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HCR: Chicago and Epstein (and Trumpster) Sept. 6, '25:
Very interesting.....journalist Michael Wolff apparently had interviewed Epstein at length during Dumps 1st term:
According to Wolff, Epstein believed Trump had notified the police about what was going on at Epstein’s house, which he knew because he was a frequent visitor. Marshall speculates that Johnson mentioned that Trump was an informant because that information could well be in the files the Department of Justice has, and they’re trying to spin it ahead of time to make it sound like Trump was a hero.
But both Wolff and Marshall note that if indeed Trump turned the FBI onto Epstein, it shows he knew what was taking place at Epstein’s properties.
Johnson’s claim that Trump was an FBI informant suggests Trump’s team is worried that as more and more people get access to the files, it will be increasingly difficult to hide what’s in them. Trump's demand for Republicans’ loyalty suggests that at least some of them are starting to recalculate it. And that, in turn, might have something to do with why he is putting troops in the streets.
Marshall calls attention to a recent interview in which Wolff said that Epstein suspected Trump was laundering money for a Russian oligarch—and indeed, Trump did flip the property to a Russian oligarch for a profit of more than $50 million a few years after buying it—and threatened to sue Trump, bringing the money laundering to light. At that point, the Epstein investigation began.
Money laundering, especially with foreign national, would be a serious issue. Is this what Putin has a hold on him? Something that is beyond some embarrassing stuff ?
It appears that Johnson is deflecting the narrative away from Trump.
Exactly as described by the WSJ. Even from this bunch of skilled liars, there is not enough deflection in the world to paper over this situation and what is surely going to follow.
And that includes the job losses, inflation and the rest of it. The train will just barrel ahead.
The country voted-in TWICE a decrepit, amoral, criminal felon, un-dead Orange bag of reprehensible slime. "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Is this country still worth saving? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)#Canto_III:_Vestibule_of_Hell
there will soon come a time when gop craze about epstein will go the way of musk. ~90% of the 'most sensitive' information has not been released, and a trickle of the trivial can go on for years. there is an overwhelming public record of trump hanging out with epstein for years, and it wasn't for the jewish jokes.
there is no direct evidence of pedophilia by trump, and may never be. one may notice several suspicious deaths, and unusual treatment, of persons that did and may have 1st-person accounting (but no video evidence, so it becomes just another 'disagreement'). there is no sign to limits to rightwing spin regardless of what gets made public in the next 3 years.
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It appears that Johnson is deflecting the narrative away from Trump.
And that includes the job losses, inflation and the rest of it. The train will just barrel ahead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)#Canto_III:_Vestibule_of_Hell
there is an overwhelming public record of trump hanging out with epstein for years, and it wasn't for the jewish jokes.
there is no direct evidence of pedophilia by trump, and may never be. one may notice several suspicious deaths, and unusual treatment, of persons that did and may have 1st-person accounting (but no video evidence, so it becomes just another 'disagreement').
there is no sign to limits to rightwing spin regardless of what gets made public in the next 3 years.