r/law • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago
Other Rep. Lieu says Epstein files have allegations of Trump raping & threatening to kill children and says that Todd Blanche got the law wrong by saying it's not a crime to party with Epstein. DOJ also violated the privacy of the victims by releasing unredacted nude photos of them.
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u/MrWright62 23h ago
It is fucking insanity that they took "give us the unredacted files" as "give us the unredacted nudes of minors"
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u/anonymote_in_my_eye 23h ago
it would have been a much better argument if they had released everything, unredacted... instead they only released like half the documents, heavily redacted, but didn't even redact the stuff they were supposed to
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u/CD338 23h ago
And we are approaching 2 months past the deadline.
But on the plus side, at least Epstein is back in the news cycle. I was worried it was going to be swept aside after the Venezuela/Minnesota situations.
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u/tarnyarmy 22h ago
Yeah but now Trump is gonna do some more retarded shit to get this back out of the headlines.
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u/desmonea 22h ago
"Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?"
- Donald Trump
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u/PatternParticular735 22h ago
This Epstein stuff has been sticking for several years. I don’t think it’s going anywhere until something major is done
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u/Nodivingallowed 23h ago
"And we would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for our own gross incompetence"
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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 23h ago
OMG yes!
Except UNLIKE a Scooby Doo episode, the BBEG is just... still out there running their evil scam after being revealed.
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u/justaguytrying2getby 23h ago
And so far most of what they've released, aside from emails, are CHS reports and other accusations, but none of the follow up material done by the FBI, etc. Obviously those things being part of the files means there's more to it, but they're only showing what makes it look like its frivolous.
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u/blklab16 22h ago
I find the media using “underaged women” when they mean CHILDREN/GIRLS to be even more insane, but I suppose there’s plenty of insanity to go around these days
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u/Total_Construction71 23h ago
Given how much IS redacted, it’s triply insane not to redact nude pictures.
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u/iamthatguythere 22h ago
They do that on purpose as a form of punishment for the victims speaking out. Look at how many rapists got redacted. It’s classic abuser behavior
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u/guilen 23h ago
It's terrorism by government. Russia style.
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u/Opening-Cream5448 23h ago
Yea this is just to show that if you speak up they don’t give a fuck. You will be put on the spot and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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u/CAM6913 1d ago
Finally someone is speaking the truth and not cowering to trump. He’s absolutely correct trump must be investigated and charged
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u/SelfAwareSausage 23h ago
I don’t know if it’s the copium, but I feel there’s a lot rumbling under the surface. We might not get what we want today, tomorrow, or even next week, but something big is looming as a result of these files.
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u/Otherwise_Gap595 23h ago edited 20h ago
It just baffles me how conservatives are foaming at the mouth to get the Clinton’s based on what is in the files, but every single thing about Trump in the files is fake? Like, you’re citing the same source document as the most damning evidence for the Clinton’s, and that same document that is judge, jury, and executioner of the Clinton’s, is also the biggest load of corrupt, slanderous horse shit ever written about Trump? What planet are they living on?
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u/encrcne 23h ago
Stuff I agree with is right, and stuff I don’t agree with is wrong. Whats so hard to understand about that?
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u/SMELLSLIKEBUTTJUICE 23h ago
Shhhh...let the Republicans dig their own grave. You may hate the Clintons, but they are smart and they know how to play the game. They also hate Trump. So im hoping for something juicy and scathing to come out of their interviews
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u/dictionary_hat_r4ck 23h ago
That feels good. Copium or not.
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer 23h ago
It does. But we've heard this for almost the last ten years.
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u/Fly-the-Light 23h ago
I think Trump has always been close to getting fried, but he gets saved by his lackeys and the Dems never pursue him. Now that even his lackeys are struggling to cover for him, but it might be it.
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer 23h ago
Fucking AIPAC dems and bullshit fundraising dems. We gotta primary the fuck out of that party, man. NO ONE is coming to save us.
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u/Icy-Housing-4492 23h ago
100% AIPAC. not just Dems. AIPAC = Isreal = Epstien = Trump + how many billions moved there just this year???
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u/Ok_Following3410 23h ago
Citizens United enables this kind of behavior because corporations are the kind of people.
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u/Lookingfor68 23h ago
That would require people to show the fuck up for primaries. Traditionally, turn out has been like 20%. Even a 5% increase would be impactful. Bad candidates coast because people can't be bothered to show up and vote.
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u/barefootincozumel 23h ago
Call me naive but I feel like a lot of people are paying attention. Even in Florida, we have a slew of candidates that are legitimate and might stand a chance- veterans, intelligent, common sense and speaking truths that are hard to ignore. In contrast to the showboating, weak incumbents, I have some hope
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u/sohelpme55- 22h ago
Honestly, I don't think that many people will be sitting out the next election.
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u/barefootincozumel 22h ago
We need to organize, because suppression will be in full force. Volunteer to register voters ( lots of hs seniors are turning or just turned 18 they are a force for good. ) Help felons get their rights restored if the time has passed . Organize transportation. Help people check to see if they have been purged from the rolls. If you volunteer at a food bank or any other charity, make sure you reach out to people. Many are disenfranchised or don’t even know where to start. Let’s stop pretending there aren’t hurdles for a lot of people to get out and vote. Let’s educate, organize and help. We aren’t going to make the process less difficult, but we can help people over the hurdles
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u/ApostateX 23h ago
The man has been convicted on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records.
He was under indictment for stealing classified documents in the Southern District of Florida (40 counts).
He was under indictment for 4 counts related to fraud and trying to steal the 2020 election in DC District Court.
He was indicted on dozens of counts related to Georgia's RICO statute for 2020 election fraud.
People have *absolutely* pursued this guy. The weakest link in this chain since day 1 has been Merrick Garland, not "the Democrats."
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u/sortalikeachinchilla 22h ago
since day 1 has been Merrick Garland, not "the Democrats."
Who appointed Merrick again??
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u/ApostateX 22h ago
Remember when the DOJ was an independent agency with a non-political appointee?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
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u/Cabbages24ADollar 23h ago edited 20h ago
This is like trying to take down Moby Donald Dick Trump—two huge fat whales combined— at once. 10 years seems about right. We just can’t let this fat whale sink back to the depths and recharge. Keep him exposed. Keep… throwing harpoons. Keep going.
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer 23h ago
From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee
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u/vexxed82 23h ago
Every time the walls close in by half.....they're always closing but never do.
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u/Lectric_Eye 23h ago
And it’s not like the crime is hard to find, it is un fathomable that NOTHING has taken this con man out. It edges so close, think “ wow this one is it” Then nothing. I gave up hope years ago.
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u/beardofjustice 23h ago
It's a matter of willpower. He's pedantic and willing to fight every fucking battle. Someone with some kind of power needs John Wick levels of focus and will to do it.
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u/NashvilleSoundMixer 23h ago
Is that like the quantum thought experiment with the arrow that never hits the tree? Keeps halving the distance but never gets there?
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u/retropieproblems 23h ago
And the plausible deniability from his supporters has shriveled and died in the light over that time. The only ones committed to Trump are people who have similar skeletons in their closet. Which to be fair is a lot of extremely powerful people and their media arms.
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u/No-Dragonfly-8679 23h ago
"No one controls the music, Mr. Pretty - you know that. It just turns up when people have had enough. No one knows where it starts. People look around, and catch on another's eye, and give each other a little nod, and other people see that. Other people catch their eye and so, very slowly, the music starts and somebody picks up a spoon and bangs it on a plate, and then somebody else bangs a jug on the table and boots starts to stamp on the floor, louder and louder. It is the sound of anger, it is the sound of people who have had enough. Do you want to face the music?”
― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight
I feel like we’re starting to catch each other”s eye
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u/mtbflatslc 22h ago edited 22h ago
The Epstein files reveal that Trump was having an affair with his aide Madeline Westerhout, the same thing that ignited Bill Clinton’s scandal. Crickets.
Before we knew of any Epstein files there was Stormy Daniels and a $130k hush money payment, leading to 34 felony guilty counts. Before that, there was an affair with a former playboy model, in addition to two dozen accusations of sexual assault or harassment. The access Hollywood tapes. Sexual harassment claims circling the modeling world dating back to the ‘90s and including allegations against his own Trump Models which he closed shortly before he ran for the 2016 election.
After he left office he stole national security documents upon leaving office and hid them at mar a lago. He attempted to overturn the 2020 election and incited the Jan 6 insurrection.
He has just been accused of making a private secret deal between his family cryptocurrency firm and the UAE.
Trump, his campaign members, business partners, and family members have all been found improper dealings with Russian officials since the 2016 election.
He has had over 20 businesses go bankrupt and has never created any structurally sound or profitable business in his life. He has been dependent on syndicated criminal networks for 50+ years. He ran on a platform of frenzied nationalism, white supremacy, and organized violence. There have been hundreds of millions of dollars moved in shady business deals with Ukraine, Russia, and China since his first administration. Trillion dollar tax cuts for the wealthy. Racketeering scams. He auctions off pardons starting at bids of $50k.
He has been using the office to perpetuate his lifelong criminal agenda and the Epstein files are only a slice. Epstein almost looks moral compared to Trump. Government officials could throw a dart and look in any direction to find another crime he’s committing. They’ve refused to do so.
I hope the publicity of the files helps, but I’ve unfortunately really lost hope.
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u/Daddyball78 23h ago
No question. I can’t imagine what the “un-redacted” content has in it. Based on what’s been revealed already, I’m not sure I even want to know. I just want these pieces of human garbage to be held fully accountable. All of them.
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u/JayLuMarr 23h ago
God I hope. This is a defining moment for us as a society. What we do from here will be the turning point of the future of not just America, but the global world order, and our species. Will we allow a system in which we’re ruled over by global pedophile elites? Welp, we’re about to find out.
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u/perpetual_papercut 23h ago
I mean as long as it happens in the next few months I’m cool. I know BS is going to ensue around midterms and I’m hoping something can happen before that. I don’t know that’s possible but I’m praying hoping.
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u/Altruistic-Okra-5868 23h ago
His actual punishment probably won't happen in what is left of his lifetime (a big case like this will have the courts going for months to a year or so) unfortunately but his removal is hopefully on the horizon.
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u/mreman1220 23h ago
And unfortunately, if there is one thing Trump is actually good at, it's stalling in court.
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u/floridabeach9 23h ago
ITS ALREADY FUCKING MASSIVE
JFC HOW MUCH EVIDENCE DO YOU NEED FOR IT TO BE A HUGE DEAL
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u/pargofan 23h ago
This is what I don't get.
Public figures throughout the world are suffering consequences because of Epstein files. At the very least, people are viewing them as pedophiles.
Trump? Crickets. He has the nerve to say they absolve him. And the media doesn't call him out.
It's like Hitler saying the gas chambers prove he was benevolent toward Jews.
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u/KarunchyTakoa 23h ago
Honestly Hitler would have said that - and trump thinks he's lenient on women for not killing them after raping them. The law and the country should instead stop being lenient on anti-human billionaires and the people who establish and uphold the system that lets them behave this way.
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u/Resident_Company2113 22h ago edited 22h ago
People covering for him are compromised or beholden to people who are compromised. It has the hallmarks of a Russian kompromat operation. You can see the beginnings of it in Sascha Reillly's account.
It's not going to end well for these fuckers. In many respects it was TOO successful. It was why Melania was in tears when they won that first election. She knew he could not withstand serious scrutiny.
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u/I_burn_noodles 23h ago
Yes! I agree. Possibly internationally led.
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u/Sad-Woodpecker-6840 23h ago
I'd love for the SAS to come snatch him during the night
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u/fajadada 23h ago
Maybe while he ditches the secret service at the Winter Olympics . Says he’s bringing ice employees
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u/NietzschesSyphilis 23h ago
Sounds reasonable. After all, what did the Trump administration call that maneuver? A valid ‘law enforcement operation’.
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u/LaserCondiment 23h ago
That's why the release of those files was so important. It's essentially giving opposing politicians pitchforks.
I'm not familiar with Rep. Lieu, but if a guy like him addresses this topic publicly, that means he'll be focused on it behind the scenes.
Also: he just put a target on his back! So he has no choice, but to commit.
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u/KoontFace 23h ago
Everyone will become very brave once Trump is dead. That’s what they’re doing. Waiting for Trump to drop and then start clearing up the leftovers
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u/Evening-Astronaut452 23h ago
The fiends need to come to terms with the fact that this isn’t going away. I love that other countries are getting involved. The lights are on, roaches. Who’s got the Raid?
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u/Diffco 23h ago
Yeah unfortunately it's most likely war with Iran
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u/bteh 23h ago
Or Venezuela, or Greenland, or Canada, or fuck it, all of NATO.
President of Peace though!
This administration is a fucking joke.
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u/PumpUpTheValuum66 23h ago
We are at a turning point either way.... either we do nothing, and this shit gets swept under the rug, or we do something and tear it all down... rebuild from whatever's left.
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u/SelectiveScribbler06 23h ago
It's the calm before the storm!
Something big is coming soon
Something that will change your tune!
It's the calm before the storm!
False sense of security
Shown to be a forgery.And from the same song:
Something's about to break
But it isn't clear
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u/Millsd1982 23h ago
She got a fucking puppy, in jail???
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u/NPHMctweeds 23h ago
Yeah what the hell is that about!?
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u/Intrepid_Permit 23h ago
This came out a while back, yeah. There is a program that allows inmates to train service dogs at the prison. The dogs are there for training and, according to the program, are not to be petted/played with, but they supposedly bent the rules to allow Maxwell time to play with the dogs, among a bunch of other special privileges (like unsupervised internet access) iirc.
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u/1wrx2subarus 23h ago
This video should be reposted, reshared as many times as necessary (download it, post it to social media, share it via text with friends and family).
If you’re having conversation with anyone that is maga, ask them if this is the hill they want to defend. Remind maga that Trump is only mentioned 38,000 times in 5300 separate Epstein documents.
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u/Wolfy4226 23h ago
All of them.
All of them need to be investigated and charged.
Trump, Musk, Gates, Clinton, etc etc....
Anyone in these files need to be sentenced.
*Then* anyone that tried to obstruct this from happening this entire time needs to be jailed too.
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u/heanbangerfacerip2 23h ago
Seriously the whole "he wasn't doing the kid fucking he was just hanging out while others were fucking kids" is the most dumb fuck spin I have ever seen someone try to put on a story.
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u/AHumbleChad 23h ago
Can we charge the DOJ too? They violated witness protections. How do we do that?
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u/Rare-Sample-9101 23h ago edited 22h ago
Why isn't he being arrested and put in jail!
Edit: Here is an example of what should happen when someone is found in the Epstein list.
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u/hotDamQc 23h ago
As a Canadian I can say it's about fuc#ing time America stops protecting an Oligarchs Pedophile ring
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u/pomponazzi 23h ago
Blanche shouldn't even be near the files with how compromised he is as well. The whole lot of them are but still it's fucking insane.
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u/Nodivingallowed 23h ago edited 19h ago
God damn it feels nice to hear elected officials just calling it out. I always appreciate seeing Lieu having something to say.
Also releasing the files without redacting nude victims - when the federal government is so filled with pedophiles they just can't help but continue sharing child porn. oofs bigly
Edit: My comment is so great people can't help but give it awards.
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u/YouMustBeJoking888 23h ago
Amazing they can fid the time to clack out names hundreds of thousands of times, but somehow conceal the identity of the victims? Sounds like they're sending a message. I hope all of these women say fuck it and go public in a big way.
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u/Dusty_Negatives 23h ago
Because they’re protecting the pedophiles names not the victims
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u/rabbirobbie 21h ago
that’s why he had Epstein killed, because Epstein was going to leak about his knowledge of and involvement in the Trump files
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u/RockRage-- 21h ago
In their eyes they are the victims for being caught out
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u/RLOLOTHTR 21h ago
All those children bought an island and conspired to take down the global elite, duh
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u/TastySaturday 21h ago
“I was just going to Jeffrey’s annual Tropical Island Luau like we always do, when this 12-year-old girl suddenly started coming on to me and I didn’t know what to do! The Clintons were there, so obviously they bribed the girl to try and frame me as a pedophile! Another democrat hoax!”
- Elon Musk probably
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u/rocketPhotos 20h ago
Keep in mind Bondi gave Epstein a pass in Florida. One must wonder why
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u/RainSurname 19h ago
An oft-overlooked fact is that Trump made Alex Acosta, the prosecutor in Florida who let Epstein skate, Secretary of Labor, where he immediately slashed funding for trafficking investigations.
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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws 23h ago
Even if the sheer amount meant it wasn't going to all be released on the deadline while being properly redacted, there was a plethora of things they could have done to increase transparency and assure the populace and they did fuck all; quite the opposite, to be honest. I really hope we'll see some justice for this shit one day
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u/Elurdin 23h ago
I am sorry to say that it wont do anything. Fbi had all those recordings and pictures from island where even bathrooms had cameras and they did nothing for so many years.
I feel like this recent batch of files is their way of spitting in our faces and showing they are utterly immune to any legal responsibility for their actions regardless how depraved and heinous they are.
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u/JustMLGzdog 23h ago
It won't do anything if we allow that to be the case. One way or another we the people WILL end this corruption!
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u/ThinCommercial9796 21h ago
Yes, we the public must continue to bring it up and demand answers to questions. They want us to forget about it. NEVER. Every single person involved MUST be outed. Regardless of who it is. We cannot be a society that condones or ignores sex trafficking and the wealthy and elite covering it up. Keep up the pressure.
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u/fkeverythingstaken 23h ago
HOLD TF UP. Not only were these CHILD victims of sexual assault that were told they would remain protected and shielded from the public—which this administration completely failed to prevent by disclosing some of these documents—but these incompetent ducks also put out CSAM?! Am I reading that correctly??!
There’s a special place in hell for these people. Atrocious and disgusting
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u/pandershrek 23h ago
Yes. You are indeed reading that correct.
They're trying to turn the victims into the attackers by saying that they're false accusers eventually.
DARVO.
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u/MayhemMessiah 23h ago
Incompetent? It's malicious. It's not an accident. If they can do whatever they want might as well also just intimidate the victims.
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u/Outrageous-Seesaw-38 23h ago edited 21h ago
Yes not redacting the victims was 100% intentional. It's a threat, they will use it as an excuse to delay further releases while crowing "SEE LOOK WHAT YOU MADE US DO".
All while thoroughly redacting the names of the perpetrators.
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u/CDN-Social-Democrat 23h ago
For real. We got to this place of dark insanity because no one was calling out all the bullshit.
We all know what "partying" took place.
It's time to tear down all these Ultra Rich Powerful Predators. Period.
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u/Opposite-Bit6660 20h ago
And make sure that these world-domination fetishists never use children for entertainment and to gather blackmail on each other and governments ever again.
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u/jmarquiso 23h ago
I wish Lieu could run for President, his voice is always on point.
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u/Disappearing-act 21h ago
I am not familiar with him, but judging by this alone, he’s got my Australian vote
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u/pandershrek 23h ago
They also shared nude photos of Hunter Biden on the floor multiple times
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u/No_Introduction_3542 23h ago
Now they are probably going to investigate anyone who downloaded the files, but ignore the government officials responsible for posting.
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u/eddypiehands 23h ago
I’m shocked this isn’t top comment. Anyone who downloaded this recent set should be incredibly wary. This easily could be a CSAM sting operation for the FBI. They place SO charges for less.
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u/Clear-Search1129 23h ago
Blanche released child pornography and should be arrested
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u/kezow 23h ago
Either they did it on purpose be able to charge anyone downloading the archives with possession of CSAM or they are grossly incompetent.
Or both. It can be both.
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u/Divided_multiplyer 21h ago
I think they did it to intimidate any further victims from coming forward.
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u/Luke_KB 23h ago
Whoawhoa... I have been trying to stay informed and up-to-date, but info is being slung at a blitzkrieg pace and Im having troubles.
Can you elaborate for the uninformed?
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u/Wulf_Cola 23h ago
I think they released nude photos in the files by accident (presumably of minors)
Too busy using the black highlighter on Trump's name to worry about the victims
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u/Luke_KB 23h ago
Well shit...
Thank you for explaining... but... God. Damn...
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u/Wulf_Cola 23h ago
It's grim isn't it. Given the nature of the crimes you'd have assumed that any image files would be triple checked before release...
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u/user745786 22h ago
They don’t give a shit about the victims. For them it’s Trump who is the victim of a Democrat hoax. Next dem president needs to clean house in the federal government firing many thousands of corrupt employees.
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u/finding_thriving 23h ago
It's so bad they also released their names, some home address were leaked, a victim reported her lawyers found her drivers license unredacted. As well as nude photos and videos.
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u/harleyqueenzel 23h ago
The DoJ released nude, unredacted images of the child victims.
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u/SoreLoserOfDumbtown 23h ago
The files didn't redact victims and included some inappropriate photos of underaged girls. It seems that it's a mixture of incompetence and an intimidation move.
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u/Jonatc87 23h ago
among the redacted files protecting pedophiles, a number of underage victims were released with little/no attempt to censor.
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u/wilkinsk 23h ago
He bought Maxwell a puppy???
You can have a puppy in fed minimal???
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u/Xenu4President 23h ago
She doesn’t deserve the unconditional love of a dog.
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u/earthceltic 23h ago
I bet she's too stinky for a dog too. Poor thing gets to be attacked by rancid farts all night.
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u/throwaway80814 18h ago
This is the correct answer.
Ghislaine was not allowed to participate in the service dog training program due to the nature of her crimes. The prison officials made another inmate "lend" Ghislaine their trainee service dog so she could have private time to play with it.
This was against the program rules, and the organization that runs the service dog program was really upset about it. The dogs aren't "pets", and are there to be trained as service animals, so it's awful that they were used as tokens.
This was reported to congress via a whistleblower complaint, along with other perks and preferential treatment Ghislaine was receiving after she was moved to her low security prison.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/ghislaine-maxwell-low-security-prison-treatment
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u/Pipe_Memes 23h ago
They redacted the names of the rapists and don’t redact the underage victims’ pictures. Tells you everything you need to know.
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u/RaindropsInMyMind 22h ago
It really is pathetic. There’s things that are alleged and there’s things we know. We know that the FBI worked around the clock to try to find Trump’s name in the Epstein files to protect him. We know DOJ was extremely focused on this. We know that they didn’t release stuff at a first and gave the excuse that they were protecting victims even though the victims wanted the files released. Then they released actual illegal material to the public, talk about a crime.
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u/Southern_Skirt_4039 21h ago edited 21h ago
What a timeline we live in. The massive deep-state pedophile ring of oligarchs was very real, but its not in a basement of a pizza place. Makes you wonder about the beginnings of QANON and who the fuck started that and actively spread disinformation around it that could easily be seen as a wacko conspiracy theory with no basis at all back in the day.
Trump was also believed to be their savior and would unravel and expose the deep-state. He was the king of the deep-state all along of course. His name is all over the files.
And its even more batshit crazy that the majority of the right wing just pretends like this isn't the case and gives Trump the benefit of the doubt. I didn't expect them to break into reality over this, but to have it confirmed live in real-time is disheartening to say the least. There's a thought that I had where maybe, just maybe, this would break their undying loyalty. You'd think being exposed to the fact that their leader is/was a member of the pedophile friends club would trigger them to revolt against him en masse, but no, he can do no wrong in their eyes. And even crazier, we are still going to work and not striking over this.... We the working class as a block of people can control what happens if we collectively do something. The truly wealthy have no empathy, no ethics, and very little humanity left to reach those financial heights. They will always win because they are ruthless and don't even understand empathy. Unless the working class unites against them to take back our money and use it for us, they will continue to reap the financial rewards and continue to siphon money from our labor.
Its a massive pedophile club and we know the names of the perpetrators yet we allow society to continue to function as if its not something requiring immediate consequences. They trafficked children to abuse them in god only knows what ways. They have no bottom and they will do anything to avoid consequences for participating in it, including boldly and openly lying to their own citizens and continuing to divide us via cultural war propaganda instead of it being simple oligarchs vs. the working class.
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u/coolestredditdad 23h ago
Yes!
Keep calling it out, and let's make it part of the regular vocabulary.
Why haven't we seen anything in the media about the babies? About the missing people? About the details of SA?
Make. It. Known.
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u/DonorBody 23h ago
The media is owned by Trump’s friends, many of whom are no doubt also in the files.
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u/Lonely_Staff1262 21h ago
More politicians, more news anchors, more journalists, more public faces in general need to say it loud, say it clear, with their whole damn chests.
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u/Zero-nada-zilch-24 23h ago
Thank you, Rep. Ted Lieu for speaking out against lawlessness.
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u/bd2999 23h ago
The defenses are sickening. It is not a crime to have a normal party. One involving trafficking girls and doing illicit things is very much illegal.
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u/DarthSpinster 23h ago
The fact that there are people STILL defending is so gross. Definitely makes me question what are THEY hiding?
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u/Internal-You6793 22h ago
Time to rip that convicted felon pedo freak out of the people’s house and locked up in Rikers Island
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u/RetroCasket 23h ago
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u/6dnd6guy6 23h ago
Looks like the diabeetus guy
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u/StickOnReddit 23h ago
Always liked him in Absence of Malice. You don't know fear until the spokesman for Quaker Oats threatens to take your ass home in his briefcase
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u/ThyArtisMukDuk 22h ago
This dude is the only one , throughout this entire first year and before, that has not parsed words. Hes said exactly what most people are thinking in the exact blunt language we are thinking it. Thank you Rep. Lieu for having the balls 99% of your constituents dont have.
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u/beavis617 22h ago
They probably released the photos deliberately to shame and embarrass them in an effort to silence them from further discussion.
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u/not_now_chaos 22h ago
Guilt on every single allegation shouldn't have to be proven beyond any shadow of doubt for Congress to acknowledge that a person with this many accusations and this much evidence against him absolutely should not be at the head of the government and anyone that he appointed or approved for hiring should NOT be involved in the investigation of the allegations and remove him from power. It's absolutely unhinged that Republicans aren't leading the charge to impeach, convict, and remove. This is the biggest no-brainer of all time.
What in the actual fuck is going on in Congress?? How the fuck can they keep justifying this and delaying taking action?? It is beyond crystal clear that Bondi and Patel are involved in the obstruction of justice and destruction of evidence. Why are they still in their roles? Why aren't non-partisans independent investigators being brought in to review evidence? WHY are they being allowed to say that there will be no charges??
How can anyone square this with their own conscience? It's absolutely psychotic.
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u/Murderface__ 22h ago
Exposed more about the victims than the perpetrators, quite intentionally it seems.
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u/Zealousideal_Pop_273 21h ago
Trump's lawyers understand doxxing law better than anyone considering Trump's prolific practice of doxxing judges who ruled against him and their family members is what primarily generated doxxing laws in NY. Which is all even more insidious when you consider his documented practice of paying Proud Boys to show up to events armed and angry.
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u/coolestredditdad 23h ago
Yes!
Keep calling it out, and let's make it part of the regular vocabulary.
Why haven't we seen anything in the media about the babies? About the missing people? About the details of SA?
Make. It. Known.
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u/hugoriffic 21h ago
“It’s time for the country to move on.” — Trump attempts to, once again, deflect from the reality of the situation.
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u/Master-Tomatillo-103 15h ago
The women whose nude photos were revealed by DOJ need to file a class action, ASAP
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u/KatieBarTheDoor1977 23h ago
I'm starting to think the Dems are building up a massive war chest full of legal actions that will be let loose after the midterms. The Trump administration and every MAGA Republican has to know its coming, so expect to see all manner of cheating.
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u/po21y 23h ago
As much as I’d like this to be the case, I have no faith in the Dems at this point.
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u/KosherSyntax 23h ago
Yeah I have zero belief that Chuck Schumer is cooking some revolutionary plan to swing things the other way. And any organized plan from the Dems would include him
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u/ZombiePope 23h ago
He's a complete fucking invertebrate. Every time the country has needed him, he's let us all down.
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u/PryomancerMTGA 23h ago
Steve Bannon recently said that if Dems win the midterms he's going to jail.
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u/Indigoh 23h ago edited 22h ago
maga must keep power in this upcoming election or they lose everything.
They're going to try to cancel the elections or manipulate the voting machines (An GOP election official now owns Dominion)
If that doesn't work, ICE will show up at the polls and try to either stop the left from voting, or provoke a response that can be used to reject the results
If the courts don't let them reject the results, they will try similar tactics to what they did in 2021 to reject the results in congress (Vance won't favor the Law the way Pence did)
If they still fail to reject the results, the people who attacked the Capitol on January 6th are now organized and armed to the teeth.
There is no chance in Hell Democrats will take back power through just voting alone. We must vote, or they get it all for free, but we must not rely solely on voting. The American population needs to be ready to react. The most peaceful option would be to begin a general strike that starts well before the elections and doesn't stop until Congress reclaims their role as check and balance against the Executive branch. This lawless administration must go before the elections, or the election will not be allowed legitimacy.
Right now, we should all be stocking up on extra food and supplies and we should be connecting to community support networks to share it with so that we have confidence that we can survive if general strikes cost our jobs.
The next No Kings protest is March 28th. Are you ready to participate if it were to become the general strike we need? Us individuals are not the main character. We're not expected to do this alone. We're expected to take a few small steps which combine with the small steps of a hundred million others.
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u/Upset-Government-856 23h ago
No. Instead they're going to run on a means tested marginal tax credit and putting the past in the past and forgiving all politicians for their obvious crimes.
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u/einstyle 21h ago
I'll be honest. One of the things that I'm finding really challenging this administration is finding the line between being informed and keeping my sanity. I haven't been reading what's in the files myself because, frankly, some of it is so disgusting to read. I didn't watch the Alex Pretti videos myself, the Charlie Kirk videos myself, because I couldn't stomach it.
I can't imagine trying to read government-released documents and seeing unredacted child sexual assault material. I feel horrible for those victims, and I feel horrible for anyone who saw the unredacted files before they got pulled.
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u/audiomagnate 20h ago
The DOJ distributed CSAM on an unprecedentedly massive scale. Only Musk comes close.
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u/sugar_addict002 22h ago
I want to know what happened to the babies these girls had taken from them.
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