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Elon Musk has said an Axios report that the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had concluded there was no evidence of a Jeffrey Epstein client list was the "final straw".

The report also said the agencies had concluded there was no credible evidence the disgraced financier and pedophile blackmailed high-profile and prominent individuals, and confirmed that surveillance footage showed Epstein had killed himself in prison.

"So... umm... then what is Ghislaine Maxwell in prison for?" Musk posted to his X platform, referring to Epstein's former girlfriend and associate who procured underage girls for him to abuse.

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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

there is zero reason for anyone to believe Epstein killed himself even if we are given direct evidence from the state itself. everything from them is suspect and should not be trusted regardless of the quality provided. why would anyone listen to the words of a government that inherently distrusts its citizens and wants, objectively, the worst for them? even if Epstein actually did kill himself we are never going to accept that as a society and honestly, we shouldn't, because this is absolutely something those in power would do and we should never forget that or become complacent to it.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

there is zero reason for anyone to believe Epstein killed himself

Except that this would be completely normal for a prisoner.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/thirty-two-stories-jeffrey-epstein-prison-death/596029/

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago

Facts be damned, I like my feelings!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

There is zero reason to even think this when the far more obvious “conspiracy” is that he was deliberately allowed the time, means, and lack of supervision to do so. A man that has lost everything and will spend eternity in prison as a paedo supplier of underage girls to the rich and powerful has plenty of motivation to kill himself.

This site is just as ridiculous as the antivaxxers making shit up without evidence when in this case especially the “opportunity” conspiracy is wildly more likely vs someone physically going in and murdering the man. All they had to do was do virtually nothing instead of plotting a murder and hiding it.