Summary

Donald Trump’s name appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s recently released flight logs seven times, including flights in 1993 and 1994, some with his then-wife Marla Maples and daughter Tiffany.

The documents were released by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who stated this was the first phase of disclosures regarding Epstein’s network.

Bondi requested additional FBI records on Epstein, citing thousands of undisclosed pages.

Epstein, who died in 2019, had connections to Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew, though no wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Epstein didn’t create the demand for sex trafficking and grooming minors. he “just” exploited it.

      Is he a monster? absolutely.

      But he didn’t create the demand, and the people creating this chaos? they’re his clients. After Epstein got caught… somebody else became the one to provide the service. because there’s plenty of monsters wanting to fill that role.

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        8 hours ago

        I don’t know what makes you say that other than pessimism. Times have changed. Epstein absolutely could have been the last on that scale.

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          7 hours ago

          This is so naive I can’t believe there’s people who think like you. I think Epstein was probably a low level player compared to what goes on in Russia and the Middle East.

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            6 hours ago

            Yeah, I’m certainly only speaking for the West. But here risk has gone up and public sentiment has changed. In the 1980s people would be more likely to cover for a priest. Today they’re more likely to murder that priest. The church is more likely to turn them over to authorities rather than move them to another parish.