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A reminder that Bill Clinton's appearances in the Epstein files released so far include a reference to Donald Trump fellating him (allegedly)

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i think we all now know how toothless such a contempt charge is thanks to the orange piece of shit

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Application of the laws could be variable.

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

notice all the Clinton-merch wearing superfans in tears over this?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago

they're attention is selective; which is why the latter clinton had a chance at the presidency.

[–] verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is the thumbnail showing up like this for anyone else?

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It’s like that on the article you didn’t open too.

[–] verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Lol, whoops. I thought it was a bug in my client.

[–] trashboat@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah lol looks like that for me

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

For a while I thought that they were just much uglier than I remembered.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Refusing to Testify is Illegal?

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is essentially what contempt (of court) is. The Clintons could plead (invoke) the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying against themselves or their spouse, but no one else.

I wonder what their game is here.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

praying old Donnie will quiet the ruckus down fast enough for everyone to forget about this.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Only for law-abiding citizens

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Ask gymnasium jordan