk to Epstein’s island. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s aircraft, with financial disclosures providing possible evidence of payments from Epstein to masseuses on behalf of an individual identified as “Andrew.” Extensive redactions have been made to protect victims as Committee investigators continue to analyze the new documents. This is a rolling production, and the Committee expects to receive more documents in response to these and other requests.

In the third batch, the Oversight Committee received 8,544 documents responsive to the Committee’s subpoena from August. The following was received:

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-release-third-batch-documents-jeffrey-epstein-estate


🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE:

They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.

DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.

Oversight Dems (@oversightdemocrats.house.gov) 2025-09-26T15:25:07.929Z

RockRaven

(18,091 posts)
2. Peter Thiel openly spoke about associating with Epstein (on Joe Rogan's show, no less)
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 01:15 PM
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And very specifically, AFTER Epstein's conviction. He wasn't even trying to hide the fact.

barbtries

(30,799 posts)
11. the thing about this is,
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:42 PM
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it's my understanding that thiel is gay and married to a man. has he been a closet straight man?

my feeling is that their associations probably had more to do with laundering big money and the like. you know, financial crimes.

barbtries

(30,799 posts)
24. I did not know that.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:35 PM
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I searched and found one male who alleged abuse by epstein, but the trafficking seemed to be only girls and young women.

LiberalArkie

(18,994 posts)
25. Guys have a tendency to not ever wanting to admit that they were molested especially once adult.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:32 PM
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I think mainly because they are never believed. "You could have just left as a 14 year old" Yea...sure.

RockRaven

(18,091 posts)
22. Yeah, and?
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:25 PM
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Does that make his association with Epstein any less morally repugnant and hypocritical? It was only about money, not sex, therefore what?

barbtries

(30,799 posts)
23. no.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 05:28 PM
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time to follow the money too.

but the first thought is everyone visiting there is doing it to do repugnant things to vulnerable, trafficked females. I mean for me it was. I mean the man was truly depraved.

Wiz Imp

(7,562 posts)
17. Bannon's meeting was very shortly before Epstein's arrest and subsequent death
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:23 PM
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I doubt he had any connection to the sex trafficking but very well could have been discussing something else illegal with Epstein.

Wiz Imp

(7,562 posts)
21. Nope. It was about this, I'm sure.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:45 PM
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/jeffrey-epstein-steve-bannon-1236325072/

Steve Bannon’s Secret Epstein Videos: The Tale of the Tapes (Exclusive)
He says it’s a documentary. But the 15 hours of footage Bannon shot with Jeffrey Epstein were reportedly training for a '60 Minutes'-style redemption tour that never happened — and paid for by Epstein himself.


As recently as 2019 — as mounting press coverage and renewed investigations were closing in before his arrest at Teterboro Airport on sex trafficking charges, as most everyone else in Jeffrey Epstein‘s orbit had already shunned the 66-year-old — Bannon was still standing by his man. The rumpled former Trump aide reportedly advised Epstein from the shadows, joined strategy calls, and ultimately helped stage a behind-the-scenes media makeover, arranging a series of videotaped sessions at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in which Bannon served as his interlocutor.

The setup looked like a documentary shoot — a small crew, professional lighting, with Bannon lobbing tough, prosecutorial questions from off-camera. They were a kind of debate-prep, seemingly designed to get Epstein ready for an image-changing sit-down interview with a news outlet like 60 Minutes, with Bannon playing the part of Mike Wallace. But Epstein, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, may have footed the bill for it all, throwing ownership of the footage into question.

The interview never took place — some PR rehabs are just too daunting — but for months now, Bannon has been publicly promoting that footage of his erstwhile friend — 12 to 15 hours, by his own count — as the foundation of a planned docuseries, working title The Monster. He’s been pitching it as journalism, a raw look inside Epstein’s pathology. In fact, though, those tapings seem to have been far from journalistic.​

According to author Michael Wolff, who was there for the first taping and reviewed transcripts of others — and who first revealed the existence of these tapes in his 2021 book Too Famous — the point wasn’t exposure. It was spin. “There’s no question the tapes were media training,” he tells THR. “And there’s no possible way Epstein would have signed off on them being used in a documentary.”

leftstreet

(37,397 posts)
6. Epstein sure like to keep documents
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 01:45 PM
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Be interesting to find out how much money he made gathering so much blackmail, and how many people he was selling it to

appleannie1

(5,351 posts)
7. No surprise on those 3.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:04 PM
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Those poor girls. One rarely bathes, another is like a slug. Have no idea about Thiel.

barbtries

(30,799 posts)
9. ya know, i thought
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:40 PM
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the whole pedophile ring thing was merely an absurd bit of propaganda made up by russia to help krasnov win. but, now....

i mean every accusation they come up with is basically a confession of what they're up to. this is looking more credible all the time.

tongue only partially in cheek. republicans are an ugly lot.

mr715

(2,042 posts)
18. Republicans tend towards pedo
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 04:30 PM
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Do a dig into political pedophiles and you'll see a pretty strong Republican bias.

Botany

(75,398 posts)
12. Starting in 2016 with Trump becoming President after massive Russian help along with others I have ...
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 02:42 PM
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… always thought that it was all part on the largest criminal enterprise in American history we
need to get power back and hold all these people for their actions then and now. Trump’s actions
in being part of an international child sex trafficking operation along with Epstein and Putin is just,
the tip of the iceberg.

My thoughts: Botany =

Btw Harris won but Theil, Musk, and other were into the data to the point that they were deleting
or flipping Harris votes and the cover story that she lost because she didn’t get the turn was a well
crafted lie.

Btw part 2 not one part of the Steele Dossier has been disproven.

BTW part 3 Trump is cleaning out the U.S. Treasury.

BTW part 4 Trump is gonna start a war on Venezuela ASAP to try to change the subject.

BTW part 5 The budget of ICE is > than that of Russia’s Military.

Attilatheblond

(7,349 posts)
13. Trump starting a war with Venezuela is more that a way to change subject. Being 'at war' gives him more power
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:08 PM
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And he needs LOTS of power to save his own ass, along with trying to satisfy his hunger to hurt people who he blames for his problems. He never has, nor never will, do the self examination to see he is the author of his own misfortunes.

Botany

(75,398 posts)
14. If his dad wasn't rich he wouldn't have gotten away with trying to throw a teacher out of a window and his
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 03:32 PM
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… brutalizing a younger boy so much the kid went to the hospital that would have put him in
a juvenile detention facility but daddy stepped in and he got to go to military school instead,
he flunked out of Fordham after which his dad bought him a degree from the University of
Pennsylvania, and his dad bought him a doctor that said he had bone spurs so no Vietnam
for him. And for the past ? # of years rich and powerful people and interests have supported
and protected him from his multiple crimes because he helps them out with their sick plans
for America and the world. And if that means letting the fossil fuel industries cook the planet
and the blue whale going extinct so be it.

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