• Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    The thing about the Epstein files that a lot of people don’t realize is that the fact it’s a scandal means that there’s an opportunity to get justice at some point if in the future even if the system is broken. In a lot of places around the world, this shit is legalized and nobody cares. For example, in my home country of Iraq all of this is legal and a lot of powerful religious clerics do the same shit as these criminals, and nobody bats an eye. We live in a depraved world that’s governed by the wicked.

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    5 hours ago

    Finally, a unique speech not copied from Michelle Obama.

    Turns out, Michelle and her husband were never on Epstein’s island, so nothing to deny.

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      Muddy waters here

      From what I’ve gathered

      1. There may be photos being released soon, and her legal team is trying to preempt it by denying it.

      idk how law works, but I don’t know what preempting it is meant to do


      1. there is supposedly a (plausibly deepfaked) image floating around the boomer side of the internet:

      I haven’t seen it nor tried to find it. Last time I checked Facebook, I learned several horrific slurs for ethnic groups I did not even know existed


      1. Maybe, she finally caught wind of her name being mentioned alongside Epstein

      I’ve met people who just check the news and/or the internet once per year, if ever


      1. Some other Trump administration political strategy

      I’m legit not intelligent enough to understand nor recall the explanation there


      Probably a legal thing. Photos/Documents may be releasing soon

      If not, yeah…

      Just more bizarre

      Like if I announced:

      “I did not rinse my unwashed genitals in the spahetti after I cooked it”

      In the middle of a family dinner.

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      No one knows what story she’s denying, or what images she’s claiming are fake. The most likely possibility is that someone is preparing to release a story on the links between her and Epstein. It’s standard practice in journalism to contact the subject of a piece, inform them of the contents of that piece, and offer them an opportunity to comment. A request for comment on an upcoming story seems a likely trigger for this reaction. The entire speech strikes me as a thinly veiled threat, essentially saying “If you publish your story I will sue you for defamation.”

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        Can’t sue for defamation if the commentary is either true or had reasonable belief to be so

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          That’s… not how it works. They absolutely can sue, but they’re not supposed to be able to win (or the case ought to be thrown, not completely sure). With all the current bullshit I’m not sure what would happen, though.

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      makes me feel dirty just thinking about any of them, there is something deeply disgusting about these “people”

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    this is the first time i heard her talk and probably the last and I can’t be the only one. she must know about something that will come out and thankfully handled it like an absolute troglodyte so we all know now to pay close attention

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    Is she even in the files? Besides the photos we’ve all seen?

    I didn’t know there was a debate about her relationship with Epstein or how she ended up in the US. Now I do. All she’s done is draw attention to herself.

    I used to think she was a clever gold digger but now all I see is a narcissistic moron. Same as her shit-scented husband.

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      My speech on me not being a sex trafficker has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my speech on how I’m not a sex trafficker

      – Melania, probably

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      Ivana his 2nd wife who’s burried on the golf course is. She was a recruiter. Also Don Jr, Eric and Ivanka’s mom.

      Makes sense Melania is the same

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    None of the other first lady’s HAD TO MAKE a speech about not being a sex trafficker…

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    She absolutely did not have sexual relations with these people… uhm mr Epstein, and ms Maxwell, or any of their ephebe escorts, nor passed them along to friends and acquaintances.