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no_hypocrisy

(54,515 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:32 AM Dec 9

Would Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have continued their "enterprise" [View all]

if Trump hadn't been nominated and elected POTUS in 2016?

While I can't prove it, I get the feeling they would be. Trump inadvertently put the spotlight on them.

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Would Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have continued their "enterprise" [View all] no_hypocrisy Dec 9 OP

Maybe someone took over the organization. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #1

"someone" would have needed the "client: list and how much epstein was taking each for rampartd Dec 9 #6

Exactly. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #8

No doubt in my mind he was a partner. Trump would never pass up this opportunity. travelingthrulife Dec 9 #9

seems like Epstein kept his activities low key after his initial arrest in 2008 LymphocyteLover Dec 9 #2

There was blackmailing going on at high levels. He filmed everyone in all his properties doing everything. Scrivener7 Dec 9 #3

I meant low-key in terms of the active pedophilia-- my sense anyway LymphocyteLover Dec 9 #4

According to Epstein's former butler, Valdson Vieira Cotrin, Coldwater Dec 9 #5

Criminal enterprises never cease. usonian Dec 9 #7

Would the Miami Herald have pursued the story? karynnj Dec 9 #10