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[Snopes] What We Know About Origins of Trump Child Rape Allegations (www.snopes.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social
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A fairly comprehensive recount of what sources have said about the allegations from "Katie Johnson" as reported in various media.

  • The one person who has full access to the person in question is a former "Springer" producer who was skilled at presenting false witnesses
  • Nothing about the above discounts the claims
  • A court filing was made pro se, and was dismissed " . . for failing to state a proper claim under the law it cited."
  • One media outlet had a phone interview, no other media outlets have had contact
  • The journalist who broke the Epstein plea deal case said "I looked into it. Spent a lot of time on it. The woman just wouldn't talk, and her lawyer would not confirm she was even legit."

Again, none of that disproves the claim.

It's an interesting account overall.

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[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Snopes? There are plenty of websites to get this info out there, but Snopes is not a trusted "fact checker." Lets not forget this, reported in the MSM NYT....

Snopes Retracts 60 Articles Plagiarized by Co-Founder: ‘Our Staff Are Gutted’

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The sale of Snopes was problematic for the ex-husband, but I think they do a good job explaining what they know and how they know it. Links to sources are given etc.

And, by all means, if you know of some other source not listed please post it.

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago

They link a lot of the sources in the Snopes piece.