• cadekat@pawb.social
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    Depending on how corrupt of a president you want to be, even if you aren’t in there, you might use it to blackmail other powerful people.

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      I think it’s extremely probable blackmail was the entire purpose of Epstein’s entire operation. Whether he was a agent of some government or corporation. I think the intention was to gain a means of control over powerful people and to leverage their power and influence for whatever entity Epstein was employed.

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        Alexander Acosta straight-up admitted that Epstein was an intelligence asset and that he torpedoed the initial case in 2008 at the request of higher-ups.

        Of course Acosta ended up as a member of Trump’s cabinet, because we clearly needed yet another direct Epstein connection alongside Barr and Trump himself.