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Kye
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This is no longer rumor circulating online. Its written into the files.
BREAKING: Newly released Epstein documents accuse Donald Trump of participating in a sexual assault with Jeffrey Epstein involving a young girl.
— Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) 2025-12-23T16:03:37.605Z
This is no longer rumor circulating online. Itâs written into the files.
pfitz59
(12,263 posts)how much more has been redacted, shredded, withheld or sold to Putin.
sheshe2
(95,573 posts)Court documents
— ATracy (@mntnman444.bsky.social) 2025-12-23T16:11:26.649Z
ia801203.us.archive.org/26/items/gov...
Dear God, what those girls went through. They have suffered so much pain.
Wiz Imp
(8,747 posts)of the "Katie Johnson" allegations. I'm not saying they are false, but they are far from proven.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/09/03/trump-epstein-katie-johnson/
Recent claims that new documents prove the validity of the Johnson claims are false, because these documents are from 2016 and have nothing to do with what have become known as the "Epstein docs."
Viral claims that Trump has a history of sexually assaulting children first emerged with the Johnson lawsuits in 2016. Pictures of court documents related to the case have lent perceived credibility to additional unsourced claims of child abuse that followed, and memes frequently combine the two claims.
Such claims are not new, come with several red flags and originated with an aggressive push by a serial fabulist.
pnwmom
(110,176 posts)(not the woman who eventually took up her cause) from Princeton, New Jersey.
I believe her final attorney that she withdrew out of fear.
Her association with the shady publicist has tainted this story. But I have a friend who contacted the court after the last suit was dropped and the judge's assistant told her there had been a payoff to Katie Johnson. The assistant was probably telling more than she should have. I really trust this friend. My friend was horrified that the story was going to disappear and felt compelled to dig in to it personally. She asked why they let this criminal behavior just drop simply because there had been a pay off and was told they don't pursue criminal behavior on their own without someone pushing for an investigation.
pnwmom
(110,176 posts)and accepts a settlement.
If Katie Johnson was satisfied, I don't blame her. Trying to go up against Trump all alone (to the point of filing her first action pro se) must have been so scary.
Even now many of Epstein's victims are afraid are afraid their lives will be ruined if they speak out. Trump's victims have much more reason to be afraid.
Raven123
(7,468 posts)FakeNoose
(40,005 posts)I don't believe the real "Katie Johnson" has ever come forward since shortly after this document was filed. The case was dropped before the 2016 election because "Katie Johnson" disappeared. We've been told that the real "Katie Johnson" has changed her name and location along with her entire family. We don't know if she's still alive or if she's in the US.
I believe her story, and I also believe that her and her family's lives have been threatened. If they (or she) ever come forward they will be killed before anything can be legally determined.
live love laugh
(16,172 posts)AllyCat
(18,463 posts)Hard to scrub em all.
Bengus81
(9,758 posts)dalton99a
(91,843 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,604 posts)You know, the boys and girls with conservative values, will start impeachment proceedings any day now. Or soon. Or upon further review. Because we all know how the importance of justice is to those with values. I know, youre thinking but they passed on 34 felonies and rape and moral degeneracy but golly jeepers this is what the leaders in the gop will take to task. Theyll rid the White House of the vermin or his name isnt spineless Mikey Johnson. Just wait.
leftstreet
(38,738 posts)BigMin28
(1,816 posts)Videos could surface but the powers that be and his cult would excuse him.
durablend
(8,880 posts)Yeah, that's the excuse they'll come up with.
Lochloosa
(16,662 posts)We don't CARE who is implicated. Release the files and let the American people make up their minds.
MontanaMama
(24,607 posts)Nothing will happen. Just another day in paradise.
chicoescuela
(2,590 posts)slightlv
(7,396 posts)from sex and drug parties that have both been rumored and explicitly talked about by the R's who took part, to sheltering the worst of the worst of mankind - people who rape and kill children. They all have a part in it. They're not about to turn anyone in, or testify against anyone because someone could turn around and do the same to them.
The only thing that could be done is getting them out of politics and public life altogether. But that would mean the rank and file "common man" republicans would have to grow backbones and admit their part in being... at least duped... by all these people. I don't think they're going to do anything like that. It's hard enough for a person to admit any kind of mistake, let alone being taken advantage of like the Magas have been used. Instead, they'll fight tooth and nail to disprove everything, because their emotional state won't allow anything else. And remember, THESE people are the ones who are so self-righteous about going to church all the time!
progressoid
(52,502 posts)Human trafficking was a big deal to them before the election.
Not so much anymore. Hmmm...
MustLoveBeagles
(14,520 posts)Ilsa
(63,780 posts)who has known Pedo47 for decades killed a witness or had her killed.
KS Toronado
(22,909 posts)Did you forget the
thingy?
BOSSHOG
(44,604 posts)I pass or fail on my own words. I would think my prose is obvious most of the time. Id be most surprised if republicans did the right thing. The only thing.
Justice matters.
(9,281 posts)GOP for short. (Formerly known as GQP.)
LymphocyteLover
(9,301 posts)just kidding
Just Jerome
(419 posts)What about the Clintons?
Huh?
I
Pluvious
(5,192 posts)underpants
(194,588 posts)Ilsa
(63,780 posts)the limo driver didn't act on his impulse to pull the car over.
FakeNoose
(40,005 posts)The "blind" obedience and worship of Chump will disintegrate quickly, I'm predicting this now and I believe it will start soon. Not all the Repukes will see his guilt, but enough will, and it's going to change everything.
Yes it is appalling ... but he's guilty of so much evil that it's hard to get ANY MORE DISGUSTED than I already am. This is not going away, it's just going to get worse. We need to brace ourselves.

NJCher
(42,314 posts)and it's already happening, in case anyone had a doubt.
However, that famous saying that Dems will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is apparent in the attitudes of posts 3, 4, 9, 6, 17, & 18.
I don't know how you get through a day with a losing attitude like that, I really don't.
FakeNoose
(40,005 posts)... the only escape for him is if the Grim Reaper gets him first before he gets hauled off to justice.
Some days I root for the Reaper, other days I root for Karma.

LAS14
(15,454 posts)sheshe2
(95,573 posts)I have a touch screen and am able to read it all that way.
Sorry, Las.
NoSheep
(8,313 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,747 posts)First, I'd like to see a link to the actual document on the DOJ website that contains this.
Second, it's apparently from an FBI intake document, dated October 27, 2020.
It is important to be clear. An FBI intake document records what was reported to the agency. It is not a determination of guilt, and the allegations described have not been adjudicated in court.
https://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/epstein-files-trump-rape-allegations-suicide/
The timing(immediately before the 2020 election) will certainly make it suspicious to the people who refuse to believe Trump could have done anything wrong.
So this is not necessarily the "smoking gun" many people think it is. Anyone could have made any allegation they wanted to the FBI tip line and it would have been recorded like this. It would help if someone could identify some corroborating information. Like the name of the person who was found to have committed suicide in Kiefer, OK.
I'm not saying this isn't true. To the contrary, I believe this is a pretty strong and believable allegation. I just think people should be cautious about presenting this as proof of anything until more info comes out.
Kablooie
(19,032 posts)You cant take a single source on the internet seriously unless you corroborate with multiple reliable sources.
If it is validated, an impeachment does not have to have adjudicated evidence. Not that I would expect that to happen any time soon. .
Skittles
(169,244 posts)like the meme says, the girls simply do not matter to pedo protectors
Fiendish Thingy
(21,873 posts)If true, this would be all over the news, and I havent seen it anywhere else.
So, yes, it is at best, just a rumour.
But,of course, spreading unsourced rumours and misinformation is perfectly OK, even encouraged, amirite?
sheshe2
(95,573 posts)If you tell me they are fake, then I will delete my OP.
There is no need to be rude to me.
Fiendish Thingy
(21,873 posts)sheshe2
(95,573 posts)Viewed and not erased?
I don't trust the few they have released well past the due date. They are all selective releases and VERY heavily redacted.
Wiz Imp
(8,747 posts)That doesn't make it true and there are strong reasons to be skeptical about the authenticity of her allegations. On top of that, it has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations in the original post (the bluesky post by Kye).
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/09/03/trump-epstein-katie-johnson/
Recent claims that new documents prove the validity of the Johnson claims are false, because these documents are from 2016 and have nothing to do with what have become known as the "Epstein docs."
Viral claims that Trump has a history of sexually assaulting children first emerged with the Johnson lawsuits in 2016. Pictures of court documents related to the case have lent perceived credibility to additional unsourced claims of child abuse that followed, and memes frequently combine the two claims.
Such claims are not new, come with several red flags and originated with an aggressive push by a serial fabulist.
GusBob
(8,111 posts)About someone who worked security for the Clintons, and someone was drunk and got fired and some story about the OKC bombing?
I could not make heads nor tales of that part
Wiz Imp
(8,747 posts)In my opinion, it significantly raises the skepticism about the rest of the report. There's a reference to a John Nichols having worked security for the Clintons, but there is no record of anyone by that name ever working for the Clintons. They also seem to be trying to tie this into the Okahoma City bombing in some way which makes no sense. Terry Nichols was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, not John.
After reading that, the more this comes across as nonsense.
ashredux
(2,847 posts)The people we are dealing with, the people around Trump, Trump himself, are just plain evil. Its hard to explain how people can be so evil, but they are. Usually, we think of evil people as low line drug dealers and junkies, we ignore the people at the top who were just as evil ..
Clouds Passing
(6,842 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(3,127 posts)and follow up, this should not be allow him to avoid or to shout down or to pretend he can't hear the question !!!
This is all the US national media should focus on, until he answers the questions or resigns !!!!
You owe us, you got 10 years of red meat coverage with the tool, lets send him into retirement, maybe at a supermax or at least back to Florida so he can count his crypto loot...
slightlv
(7,396 posts)but I AM tired of hearing her name being used as nominally a wipeout for everything experienced by these little girls. Even if you make a mistake here and there, believe the damned females! More often that not, the crime happened. It's just our society doesn't count female as being important enough to believe. I would daresay that every single female on DU has had her own experience, and some are still trying to work through them. As one of those affected, I can't tell you how hard it is to go through this crap with all these touchstones being brought up and tossed aside. I want to stay up on what's going on, but damn... it's like 'skim through this' or that report. I certainly don't want to go down a rape rabbit hole just because the accusation came from a girl, and can't be trusted because she is a girl. And that makes me feel awful in hoping that a few little boys were raped, too... surely THAT would make this society sit up and take a little notice. It finally looped back against the Catholic Church... altho the Baptists are still fighting that any such thing could take place.
azureblue
(2,649 posts)slightlv
(7,396 posts)It still doesn't change using one example that cancels out all womens.. and girls... voices. That's what I was bitc#ing about how ir all seemed, taken in aggregate.
But I've got so much bad juju going on around my house right now... a hubby who is over the dementia edge, and mourning the first xmas without my mom. I'm probably hypersensitive.
Queso Delicioso
(178 posts)Specifically, the redactors just changed the text to be black on a black background. Meaning that if you select it, then copy and paste to some other app, you'll get whatever they didn't want you to see. It isn't 100%, because not all of the redactors were incompetent or maliciously compliant, but it's something.
red dog 1
(32,346 posts)BREAKING: TikTok users just realized the Epstein file PDFs arenât really redacted. You can copy and paste the text and read exactly what they tried to hide. Sloppy doesnât even begin to cover it.
— Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T00:28:41.230Z
Jarqui
(10,805 posts)In the video, she alleged Trump was attracted to her because she looked like a young Ivanka ...
I think they scared her off.
EDIT:
here it is:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220887472
Six117
(298 posts)At a minimum, they (we...) deserve a full investigation and outing of the whole truth. No excuses, no passes for technicalities. No fear. No favoritism.
"Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Fall"
Owens
(587 posts)Why didn't the FBI arrest Donald Trump back then? They have the evidence!! I have a feeling Bondi is involved in all this!
And what about those other 9 co-conspirators? Why haven't they been arrested?!