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Another complaint — for which there was no contact information provided — alleged that “calendar girls” parties at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago involved genital measurements for children.

“Jeffrey Epstein would bring the children in and trump would auction them off. He measured the children’s vulva and vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children on tightness,” the complaint reads.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

There's no allegations. The pedophile rapist PoS did it.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 233 points 4 days ago (4 children)

So weird how this Donald Trump fellow keeps showing up in these Epstein files.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 64 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is that Donald J Trump, the 14-time felon?

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 84 points 4 days ago

34-time felon :)

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 52 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Especially when Kash Patel testified that Trump basically wasn't in there at all.

[–] Tuscy@lemmy.world 34 points 4 days ago (2 children)

At this point, we all know kash is dirty af.

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[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Well, when he finds out how much trump is actually in the files, he has the perfect facial expression!

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[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Donald Trump is one sick fuck.

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I can’t wait to read the sternly worded twitter posts from democrats. Cause that’s all they will do.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

If that man suffered consequences I'm sure he'd be very upset right now.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 146 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Every time I think I can't possibly find this piece of shit more revolting, some new horror comes along and proves me wrong.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have to realize, someone who views life as a transaction, is a malignant narcissist, and has wealth is capable of the WORST of depravities a human can commit. I had a father like him and my sisters had to lock their doors to their rooms despite him demanding and even breaking through a door once. He liked to go to the bathroom when they showered. That's just what /I/ know of.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 18 points 4 days ago

The problem is that I'm not capable of imagining the depravities that keep happening before I hear about them.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Not too wild when you know who they speak of. As amoral and narcissistic as trump is, nobody should be at all shocked at his obvious depravity

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 88 points 4 days ago (3 children)

President Donald Trump arrives for the premiere of first lady Melania Trump’s movie “Melania” at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts

That's right, call it by it's LEGAL name! This movie... will flop... these fuckin people are absolutely the dumbest.

Trump is undeniably a pedophile rapist piece of shit.

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[–] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Working just fine with ublock...

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[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 75 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The article makes it clear these are not substantiated claims.

It should be noted that these complaints are uncorroborated tips to the FBI, and the existence of those tips does not indicate eventual credibility.

Things may be released to muddy the waters. Trump is a pedo and rapist, but please keep in mind that not everything reported to the FBI is true. Believe whatever you want, but please don't get caught up in the most scandalous details. Any abuse is disgusting. Just sticking to what identified victims have publicly stated should be enough for him to be radioactive. Please remember that if anything comes out disputing these reported claims.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It reminds me of how UFO people like to point to leaked emails sent to John Podesta as proof of a UFO coverup.

Trump is a shitbag, and I’m not defending him. But no one should run with unsubstantiated claims. It’s liable to backfire and give the shitheads talking points.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Worth noting that false reports to FBI are illegal and is punished by 5 years in federal prison

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[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 47 points 4 days ago
[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The full complaint is here, and anyone can read it.

It's worth noting that this allegation also says that Elon Musk and Trump's children were there at the time, and that the complaint was made anonymously 4 months before the 2020 election.

The man is a monster, but have an ounce of fucking sense, please.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It isn't like my opinion of him got better by this allegation.

[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

My opinion of him didn't change, because I believe it's not a credible allegation.

But when real reports come to light and people can point at this and say "yeah, but they also spread this bullshit, you can't trust liberals", it starts to matter.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

“Wild” ?!??! It’s horrifying fuck the media and these headlines. Wake me up when it’s guillotine time.

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

"wild" being used aims to downplay and cast a sense of skepticism of the story when in reality, we all know this fucker has done horrible shit. Shame on the person(s) putting this out with that misleading title that somehow actually tries to rescue this piece of garbage. Call a spade a spade ffs

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That article reads like the dumb "two truths and a lie" game, except they're probably all true

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[–] dandylion@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

please end pedo, rapist patriarchy capitalism asap. this is a cruel world as long as these power issues are not fully dismantled.

to all of those who haven't read much on how patriarchy and capitalism go hand in hand I am begging you to inform yourself.

not asking anyone to become a feminist. but I noticed people act all surprised when men in power with severe personality disorders use their power to rape and torture the poor and weak.

this is and has been a systemic issue for a very long time and being informed on this fully can help us create a better world.

stay informed I love you humans.

[–] 5wim@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Everyone should "become a feminist" though, if they aren't...

If someone is of the false belief propogated by those in power that "feminism" has to do with female superiority, or something, they should be quickly disabused of that asinine psyop.

To be a feminist is simply acknowledging patriarchal power structures and wanting equality among genders.

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[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Something is not right, this pedo organized crime with links to foreign countries and intelligence must have damining evidence, not only texts and photos but also a full audio / video evidence of crimes. Otherwise the entire operation would be useless.

Additionally, Considering they are using the email casually like that, I wouldn't be surprised if these files are hosted on tech giant service. Maybe that why they got their foot into the administration.

What Musk was trying to do with doge must also been related.

Anyway, to the American, good luck fighting Iran because if that war started, even if Trump impeachment happened, and Democrat win house and office, there will be no stop to it....

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

Well there are 3 million more files that have not been released but which Trump's personal lawyer / Deputy AG Todd Blanche just stated do exist.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/jeffrey-epstein-files-doj.html

"We’re releasing more than 3 million pages today, and not the 6 million pages that we collected,” Blanche said. “That means that the department produced approximately 3½ million pages in compliance with the act.”

Yep, yep, nothing to see here, just uh 3 million files that aren't relevant, because the people in charge of the most obvious cover up in human history say so.

Yep.

Seems legit!

[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This was mentioned at the time of the story of the lake. The Epstein files include also the unverified tips to the FBI.

The strategy here is they are slowly releasing outlandish and unverified accusations first, slowly so that people start debating “is it true? Is it false?”

These are realistically all false (and this is the point) so when the real, verified, documented things will come out

  1. They will sound minor
  2. People that were invested (at the time realistically) in saying these are false, will keep in saying that are false.

The Bunba story, for example, now seems small and fake (while it was mentioned by people that were there not like this BS that was tipped by some idiot anonymously on internet)

In other words these are all attempts to discredit the Epstein files.

And based on a lot of conversations here… it seems that they are successful (and the average Lemmy user has waaay more critical sense than, let’s say, Facebook user)

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

I have no idea how you're deciding they're all false. I can see that you're deciding to believe that Trump has any decency over victims.... Which I just don't understand. These stories are extremely similar, span many years, and include dozens of victims... What is convincing you that Trump didn't have child sex auctions??

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 3 days ago (9 children)

If there's evidence to convict him of these crimes then do it. Biden's team had access to all of this, why didn't they do anything? Why wasn't all of this released before the last election?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Because Merrick Garland was the AG and Biden believed in an impartial DOJ. I know Trump directs the DOJ to do his bidding, but there was a time when that wasn't normal.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Allowing the doj to fail in their statutory duty is not noble, it's a dereliction of duty. Get off Biden's dick, he failed us. Unless you want to be ruled by republicans because these dems won't take the country back. Jesus Christ.

[–] FE80@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah, just add this to the laundry list of times the Democrats made the noble choice to do nothing.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

This old tired republitard line that keeps getting repeated is so braindead:

  1. Biden didn't order the DOJ around like the orange clown does.
  2. Maxwell's case was still active.
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Sounds like they probably should have been a little bossier. This is i credibly serious stuff and they just let it move at a snail’s pace? And what, it was so important and they were so sure they’d win the next election? The next election where they had momentum, realized it was because of progressive messaging and appealing to younger voters, and then tanked the whole thing with center-right branding because they haye winning?

No matter how you slice it it was weak bullshit.

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[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's pretty fucking clear the only difference between the dems and republicans is the stickers they put on the hellfire missiles they use to bomb children's hospitals in the middle east.

Hello Kitty or hot rod flames.

[–] zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

We still running this dogshit "both sides the same" line after this whole clown show of a year with gestapo murdering people on the streets? Dumbass

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[–] porkloin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Let me lead by saying I 100% think Trump is a pedo fuck and deserves to rot in jail.

But the reason why there isn’t talk about an actual conviction from the most sensationalist stuff in the Epstein files is that the most sensationalist stuff all comes from tips or reports given to the FBI or other law enforcement. They haven’t been proven. Nobody wants to hear that because it’s less exciting than reading a headline about how Trump is measuring child vaginas with his finger. It only takes a little bit more effort (actually reading articles rather than headlines) to find out that most of this stuff isn’t in a situation where it could be used in court to convict him currently.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Because Biden was chosen to be weak.

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