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Elon Musk has said an Axios report that the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had concluded there was no evidence of a Jeffrey Epstein client list was the "final straw".

The report also said the agencies had concluded there was no credible evidence the disgraced financier and pedophile blackmailed high-profile and prominent individuals, and confirmed that surveillance footage showed Epstein had killed himself in prison.

"So... umm... then what is Ghislaine Maxwell in prison for?" Musk posted to his X platform, referring to Epstein's former girlfriend and associate who procured underage girls for him to abuse.

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[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

c'mon do it, you jilted sycophantic cuck. you were born to engage in political corruption, get burned by people better at it than you, than lash out at them in a tantrum fueled by your delusions of having conflicted morals. just do it

[–] hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

#DO THE MANCHILD HUSK

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bullshit.

This is all hoked-up drama to distract the masses while they push us into working poverty.

[–] benny@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago

Agent Krasnov and whatever KGB names Elon and his father have been given would agree.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 197 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"I know for a fact there is a client list, because we both are on it"

[–] BossDj@piefed.social 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I wonder where they're all flying these days. Who's keeping the current list? How many years from now does someone come forward to tell the same story

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd love for the holder of such blackmail material to be at the end of their lives and go full 'fuck them al'-mode and just spill the beans

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

And nothing would happen, again. They own the media and can buy the judges for what equates to pennies for them. If we want penalties, we need guillotines.

[–] pawnfuture@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It's a ridiculous thing to imagine that only the US possesses intel about Epstein. I'm sure a foreign government will leak more about Trump's involvement with Epstein. Virginia Giuffre named Trump in addition to others and she recently "committed suicide."

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Who’s keeping the current list?

Mossad?

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 121 points 2 days ago (57 children)

As a Republican this Leaves me ANGRY because I THOUGHT the CLINTONS were on that List but if Trump, who was Epstein's Best Friend, says there is No List then that means the CLINTONS never Raped kids either!

[–] nolannice@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Honestly I think it's kind of funny the administration is trying to bury this, because there is already very public information on Trump being a rapist and making creepy remarks towards young girls.

If it releases with him on it his supporters would absolutely do the mental gymnastics required to use it as proof the liberal elite are an evil cabal, while also insisting that dear leader is blameless.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

Really wouldn't be that hard, they could point to several passages in the Bible that could justify him being a rapist and paedophile because they took it wildly out of context. IIRC Mary was something like 13 when she's was betrothed to Joseph.

The Bible contradicts a lot about how these guys handle stuff while invoking it, but that's one area where, because of the times in which it's referencing, there are examples that fit their narrative. Honestly I'm surprised they haven't used that already, but it's probably because none of them have actually read it.

[–] TheCleric@lemmy.org 31 points 2 days ago

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/trump-epstein-2016-complaint.pdf

This court filing is horrific and names both trump and Epstein as defendants. The victim withdrew after the deposition, if I’m remembering correctly.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 day ago

an evil cabal

There’s that word, which Marjorie TG mispronounced as cable in a Qanon promotional video years ago. Fucking dumbass.

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 days ago

I know the /s is there (mentally) but the idea that someone is mad that kids weren't raped is abhorrent.

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[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (8 children)

No one ever asks why Epstein was allowed to kill himself. Who gave the order to take him off suicide watch? I remember people at the time screaming that it was a bad idea.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

That would be Bill Barr. Look into it yourself but Bill probably had Epstein killed, he's the guy who knows what happened.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the onus ultimately falls upon the head of the DOJ at the time (Barr, if I recall correctly), who was appointed by trump, and at the time loyal to him.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 days ago

And whose father had previously employed Epstein as a teacher.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Why didn't he suicide himself the first time he was in jail?

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 60 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Padme: you are going to release the video footage, right?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 73 points 2 days ago

There is no evidence... anymore.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

there is zero reason for anyone to believe Epstein killed himself even if we are given direct evidence from the state itself. everything from them is suspect and should not be trusted regardless of the quality provided. why would anyone listen to the words of a government that inherently distrusts its citizens and wants, objectively, the worst for them? even if Epstein actually did kill himself we are never going to accept that as a society and honestly, we shouldn't, because this is absolutely something those in power would do and we should never forget that or become complacent to it.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The title of that article should be "Elon Musk Gets His Name In Print Again"

Because there's nothing there, really. I'm reading an old book ("old" meaning twenty years which is not old but- ) it has used Newsweek as a source of truth several times. Because there was a time it was considered to be so.

It is not now. Whoever owns it is playing a bad game of chicken with journalism.

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