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cali

(114,904 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 09:04 AM Jan 2016

Both the Democratic and Republican Parties have a Jeffrey Epstein problem

This is a long investigative piece about Trump's relationship with Epstein. Civil cases against Epstein from women who were under legal age, claiming that Epstein exploited and prostituted them out to powerful, famous men, are wending through the courts.


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Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a financier and political donor. He is also a convicted sex offender who is the subject of ongoing litigation from at least a dozen of his then-underage victims.

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Yet despite Bill Clinton's ties to Epstein and Trump's stated willingness to make Clinton's sexual past an issue in the campaign, Trump will almost certainly avoid bringing up Epstein's name. Because in addition to haunting Bill Clinton's past, Epstein also haunts Trump's.

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But according to someone with intimate knowledge of the situation, Trump and Epstein appeared to have a somewhat stronger connection.

"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,'' Trump told New York magazine in a 2002 profile of Epstein written three years before Epstein began to be investigated. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

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https://news.vice.com/article/the-salacious-ammo-even-donald-trump-wont-use-in-a-fight-against-hillary-clinton-bill-clinton

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Both the Democratic and Republican Parties have a Jeffrey Epstein problem (Original Post) cali Jan 2016 OP
The deeper you dig, the worse it gets. Vinca Jan 2016 #1
And those who didn't ... 'partake'... enabled and turned a blind eye. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2016 #2

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
1. The deeper you dig, the worse it gets.
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 09:07 AM
Jan 2016

The wealthy seem to think they're entitled to everything . . . monetary and otherwise.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. And those who didn't ... 'partake'... enabled and turned a blind eye.
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 09:16 AM
Jan 2016

Standing by family and friends and pretending nothing was going on.

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