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snot

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Sat Jul 19, 2025, 04:57 PM Jul 19

One more point re- the Epstein case: [View all]

Most informed observers believe that Epstein's operation was tolerated for as long as it was because he was amassing info that could be used to blackmail important people into doing or going along with things that they wouldn't otherwise have done or gone along with – potentially treasonously.

If that's true, and there's plenty of reason to be concerned about the possibility, we need not only to prosecute the abusers but also to re-examine which decisions they may have been blackmailed into – and perhaps most importantly, we need to know whether Epstein was the sole blackmailer or whether others were involved, and if so, prosecute all the blackmailers – whether affiliated with our own intel agencies or anyone else.



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This assumes that no prosecutors, judges, law enforcement were involved in the crimes. Irish_Dem Jul 19 #1
Alex Acosta for one. sop Jul 19 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author snot Jul 19 #5
Acosta should be brought to Congress to testify under oath... AntiFascist Jul 19 #7
So much the more reason snot Jul 19 #6
Yes but this case keeps getting buried over and over again. Irish_Dem Jul 19 #10
I hope we have that problem. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 19 #2
That would've been a logical form of insurance for him Uncle Joe Jul 19 #3
Moreover, if info incriminating powerful figures remains secret and in the hands of any blackmailers, snot Jul 19 #8
As an aside, could it be possible that TSF is desperate, not so much to avoid no_hypocrisy Jul 19 #9
his fbi raided the island when jeffy was arrested. mopinko Jul 19 #11
Exactly. snot Sunday #18
The big mystery about Epstein has always been how big the blackmail operation might be, paulkienitz Jul 19 #12
Pull every thread. Kid Berwyn Jul 19 #13
This allegedly went on for many years with many young girls Jarqui Jul 19 #14
Several have been bought off with secret settlements in lawsuits, snot Sunday #19
Around 150 women were paid around a million each womanofthehills Jul 19 #15
Find out who ordered the ' hit ' on Epstein and you'll have all the pieces to the puzzle. Bread and Circuses Jul 19 #16
Chris Hedges interviews Nick Bryant Be Leave On Jul 19 #17
Hedges is brilliant; one of several of our best journalists/commentators snot Sunday #20
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