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In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I assume this was coordinated with Democrats conceding on the funding bill now that Johnson will be signing in the Arizona rep who will be the deciding vote to release the Epstein files.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 3 points 7 months ago

I assume the NYT editor & reporter have taken appropriate measures for their safety. They are speaking truth to terrible power ... and 30 million deluded cultists

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I thought we already knew this?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think it’s the difference between what is “known” and what can’t be denied.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

At this point, I've already lost faith that anything could affect Trump in a negative way

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Rules don't apply anymore. Anything can be denied. Trump can tell us in intricate detail how he cheated at the election and still nothing will change

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I mean everyone “knew” but this is the first time we have a record of Epstein saying that Trump was aware of his actions.

Goes against the WH narrative that Trump had no idea.