Originally published at: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/there-is-no-hoax-epstein-survivors-go-to-capitol-hill-to-demand-transparency
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The 19th. For months, President Donald Trump’s base and congressional Republicans have fought over the release of files and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. But Wednesday, Epstein’s survivors took…
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He knows “there is no hoax” but you might recognize his self.
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Trump can’t talk to a survivor because he can’t deal with reality.
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“President Donald Trump’s administration warned Republicans Tuesday that voting to release more files on Jeffrey Epstein would be seen as an act of war.”
From The NewRepublic
So what does convicted felon think he can do against the US House?
Another question still stands: If he is so innocent, why is he so adamant to withhold the release of said documents?
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I keep thinking about Stansbury’s statement from yesterday.
What she describes ultimately is a stateless society using people as toys for their pleasure. They are wealthy or powerful enough or both to escape consequence. They are loyal only to their peers. Whatever loyalty they claim to a country, a flag, a constitution, a people is lip service. They believe what they wish, make up the rules they wish and whatever qualifies as a society is theirs only. Everything else is raw resource for the pleasure and profit. These are the elites that a Donald Trump has allied with. Ones who really are hidden to the average man at this point. Whether they abuse and traffic young women as play things or bone saw a renowned journalist into pieces, they live above us. She has described as systemic one series of crimes, the focus of today. But we have to recognize, there is more to this as well. I watched again because it pestered me and left me with a discomfort that I cannot shake.
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If it’s a hoax why are you so afraid of if becoming public, eh Donnie?
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It is clear to me now that the first Trump administration, The Biden administration, and the second Trump administration are all covering something up. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the people who said there was an international conspiracy to protect pedophiles were correct.
We need to know everyone involved. We need to know the degree to which Bill Clinton is implicated. We need to know the degree to which Trump is implicated. We need to know the degree in which every single person who participated in the rape of children is implicated.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the most likely explanation is that this entire operation is an intelligence operation. Most likely, and again I cannot believe I am saying this or even believe this, an Israeli intelligenve operation. I hope I am wrong, but unless we get more transparency out of our government, I have to assume that the government was purposefully using young woman to entrap powerful men.
This isn’t about politics anymore, or about getting Trump. It looks like time is going to take care of Trump, and going to take care of him soon. This is about getting the truth, and finding out who raped these young women, and who covered it up, or worse facilitated it.
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Or Russian. Use of sexy women is one of their standard techniques (see “National Rifle Association.”)
Not that I’m trying to let off the Israelis. Sadly, they have immunity from all crimes to an even greater extent than our First Felon.
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So if, at this writing, we are still sitting at 218 out of 220 on the resolution, there is no way it gets over the top. Those that were willing to commit have already done so. The rest of the cowards will have other commitments they have to make - to their benefactors or to having to wash their hair to avoid a scene.
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Whatever it is, it seems he has been successful thus far. Two votes short and there are some 300 people that could make this a reality, but they’re all cowards.
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I wrote my congressman. I asked him if he wanted to be remembered as an apologist for pedophilia, or if he was willing to do the right thing.
I know his failure to sign this petition will be used against him next year when he tries to get reelected.
I’m thinking that we get billboards that say:
Mike Baumgartner Protects Pedophiles
As well as yard signs, stickers, skywriting, whatever we can do to get the message out.
Alternative Edit, h/t to ancient graffiti in Pompeii:
Pedophiles support Mike Baumgartner
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I thought I read somewhere this morning that they needed 218.
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Called Tom Kean, left message. He’ll continue to hide like he does with everything
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It’s simpler than that. Trump watches TV endlessly. Every interviewer should ask him whether he has viewed the survivors’ press conference, if not, why not, and how can he call their demands for accountability a ‘hoax’ if he hasn’t heard them out. These women are referring to evidence that is in the Epstein files and that was provided in the 2008 and 2019 Epstein investigations and the Maxwell trial.
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Maxwell, Shah and Holmes, toiling away tilling the “prison” camp’s micro greens’ garden: Holmes mulling a future gig with Musk-melon, Shah a Chrisley time-share grift, Maxwell a gig as Trump’s social calendar director—chase your dreams, Grrls!
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Yes!!!
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When Congress doesn’t want to hear the truth they claim that they can’t call a witness because that witness has appealed their conviction to the US Supreme Court? For a sex trafficking conviction? When did that become Congressional policy?
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When the First Felon became POTUS and took every set of GQP balls into his vice grip.
Let’s call a spade a spade (and then, please, smack each of them over the head with it).
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Leverage and extortion are the only language Trump knows. Ghislaine Maxwell is in Club Fed today because she had something on
Trump and she was threatening to spill. Occam’s razor says that that something was really bad. I used to be, like Josh, an Epstein Files skeptic until that moment.
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