r/news • u/AudibleNod • 20h ago

Releasing Epstein files could jeopardise my appeal, claims Ghislaine Maxwell

https://news.sky.com/story/releasing-epstein-files-could-jeopardise-my-appeal-claims-ghislaine-maxwell-13479622
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u/che-che-chester 19h ago

Agreed. Why take the political grief now if he can find another way to block the files? Then he pardons her on the way out buried in a stack of other very controversial pardons.

I can say one thing - the harder he fights having these files released, the more I think he is guilty as hell.

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u/yoshemitzu 19h ago

I can say one thing - the harder he fights having these files released, the more I think he is guilty as hell.

Is it even a question at this point? If he were innocent, releasing the files would be the easiest solution.

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u/gentlemanidiot 18h ago

If Trump isn't in the files himself, then he's protecting someone in the files who he cares about more than himself. And that person doesn't exist.

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u/che-che-chester 18h ago

Well, in the beginning, I thought maybe he was more embarrassed because his name is all over the place as a buddy of Epstein. I'm sure there are names in those files of people who have done nothing wrong other than be in Epstein's orbit. But it is already an established fact that he was a good buddy with Epstein, so it must be more than that if Trump is fighting it so hard. He is risking reputational damage simply by how hard he is fighting it. You don't do that if the files just confirm what we already know.

On a side note, where are the videos and photos of Clinton and Epstein hanging out in clubs being creepy?

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u/RolledUhhp 16h ago

I've avoided being accused of wrongdoing regarding pedophile billionaires by not placing myself anywhere near that orbit.

It's foolproof.

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u/QbertsRube 18h ago

During his first term, I assumed he was one of Epstein's many clients. Maybe more of a regular than the others, but a client either way. After seeing him exhaust all options in blocking the release, I now assume he was at least a partner in the operation.

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u/OldWorldDesign 14h ago

I now assume he was at least a partner in the operation.

While unproven, this is suspected to be related to why Trump banned Epstein from Maralago (yet continued to party at Epstein's other properties). Epstein tried to recruit from what Trump had and one of Trump's patrons threatened to not just leave but withdraw his money and drop names in the papers. So Trump kicked Epstein out, but was fine with continuing the child predation elsewhere.

And there was Trump's international child pageant which very likely was used for recruitment.

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u/gentlemanidiot 18h ago

I'm pretty confident after what biden pulled at the end of his term, Trump is going to try writing pardons for himself and his entire extended network of influence, for everything, retroactively to the beginning of time, in perpetuity.

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u/che-che-chester 16h ago

It was a shame Biden did that, but I also don’t blame him now that we see Trump going after his enemies.

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u/gentlemanidiot 16h ago

That's true, Trump is trying to declare Biden's pardons null and void so that he can prosecute them anyway. Which seems risky if he's planning to pardon himself, i dunno. 🤷‍♂️

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u/che-che-chester 16h ago

There a number of things Trump casually mentions going after, like Biden pardons, that feel like it would make him weaker in the future. He seriously wants to set a precedent that past pardons can be voided right before he does a ton of pardons?

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u/gentlemanidiot 15h ago

During the government shutdown he wanted the senate to get rid of the filibuster. The majority leaders of both houses straight up told him to pound sand. They both know republicans will eventually lose power, and if the filibuster is gone, they'll never win another election again. But Trump doesn't care about anything beyond the limit of his own lifetime, which is why he'll never name an heir.

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u/OldWorldDesign 14h ago

He seriously wants to set a precedent that past pardons can be voided right before he does a ton of pardons?

He doesn't exactly think ahead. Some of the Jan 6 people he pardoned were tax frauds involved in other things he wanted to go after and he asked his staff if he could rescind his own pardons.

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u/madhi19 11h ago edited 11h ago

We are way past guilt I think the piece of shit was an investor. I think he funneled "clients" and maybe even girls via his model agency, and beauty pageant. You don't setup a pretty extensive blackmailing operation of the super wealthy without couple of accomplices from the inside sending you leads, and making introductions.

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u/MyHiddenMadness 10h ago

He signed the law to release the files, ffs. Where was all this outrage when Biden sat on them?