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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At this point he doesn’t have to, if she did say anything he would just say it’s a lie, his entire base would believe him, and after three days in the news cycle we’d be on to the next thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

It's sad, but this likely would work for Trump.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I can already feel the Epstien list die hards dying out and returning to their knees to praise MAGA. They already cried in the corner and got no attention from "daddy". Two weeks this is done.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

current timestamp + "2 weeks" is always going to be infrastructure week. And any other future news that Taco cares to announce. Whatever your current time is, plus 2 weeks out.

Think anyone in media sets up a 2 week reminder for any of them to then ask one of his spokescreatures some follow-up questions?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ghislaine Maxwel is scum.

But if I was her, I'd sing like a songbird for any reasonable plea bargaining.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

If she’s got any sense, she’ll keep her head down and her mouth shut, unless she wants to end up like Epstein.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's an easy way to end up dying by suicide

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

It's been a long way down for one of Reddit's top powermods.

(I don't care if it's debunked, it's simply a conspiracy theory I choose to believe. It's too perfect.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

But if I was her, I’d sing like a songbird for any reasonable plea bargaining.

Umm... ok not a huge expert on how the courts work... but is who she'd be bargaining with be under trumps control?, again not really sure the logistics... but if it's all federal employees under trumps control... couldn't they be saying "we'll go as light as humanly possible, but if you rat out trump... we'll hit you with everything the law allows".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

This is OBVIOUSLY Fake News! Trump's DOJ, who has been SUING people who Hurt Trump's Feelings, said Epstein was INNOCENT! CASE CLOSED!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

So will how did Ghislaine accidentally die?
Og English is a little difficult.

So how did Ghislaine will accidentally die?

So how will Ghislaine accidentally die did?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hope he does pardon her just to see if the hardcore anti pedophile supporters of his actually do anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They're not anti-pedophile, or they'd be going after a number of prominent Republicans. They live in a fantasy world where Republicans can do no wrong and everyone else does all and only wrong. The pedophile fantasy is part of that, not an attempt to address real-world child abuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

He can only pardon federal convicts. Was she convicted in a federal court? (Asking, I don't know).