(Yesterday at 5:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(July 25, 2025 at 11:46 pm)Angrboda Wrote: The Trump administration describes Todd Blanche's question of Ghislaine Maxwell as fact-finding.  When an agent from the DOJ engages in fact finding, it's called an investigation.  But according to Pam Bondi, his superior, there is no investigation into the crimes of Epstein, Maxwell, nor any clients or co-conspirators.  So exactly what is he doing in his official capacity?  Two possibilities come to mind.  The first is personal curiosity.  The second is that he is attempting to pacify Trump's base to immunize Trump from the scandal.  But that's neither his nor the DOJ's job.  And as has been pointed out, there are undoubtedly agents within the DOJ who are inestimably more familiar with the Epstein and Maxwell cases, something which the Deputy AG most assuredly is not.  So what the fuck is Todd Blanche doing?

I can think of a third possibility. The meetings with Maxwell are the early stages of a negotiation for a presidential pardon (or at least a commutation) in exchange for Maxwell's silence.

Boru

Honestly, at this point, why not just give Jeffy-boy a posthumous pardon? I get the feeling that this is what he wants to do. It’s probably the best way for him to get the rest of the government to drop the Epstein stuff.

(Yesterday at 5:38 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:

(Yesterday at 5:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I can think of a third possibility. The meetings with Maxwell are the early stages of a negotiation for a presidential pardon (or at least a commutation) in exchange for Maxwell's silence.

Boru

Honestly, at this point, why not just give Jeffy-boy a posthumous pardon? I get the feeling that this is what he wants to do. It’s probably the best way for him to get the rest of the government to drop the Epstein stuff.

I’m not at all convinced that pardoning a child sex trafficker is going to make this go away. It’s much more likely to exacerbate the problem and further erode his support among the MAGAts.

Boru

Why are we allowing foreign crimiinals into the country again?

(Yesterday at 7:17 am)Mr Greene Wrote: Why are we allowing foreign crimiinals into the country again?

Pretty sure he’s not a foreigner. Criminal, yes.

Boru

(Yesterday at 12:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(Yesterday at 7:17 am)Mr Greene Wrote: Why are we allowing foreign crimiinals into the country again?

Pretty sure he’s not a foreigner. Criminal, yes.

Boru

This side of the pond? He's a foreigner.
he should be deported before he starts molesting kids!

(Yesterday at 12:44 pm)Mr Greene Wrote:

(Yesterday at 12:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Pretty sure he’s not a foreigner. Criminal, yes.

Boru

This side of the pond? He's a foreigner.
he should be deported before he starts molesting kids!

Ah, gotcha.

Boru

Quote:Some of MAGA’s most prominent voices say without evidence that Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking girls for Epstein, has inside knowledge that would help law enforcement bring untold elites to justice.

“She is the Rosetta stone. She knows everything,” former Epstein and Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz said on Fox News this week. “She arranged every single trip, and if she was just given … immunity, she could be compelled to testify.”

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Those interested in Epstein have long wondered what Maxwell might know, but fresh controversy over the case has elicited renewed urgency as additional accounts surface that illuminate the contours of Trump’s relationship with Epstein.

“She is a living piece of evidence,” right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson said in an Instagram video, adding, “If you’re looking for the person to give you the truth about Epstein, there’s no one better to give it to you.”

Johnson then rattled off a string of conspiracy theories unsupported by facts, saying that Maxwell knows about whether Epstein was an intelligence asset, which agency he was working for and who protected his powerful clients once Epstein was exposed. Johnson praised the Trump administration for going to her to get answers.

“This is what we’ve been calling for,” Johnson said, adding, “This is what transparency looks like.”

Charlie Kirk, founder of the influential right-wing nonprofit Turning Point USA, also applauded the Trump administration this week for “going straight to the source” by interviewing Maxwell, which he said was evidence that officials were listening to “the voices of the base.”

Kirk on his show floated the idea of federal officials striking a deal with Maxwell for information.

“This is so powerful. If anybody actually has the information of what has happened around Jeffrey Epstein, it’s not going to be some James Comey-created file. It is going to be Ghislaine Maxwell,” he said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...a-epstein/

(Yesterday at 6:48 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(Yesterday at 5:38 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Honestly, at this point, why not just give Jeffy-boy a posthumous pardon? I get the feeling that this is what he wants to do. It’s probably the best way for him to get the rest of the government to drop the Epstein stuff.

I’m not at all convinced that pardoning a child sex trafficker is going to make this go away. It’s much more likely to exacerbate the problem and further erode his support among the MAGAts.

Boru

It might be the only thing that keeps Congress from releasing the Epstein papers that incriminate him. It's either this, let the Epstein stuff go public, or resign. I don't think there's a good option (for Trump) with this.

(Yesterday at 3:09 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:

(Yesterday at 6:48 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’m not at all convinced that pardoning a child sex trafficker is going to make this go away. It’s much more likely to exacerbate the problem and further erode his support among the MAGAts.

Boru

It might be the only thing that keeps Congress from releasing the Epstein papers that incriminate him. It's either this, let the Epstein stuff go pubic, or resign. I don't think there's a good option (for Trump) with this.

Freud is enjoying a small chuckle.

(Yesterday at 4:08 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(Yesterday at 3:09 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: It might be the only thing that keeps Congress from releasing the Epstein papers that incriminate him. It's either this, let the Epstein stuff go pubic, or resign. I don't think there's a good option (for Trump) with this.

Freud is enjoying a small chuckle.

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