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Prosecutors said in the filings that Epstein’s payments may be evidence of “efforts to influence witnesses.”

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago

Efforts to influence witnesses?

At what point is a witness no longer a witness, but actually an accomplice? 🤔

Probably somewhere when they got paid to keep quiet...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is because those two names are top people within the DOJ? 🤔

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure one of those names is DJT.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that could be anyone!

[–] errer@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Explain that, libruls!

contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with the defendant at his residences in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.”

I mean, yes, that does sound a lot like that individual has DJT in their initials.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who are these 2 associates? Is one the current president and the other running Tesla?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

All that's known for certain is that they were both mentioned in a series of articles printed in the Miami Herald about Epstein's sweatheart plea deal.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

Probably Acosta

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

No secrets! Release all the names!

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's such a low price for silence

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

that was my thought too. like damn, it only costs $100k-$250k to legally molest children in a country where people openly talk about murdering child touchers and tend to be granted amnesty for killing them.

perhaps someone should tell Donny, it might save his life

They're republicans, eh?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 20 points 1 week ago

Trump is King, so there is no place safe in this country for witnesses. Release the files!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Of course they say that. They have fought constantly against any and all revelations related to Epstein. Their guilt in it is palpably apparent

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

WE MUST PROTECT THE PAEDOS AT ALL COSTS!!

Feeling great yet?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Gosh, that's not suspicious at all.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Justice was just millimeters away, in a field in Pennsylvania

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

For some reason, I thought you were talking about a field in Pennsylvania 24 years ago. I'm with you now

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

to an individual named as [REDACTED]

Ah. This dirty scumbag again. Good we finally know.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This redacted dickbag needs to be stopped, he is involved in thousands of cases on every subject!

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Isn't that the name of eshort musks kid?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Payments to Acosta and Bondi to keep their mouths shut.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The prosecutors continued: “This individual is also one of the employees identified in the Indictment, which alleges that she and two other identified employees facilitated the defendant’s trafficking of minors by, among other things, contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with the defendant at his residences in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.”

...contacting victims and scheduling their sexual encounters with the defendant at his residences in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.”

Maralago is in Palm Beach. I am understanding this correctly, yes?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 9 points 1 week ago

Maralago is in Palm Beach

Yes, but Epstein had property there as well, which is the defendant they're referring to in this case.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Could these be payments to victims/pimps (he recruited his victims to find new victims for money, not that much either, a few hundred each for tricks and new recruits,) to keep quiet so his sweetheart deal with us attorney Acosta went through?