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One reporter with whom Epstein connected frequently was Landon Thomas Jr., a financial journalist at the New York Times. Thomas exchanged dozens of emails with Epstein between 2015 and 2018, years after the financier’s conviction for soliciting a minor.

In the emails, Thomas tipped off Epstein about inquiries by other reporters and claimed to have vouched for Epstein, whom he said he called “one hell of a guy.” In one exchange, Thomas coached Epstein on how to repair his reputation.

The relationship was a two-way street. Epstein, who died in a Manhattan federal jail in 2019 awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking, was reportedly a valued source for Thomas. In the emails released Wednesday, one of the topics Epstein fed information to Thomas was about Donald Trump’s allegedly lecherous behavior. In the exchanges — through his trademark style of lowercase letters and abundant typos — Epstein alludes to Trump’s predilection for young women.

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[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

People like to think all the bad things in America are Trump’s fault. America is about to learn some new things it looks like…

Edit: I hate liberals so goddamn much man. Read theory PLEASE.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. As this shit starts to expose people like the Clintons or other powerful individuals, the ensuing shit-storm will get so ugly.

Trump's a big fucking piece of shit and deserves all our disdain... but there are so many others out there who supported or at least didn't bat an eyelash at his behavior who are now clutching their pearls.

[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A lotta libs genuinely think once Trump goes down everything will be better. They do not actually want to reckon with the reality of their depraved country. It’s wild.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Things got better when Trump was out last time and it will get better again.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Things will get better when Trump is out of office the same way things get better when a herpes flare-up subsides. You still have herpes

[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

When Trump is gone, you will see less things on your phone that upset your comfort. That’s about it. ICE will continue their deportations, and the rich will get richer and you will get poorer.

Maybe the combat pilots dropping bombs on Venezuela will be women tho! You have that to look forward to at least.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 1 month ago

Pelosi wore African garb though while she performed insider trading. So it looked really good while she robbed the american people.

You got to understand that these people just would rather be at brunch than deal with our broken society.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If the only thing that happens is that ICE goes back to Biden era funding it would make life better for a lot of people.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Which it wouldn't. It would continue to increase, just like it did under Biden.

[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Absolutely insane response.

Absolutely inane response.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Lol. They got so much better that Trump immediately got re-elected in a landslide because the Democrats were too busy committing genocide.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

trump is an acute symptom of a chronic disease….
also, while the e-mails are horrible, and i have no doubt that they abused children together, epstein is not a reliable witness.
more details will come out though, hopefully with stuff that can be verified a little better

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago