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A note addressed to Larry Nassar, signed by "J. Epstein," appears to claim that Donald Trump loved "young, nubile girls"

The note was postmarked three days after Jeffrey Epstein's death and appeared to reference his intention to die by suicide

Epstein apparently wrote, "As you know by now, I have taken the 'short route home,'" in the hand-written note

The White House referred PEOPLE to a statement from the Department of Justice that called claims against Trump unfounded and false

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 70 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Is there anyone that can use the word "nubile" without it being gross and weird?

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 27 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Mmm... Still don't like it.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 27 points 16 hours ago

I'll give it a go...
I puked up so much because the orange buffoon is obviously a child rapist that my stomach must be making new bile.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Putting aside the creepiness of the term, it's absolutely never used to refer to women of legal consent age. By anyone, ever.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

"A new hire finally filled the empty cube in our cluster at work. She's definitely got a lot to learn since she's an industrial nubile who- hey, why are you calling the police?"

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 59 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 25 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Suicide note is surprising as that suggest suicide.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

It was probably coerced suicide.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 43 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

My tin hat theory is that Trump is part of the operation (not just a client).

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 61 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like a regular hat theory to me. Seems like an obvious pipeline from his Miss Teen USA beauty pageants to "industry opportunities" like modeling or access to good agents, and then "I've pulled some strings for you and I've got you an invitation to an exclusive party full of important people you'll really benefit from meeting. Just wear this little thing and be one of many pretty girls in the room, enjoying a private party. Show how fun you can be, and then the way will be paved for you. Trust me, I know how these things work. The best thing that can happen for your future is that one of these guys asks to talk privately with you in a room in the back. Just go along with it."

I would be very surprised if there were evidence that this isn't what was happening.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 14 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like I need a shower after reading that.

A hot one.

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 14 points 19 hours ago

Imagine how it felt to write. I just finished watching 50's documentary about Diddy last night, so I kinda get the thought process of a powerful, narcissistic, manipulative monster sex pest now. What a fucking curse.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago

Wait, you mean the guy who owned a beauty pageant was part of the sex trafficking operation? Who would have guessed that?

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 17 hours ago

Epstein himself literally outed trump on his deathbed and we're not gonna see that orange fuck in prison.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago

Seems the cope being given is "they could mean any President! They clearly mean Clinton!"

[–] donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

As much as I want this to be true, it appears to be faked. It was postmarked 3 days after his death and didn't have his inmate number which is required on all prison mail. Everything is spelled correctly which doesn't match anything else he ever wrote, and it was posted from a Virginia processing station nowhere near either of them. Also, there is no (known) prior connection between Nassar and Epstein.

Also, now there's a highly publicized fake piece of evidence that implicated Trump, which is awfully convenient for the rest of the files

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just because the doj says something is fake doesn't actually make it so. And no not all mail has to go through the doc if you've got a lawyer worth a shit. So the real question is where was Epsteins lawyer based.

I don't believe the doj saying it's fake, I'm looking at it from an objective standpoint. The doj is corrupt and can suck my balls and taint for all I care.

JE was a very well known and reviled person by 2019 and so was Trump. Is it that hard to believe someone would post a super incriminating letter from "Jeffrey Epstein" to another sex pest who was prominently in the news at that time in order to try to link them and Trump?

I think Trump is a rapist pedo and was heavily involved with the trafficking but I think this particular piece of evidence ain't it

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

Which is that one

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Hopefully they’ll slip up in their need to disprove this and leak actual information.

I’m all for flooding the zone with bullshit to force them to disprove it by implicating him elsewhere. This is why discovery is so priceless to a lawsuit.

[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 19 hours ago

Epstein didnt kill himself

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

I'm so glad I haven't forced myself into a position that I feel the need to defend this gross fuck. Could you imagine?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago

"Are we there yet?"

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Oh look. A suicide note by a guy who killed himself. Not murdered.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I’m willing to believe he killed himself to protect the organization, but someone on the outside created the conditions for him to do so. The idea that one of the most closely guarded prisoners in the country just happened to know exactly when the guards were negligent and when the cameras were malfunctioning is just absurd. He was given a window of opportunity by somebody, at the very least, or murdered at most.

I have no doubt that the contract required to enter an international sex trafficking organization also includes exit obligations if you are caught. There are a whole lot of dead people around this case, and the chance of it being a conspiracy is way higher than the chance of it being a coincidence at this point.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I’m willing to believe he killed himself to protect the organization, but someone on the outside created the conditions for him to do so.

That’s the actual conspiracy. I don’t get why so many feel the need to manufacture an actual person that would have to physically murder the man and be kept silent afterwards. All they had to do was give an already suicidal man (did everyone forget he was on suicide watch and then taken off?) shoelaces or whatever and not watch him. That isn’t conspiracy enough? The chain of phone calls from powerful people funneled down to the orders to individuals at the prison who were instructed to provide him the tools and time to kill himself?

I for one am shocked people think the sex trafficker with deep ties to the US President and the IDF was inappropriately dispatched of.

[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

For what motivation would he kill himself? Not what we expect from a selfish monster.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

To protect the overall organization and potentially to protect other people in his life. My impression from looking at the documents is that this is a very large international network. I imagine there would be consequences for being caught, such as the torture and murder of everyone you hold dear. If your only options are to kill yourself or to get murdered and have everyone around you also tortured and killed, I could see a narcissist choosing the former option.

I don’t know anything for sure, but the released files definitely gave me the impression that Epstein was not the top of the chain. Rather, he seems like the American representative of an extensive global cabal. Somebody out there was putting together those sample albums of girls for him. Somebody was running the brothels he seemed to be visiting. He was getting calls from all over the globe with descriptions of new girls. It seems to go much deeper than just Ghislaine trolling the local middle schools for fresh meat.

So, if he did kill himself (heavy on the if), then I’d imagine it was partially because there is a scarier monster out there who is ready to take out the trash if anybody gets sloppy.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If anyone can't imagine Donald Trump or Prince Andrew torturing family members, I do want to add a reminder that Israel's Mossad seems to be heavily tied into Epstein and potentially the trafficking ring itself.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You misunderstand me—I can see them being ok with torturing family members, but if the options are to either die by suicide or die by murder plus they demolish your empire, I think there’s a chance that they choose the former.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Correcting you wasn't my intention at all. Sorry if it sounded like I was. I was merely adding to what you were saying (or attempting to).

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

It’s all good, friend. I, too, apologize if I misinterpreted your response.

Look at us—just two civil lemmings having a polite conversation. This really is the superior social media.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You're asking why a disgraced man facing life in prison would kill himself?

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Life in prison for a crime so despicable that it typically includes being beaten to death by the other inmates.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Or a note by a guy who knew he was about to be offed.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

So did Epstein know Nassar socially or just jailhouse friends?