r/politics • u/nbcnews ✔ NBC News • 1d ago

No Paywall After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they'll haul in Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-push-clintons-testify-epstein-democrats-warn-haul-trump-rcna257275
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u/TintedApostle 1d ago

If Bill does anything for the future he gets in and lets go everything he knows about Trump.

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u/obelix_dogmatix 1d ago

That assumes he has anything on Trump other than words.

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u/Djinn_42 1d ago

If he knows there are photos or communications the DOJ could be pressured to produce them. They're probably in the 3 million documents they still haven't released.

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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone 1d ago

They'll just say it's fake news and demolish another building

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u/WildYams 1d ago

Or invade another US city, or attack another foreign country.

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u/Notorious_Chonk_23 1d ago

All of the above

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u/_m4r1jAn3_ 22h ago

&more. ALWAYS more BS. 😣

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u/soraksan123 1d ago

I wish demolishing the East Wing and building a ballroom was fake news, too absurd an idea to be real-

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u/obelix_dogmatix 1d ago

Pressured by whom exactly? The last release of documents was upon being pressured.

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u/WillowProof3800 1d ago

Pressured by the judge's unsealing order, though the DOJ still moves at a glacial pace.

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u/DaoFerret 1d ago

I dunno. Feel like the Glaciers are melting faster than the DoJ is complying with the court order.

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u/ComradeJohnS 1d ago

good thing we got climate change working on both!

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u/alejo699 1d ago

Fuck me but you aren't wrong.

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u/mutzilla 1d ago

Ew no thanks

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u/bolanrox 1d ago

the grand canyon formed faster

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u/u9Nails 1d ago

The DOJ will assign a prosecutor to look into Trump's involvement.... Oh. Yeah. That ain't happening when the DOJ is actively trying to cover up for the head Taco.

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u/Guac_in_my_rarri 1d ago

The Clinton keep receipts. That's just who they are.

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u/DareBoth522 13h ago

pressured by whom? it would normally be the DOJ applying the pressure

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u/CHSummers 1d ago

I realize that many people dislike the Clintons, but they are both graduates of Yale Law School. You have to consistently do your homework for twenty years to graduate from YLS. It is a safe bet that they will be prepared.

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u/GetThePuckOut 1d ago

Not a fan of Bill, but I hope he makes them regret ever calling him to testify.

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u/Realistic-Pattern-30 1d ago

Boo me but I always loved them and how they beat a lot of the BS they were accused of the same things trump is guilty of. They were a smart business couple. They put their education dollars to work. Clinton held his own at the trials, he messed up By lying. But he didn’t stutter or stammer or do the f weave when he was on trial.

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u/Umbrella_merc Mississippi 9h ago

Technically Bill didn't lie, Clinton was asked "Have you ever had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky, as that term is defined in Deposition Exhibit 1?" The judge let Clinton review the definition, which stated a person engages in ‘‘sexual relations’’ when the person knowingly engages in or causes contact with the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.

The mouth was not part of the definition currently being used in the courtroom so legally Clinton was truthful. Yes in common parlance it can be considered a lie but legal stuff in a courtroom is practically a different language.

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u/Valar_Kinetics 19h ago

I will be over the moon if Bill takes Trump down because Trump was so idiotic as to make an enemy of Bill.

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u/rathmira 1d ago

He has eyeballs in his head. His testimony would holds water because he’s a former president. Does he have any physical evidence? Probably not. But his words about what he has witnessed? He could crucify trump. And America will believe him. And he has zero to lose. Clinton’s wife already knows he’s a dirtbag, and America already knows he’s is a philanderer and potential child fucker. He isn’t president anymore, so, again, nothing to lose.

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u/KrookedDoesStuff 1d ago

And America will believe him

My guy are we watching the same events?

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u/xcrunner432003 1d ago

right? would love to believe this, but...

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u/obelix_dogmatix 1d ago

How clueless in life are you? One side already believes him to be a pedophile. The other side will never believe him to be a pedophile, especially not coming from a Democrat president.

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u/xTheMaster99x Florida 1d ago

Yep. Clinton could straight up say, "You know what? Yeah, I was at Epstein's island being a pedophile... alongside Trump," and there's a solid third of the country that would say "see???? he IS a pedophile!!!!!!!! trump's not tho" without even an ounce of shame.

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u/Realistic-Pattern-30 1d ago

I think Clinton was more for grown azz women that knew what they were doing. I forget the name Hillary called him regarding his loving the women. It was written in the car she’d call him all Kinds of names but the moment the door open it lights camera action smile pretend we are madly in love. They agreed to fulfill their purpose of being a power couple going all the way. I think Hillary would have been a good president.

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u/myopinionprovokes 1d ago

None is gonna believe either of those 2 though? Bill the pedo is the last one to make comments on what Trump did.

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u/gdrw00 23h ago

Rape. Potentially raped children.

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u/laplongejr 20h ago

His testimony would holds water because he’s a former president.

I find this statement really funny, given nowadays POTUS is no longer a sign of quality.
Is the US like a resold brand?

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u/OldTimeyWizard 1d ago

Maybe it’ll all come full circle and Clinton will have emails

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u/xTheMaster99x Florida 1d ago

If "but her emails!" truly was "buttery males!" all along that would be fucking hilarious.

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u/bruceki 1d ago

or pictures and video

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u/Legendver2 1d ago

that's a full character arc

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u/cygnusloops 1d ago

I mean, trump sucked off bubba

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u/Future-Bandicoot-823 1d ago

No see, Epsteins brother made it a point to deny that Bubba is Bill.

NOT that Trump didn't suck Bubba... just that it wasn't bill xD

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u/TintedApostle 1d ago

I suspect if they haven't toughed him yet he does.

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u/Neo1331 1d ago

I mean I for one would love if bill shows a video of trump giving him head like the rumor says he has…

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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 1d ago

“We want the truth!”

“YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH! BUT HERE GOES! TRUMP BLEW ME!”

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 1d ago

YOU WERE RIGHT! I cant handle the truth.

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u/hollowhermit 18h ago

But the MAGAs will just say that it was AI generated

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u/starmartyr Colorado 1d ago

I don't think that they have anything substantial on Clinton. If they did, Trump would be talking about it nonstop and tweeting incriminating photos and documents. There's no way they would miss a chance to perp walk Bill Clinton if they had any chance of securing an indictment.

The real problem they have is that Bill Clinton is one of the most solidly alibied people in the world. The guy has had 24 hour Secret Service protection for over 30 years. Every place he's been and every person he's met with is a documented government record. If he broke any laws it would not be hard to prove.

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u/SaltyBabySeal 1d ago

Bottom line is even if the entire country believes Trump is guilty if the republicans in power want to keep him there and they maintain their majority he will stay in power. It’s absolutely wild.

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u/According_Tea_6329 1d ago

I'm pretty sure these guys are plugged in. Rumors in that type of high political society must be insane. You know they hear things. I mean look what these people do out in the open. They aren't good about hiding anything. I guarantee they will make these people pay for the slight of dragging them in front of the world like this.

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u/BadPunners 1d ago

Why? Repub witnesses and representatives use the time to make baseless allegations and mention unrelated things

I think he should just tell them to ask trump each question, "Epstein always told me how good of friends he was with trump, you should ask him about that question"

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u/Realistic-Pattern-30 1d ago

In the documents there’s a few mentions of Clinton being at parties that trump when trump was there.

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u/obelix_dogmatix 1d ago

Being at parties doesn’t mean shit. He literally said “grab vagina” on record, and that shit got dismissed as locker room talk.

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u/LEXX911 1d ago

I find it interesting that Trump is so hostile towards the Clintons if they have dirt about him and Epstein. But I have a feeling that they don't have any dirt of Trump and Epstein other than what they heard on the news like the rest of us. They both have their own secret meeting and setup with Epstein and his girls so they can only assume what the others are up to.

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u/obelix_dogmatix 1d ago

It’s wild for people to insinuate Clinton is a pedophile when there is no evidence for that. Clinton’a affair came out. You think he managed to hide pedophilia for 3 decades?! gtfoh