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FakeNoose

(41,560 posts)
32. I think I understand what you're saying
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 06:00 PM
Feb 8

You're making the distinction between the age of the girls when they were recruited for Epstein's "private stock" and when they were turned over to the other men who may be involved.

The distinction is that Epstein himself was only interested in girls under 18. Most of the recruits were around 15 or 16. Many were high school dropouts and runaways. Once they reached 18, he kept them in his "group" by giving them money or paying their tuition etc. But they were expected to be part of the scenery at his parties in one way or another, and they could say "no" whenever they wanted to. So Epstein wasn't actually pimping the girls per se, he was bringing them in as eye candy, and enabling the men to meet them and take it from there.

If that's what you are saying, I think I agree ... for the most part. A girl who worked for Epstein and stayed around for 2 or more years would have aged out anyway. At that point the older girls were encouraged to recruit younger girls for Epstein, or else they could be enterprising and find a sugar daddy on their own. Those girls who stayed were already buying into the whole thing, plus they had reached the age of consent in most cases.

Perhaps the feds are looking at it this with an extremely narrow definition of "rape," "consent," and "trafficking," in which case they can hold their noses and say nothing was there.

My own opinion is that Bill Barr probably removed anything that incriminated Chump as soon as he got his hands on Epstein's evidence. But there's so much to go through that he could have missed a lot too. Don't forget that Barr wanted to resign as soon as Chump lost the election in 2020. He'd already had over a year to paw through Epstein's documents, and he was probably disgusted as anyone would have been.

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What load of bullshit UpInArms Feb 8 #1
Was this before or after Bill Barr destroyed the evidence? FakeNoose Feb 8 #2
Captives don't have to be told what's expected of them. underpants Feb 8 #3
Whitewashing at its finest. Ritabert Feb 8 #4
Seriously? ._. Feb 8 #5
It's J. Edgar Hoover's on steroids. quaint Feb 8 #19
My father's FBI... GiqueCee Feb 8 #33
So, I guess all those politicians in Europe who are resigning from their posts MLWR Feb 8 #6
Just one more example of the FBI's lack of credibility under Trump. patphil Feb 8 #7
It's now official that there ain't a cow in Texas. raccoon Feb 8 #8
The longhorns have up and vanished! electric_blue68 Feb 8 #30
That is what I've also concluded after carefully watching the whole story unfold AZJonnie Feb 8 #9
I have to ask... 2naSalit Feb 8 #11
Yes I have, and yes I have paid a considerable attention to details, though I may've missed something AZJonnie Feb 8 #23
Did you forget the sarcsm thingy? niyad Feb 8 #14
First thing i thought of after reading your post bluestarone Feb 8 #16
Yes, I suppose I'd be as terrible at it as 17 years worth of federal prosecutors across 5 POTUS terms (nt) AZJonnie Feb 8 #24
I think I understand what you're saying FakeNoose Feb 8 #32
That's the jist yes, but I also think he and Brunel were at least in some sense trafficking young women AZJonnie Feb 9 #35
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime usonian Feb 8 #10
I can't believe the AP would report that oldmanlynn Feb 8 #12
Bovine Excrement! Pas-de-Calais Feb 8 #13
Not Borowitz or The Onion catrose Feb 8 #15
The same FBI that found no evidence of sexual abuse by Bret Kavanaugh. SunSeeker Feb 8 #17
The FBI might very well have concluded this. malthaussen Feb 8 #18
Sounds more like they aren't incorruptible. mdbl Feb 8 #20
I won't quibble. n/t malthaussen Feb 8 #21
This is the type of BS we can expect from the newly revamped Fascist Bureau of Intimidation. nt yaesu Feb 8 #22
Let me guess. It was just a different kind of chapter of the Boy Scouts and they were working on a merit badge. Vinca Feb 8 #25
Wait, what? They're gonna push this bullshit? purr-rat beauty Feb 8 #26
We need the names of the FBI people who said this... Escape Feb 8 #27
Sure, Jan. Scrivener7 Feb 8 #28
Well that's good enough for me, nothing else to see here. Buddyzbuddy Feb 8 #29
This is their next tactic. Pretend they have no evidence. LiberalLovinLug Feb 8 #31
The Patel FBI? Mysterian Feb 8 #34
found no connection to criminal activity, said another internal memo in 2019. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 9 #36
"they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men" LudwigPastorius Feb 9 #37
So why did Maxwell take the 5th? Nt RussBLib Feb 9 #38
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