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sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 11:26 AM 18 hrs ago

This is no longer rumor circulating online. It's written into the files.

‪Kye‬
‪@gxldsociety.bsky.social‬
· 19m

BREAKING: Newly released Epstein documents accuse Donald Trump of participating in a sexual assault with Jeffrey Epstein involving a young girl.


This is no longer rumor circulating online. It’s written into the files.

BREAKING: Newly released Epstein documents accuse Donald Trump of participating in a sexual assault with Jeffrey Epstein involving a young girl.

This is no longer rumor circulating online. It’s written into the files.

Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) 2025-12-23T16:03:37.605Z
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This is no longer rumor circulating online. It's written into the files. (Original Post) sheshe2 18 hrs ago OP
If this slipped through the cracks pfitz59 18 hrs ago #1
Court Docs: sheshe2 16 hrs ago #21
It's been widely demonstrated that there are very strong reasons to question the authenticity Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #29
I believe her. The attorney who first represented her was a non-publicity seeking attorney pnwmom 15 hrs ago #32
Me too srobertss 12 hrs ago #45
Things like this disappear every day. Someone files a lawsuit, then signs an NDA pnwmom 12 hrs ago #46
Thanks for the link. What a tangled mess. Raven123 15 hrs ago #39
This "Katie Johnson" case was never actually litigated FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #42
They had a whole year to get rid of this and they failed. live love laugh 16 hrs ago #25
That's because there is so much in there. AllyCat 16 hrs ago #26
No way there is only one set of all these docs. Tossing them just makes em more guilty. Bengus81 15 hrs ago #34
Kick dalton99a 18 hrs ago #2
No doubt Republican leadership BOSSHOG 18 hrs ago #3
No one will do anything leftstreet 18 hrs ago #4
You are right BigMin28 17 hrs ago #5
"THE LEFT KNOWS CLINTON DID IT" durablend 17 hrs ago #9
My response to anyone making that statement is: Lochloosa 15 hrs ago #38
I believe you're correct. MontanaMama 17 hrs ago #6
100% correct. Nothing will happen. Just a Democrat hoax don't ya know chicoescuela 17 hrs ago #17
Not one of the R's will do anything because they're ALL in on it... slightlv 10 hrs ago #48
Yeah. progressoid 17 hrs ago #7
Funny how that works out MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #11
Of course they did something about it. Someone Ilsa 17 hrs ago #12
I question if Pedophile Protectors will grow a spine overnight KS Toronado 17 hrs ago #18
I don't use the sarcasm thing BOSSHOG 16 hrs ago #20
The Guardians Of Pedophiles is their real name. Justice matters. 16 hrs ago #24
No doubt! I'm sure this is the straw that breaks the camel's back!!! LymphocyteLover 15 hrs ago #37
But Just Jerome 17 hrs ago #8
And her emails !! Pluvious 17 hrs ago #15
Wow. underpants 17 hrs ago #10
It's too bad Ilsa 17 hrs ago #13
Even the Repukes are going to be appalled ... at least enough of them will be FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #14
this is just common sense NJCher 16 hrs ago #22
I've always believed he's going down ... FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #40
Is there an easier to read version of this somewhere? nt LAS14 17 hrs ago #16
I don't know. sheshe2 17 hrs ago #19
Could this be the way the thugs pushing Project 2025 policy finally get rid of him? NoSheep 16 hrs ago #23
A couple things. Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #27
I feel the same. Kablooie 15 hrs ago #33
I doubt 10,000 docs would be enough for some people Skittles 9 hrs ago #50
Got another source besides "Kye"? Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #28
Post 21 Court Documents. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #30
If they are actual court documents, they would be available on the court's website. Nt Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #31
You are saying Bondi would allow certain documents to be viewed. sheshe2 7 hrs ago #53
Yes, someone filed a lawsuit under the name "Katie Johnson" Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #41
Is that the one with the note on the last page ? GusBob 15 hrs ago #35
I just saw that part Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #43
Well, I just read this. I had to print it out to actually read it. This is heavy shit, very heavy shit..... ashredux 15 hrs ago #36
The Victim Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #44
so which reporter will ask ???? RANDYWILDMAN 11 hrs ago #47
I honestly don't know anything about this "Katie Johnson" thing... slightlv 9 hrs ago #49
Download the court filing azureblue 8 hrs ago #51
I can do that but slightlv 7 hrs ago #52
I heard that some of those redactions were done badly Queso Delicioso 5 hrs ago #54
You're right! red dog 1 5 hrs ago #55
I thought there was video of Katie making this claim Jarqui 39 min ago #56

pfitz59

(12,260 posts)
1. If this slipped through the cracks
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 11:31 AM
18 hrs ago

how much more has been redacted, shredded, withheld or sold to Putin.

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
21. Court Docs:
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:49 PM
16 hrs ago

Court documents

ia801203.us.archive.org/26/items/gov...

ATracy (@mntnman444.bsky.social) 2025-12-23T16:11:26.649Z


Dear God, what those girls went through. They have suffered so much pain.

Wiz Imp

(8,743 posts)
29. It's been widely demonstrated that there are very strong reasons to question the authenticity
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 01:52 PM
15 hrs ago

of the "Katie Johnson" allegations. I'm not saying they are false, but they are far from proven.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/09/03/trump-epstein-katie-johnson/

The Bottom Line
Recent claims that new documents prove the validity of the Johnson claims are false, because these documents are from 2016 and have nothing to do with what have become known as the "Epstein docs."

Viral claims that Trump has a history of sexually assaulting children first emerged with the Johnson lawsuits in 2016. Pictures of court documents related to the case have lent perceived credibility to additional unsourced claims of child abuse that followed, and memes frequently combine the two claims.

Such claims are not new, come with several red flags and originated with an aggressive push by a serial fabulist.

pnwmom

(110,176 posts)
32. I believe her. The attorney who first represented her was a non-publicity seeking attorney
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:05 PM
15 hrs ago

(not the woman who eventually took up her cause) from Princeton, New Jersey.

I believe her final attorney that she withdrew out of fear.

srobertss

(273 posts)
45. Me too
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 04:54 PM
12 hrs ago

Her association with the shady publicist has tainted this story. But I have a friend who contacted the court after the last suit was dropped and the judge's assistant told her there had been a payoff to Katie Johnson. The assistant was probably telling more than she should have. I really trust this friend. My friend was horrified that the story was going to disappear and felt compelled to dig in to it personally. She asked why they let this criminal behavior just drop simply because there had been a pay off and was told they don't pursue criminal behavior on their own without someone pushing for an investigation.

pnwmom

(110,176 posts)
46. Things like this disappear every day. Someone files a lawsuit, then signs an NDA
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 05:05 PM
12 hrs ago

and accepts a settlement.

If Katie Johnson was satisfied, I don't blame her. Trying to go up against Trump all alone (to the point of filing her first action pro se) must have been so scary.

Even now many of Epstein's victims are afraid are afraid their lives will be ruined if they speak out. Trump's victims have much more reason to be afraid.

FakeNoose

(39,998 posts)
42. This "Katie Johnson" case was never actually litigated
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 03:25 PM
14 hrs ago

I don't believe the real "Katie Johnson" has ever come forward since shortly after this document was filed. The case was dropped before the 2016 election because "Katie Johnson" disappeared. We've been told that the real "Katie Johnson" has changed her name and location along with her entire family. We don't know if she's still alive or if she's in the US.

I believe her story, and I also believe that her and her family's lives have been threatened. If they (or she) ever come forward they will be killed before anything can be legally determined.

BOSSHOG

(44,601 posts)
3. No doubt Republican leadership
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 11:35 AM
18 hrs ago

You know, the boys and girls with conservative values, will start impeachment proceedings any day now. Or soon. Or upon further review. Because we all know how the importance of justice is to those with “values.” I know, you’re thinking but they passed on 34 felonies and rape and moral degeneracy but golly jeepers this is what the leaders in the gop will take to task. They’ll rid the White House of the vermin or his name isn’t spineless Mikey Johnson. Just wait.

BigMin28

(1,816 posts)
5. You are right
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 11:46 AM
17 hrs ago

Videos could surface but the powers that be and his cult would excuse him.

Lochloosa

(16,662 posts)
38. My response to anyone making that statement is:
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:20 PM
15 hrs ago

We don't CARE who is implicated. Release the files and let the American people make up their minds.

slightlv

(7,396 posts)
48. Not one of the R's will do anything because they're ALL in on it...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 07:39 PM
10 hrs ago

from sex and drug parties that have both been rumored and explicitly talked about by the R's who took part, to sheltering the worst of the worst of mankind - people who rape and kill children. They all have a part in it. They're not about to turn anyone in, or testify against anyone because someone could turn around and do the same to them.

The only thing that could be done is getting them out of politics and public life altogether. But that would mean the rank and file "common man" republicans would have to grow backbones and admit their part in being... at least duped... by all these people. I don't think they're going to do anything like that. It's hard enough for a person to admit any kind of mistake, let alone being taken advantage of like the Magas have been used. Instead, they'll fight tooth and nail to disprove everything, because their emotional state won't allow anything else. And remember, THESE people are the ones who are so self-righteous about going to church all the time!

progressoid

(52,502 posts)
7. Yeah.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:00 PM
17 hrs ago

Human trafficking was a big deal to them before the election.

Not so much anymore. Hmmm...

Ilsa

(63,780 posts)
12. Of course they did something about it. Someone
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:17 PM
17 hrs ago

who has known Pedo47 for decades killed a witness or had her killed.

KS Toronado

(22,889 posts)
18. I question if Pedophile Protectors will grow a spine overnight
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:32 PM
17 hrs ago

Did you forget the thingy?

BOSSHOG

(44,601 posts)
20. I don't use the sarcasm thing
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:46 PM
16 hrs ago

I pass or fail on my own words. I would think my prose is obvious most of the time. I’d be most surprised if republicans did the right thing. The only thing.

FakeNoose

(39,998 posts)
14. Even the Repukes are going to be appalled ... at least enough of them will be
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:24 PM
17 hrs ago

The "blind" obedience and worship of Chump will disintegrate quickly, I'm predicting this now and I believe it will start soon. Not all the Repukes will see his guilt, but enough will, and it's going to change everything.

Yes it is appalling ... but he's guilty of so much evil that it's hard to get ANY MORE DISGUSTED than I already am. This is not going away, it's just going to get worse. We need to brace ourselves.


NJCher

(42,311 posts)
22. this is just common sense
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 01:04 PM
16 hrs ago

and it's already happening, in case anyone had a doubt.

However, that famous saying that Dems will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is apparent in the attitudes of posts 3, 4, 9, 6, 17, & 18.

I don't know how you get through a day with a losing attitude like that, I really don't.

FakeNoose

(39,998 posts)
40. I've always believed he's going down ...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 03:09 PM
14 hrs ago

... the only escape for him is if the Grim Reaper gets him first before he gets hauled off to justice.
Some days I root for the Reaper, other days I root for Karma.



sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
19. I don't know.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:32 PM
17 hrs ago

I have a touch screen and am able to read it all that way.

Sorry, Las.

Wiz Imp

(8,743 posts)
27. A couple things.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 01:44 PM
16 hrs ago

First, I'd like to see a link to the actual document on the DOJ website that contains this.

Second, it's apparently from an FBI intake document, dated October 27, 2020.

The information is presented as allegations and recollections shared with the FBI, not as findings from a trial or conclusions reached by investigators.

It is important to be clear. An FBI intake document records what was reported to the agency. It is not a determination of guilt, and the allegations described have not been adjudicated in court.

https://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/epstein-files-trump-rape-allegations-suicide/
The timing(immediately before the 2020 election) will certainly make it suspicious to the people who refuse to believe Trump could have done anything wrong.

So this is not necessarily the "smoking gun" many people think it is. Anyone could have made any allegation they wanted to the FBI tip line and it would have been recorded like this. It would help if someone could identify some corroborating information. Like the name of the person who was found to have committed suicide in Kiefer, OK.

I'm not saying this isn't true. To the contrary, I believe this is a pretty strong and believable allegation. I just think people should be cautious about presenting this as proof of anything until more info comes out.

Kablooie

(19,032 posts)
33. I feel the same.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:05 PM
15 hrs ago

You can’t take a single source on the internet seriously unless you corroborate with multiple reliable sources.

If it is validated, an impeachment does not have to have adjudicated evidence. Not that I would expect that to happen any time soon. .

Skittles

(169,244 posts)
50. I doubt 10,000 docs would be enough for some people
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 07:49 PM
9 hrs ago

like the meme says, the girls simply do not matter to pedo protectors

Fiendish Thingy

(21,871 posts)
28. Got another source besides "Kye"?
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 01:47 PM
15 hrs ago

If true, this would be all over the news, and I haven’t seen it anywhere else.

So, yes, it is at best, just a rumour.

But,of course, spreading unsourced rumours and misinformation is perfectly OK, even encouraged, amirite?

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
30. Post 21 Court Documents.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 01:57 PM
15 hrs ago

If you tell me they are fake, then I will delete my OP.

There is no need to be rude to me.

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
53. You are saying Bondi would allow certain documents to be viewed.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:39 PM
7 hrs ago

Viewed and not erased?

I don't trust the few they have released well past the due date. They are all selective releases and VERY heavily redacted.

Wiz Imp

(8,743 posts)
41. Yes, someone filed a lawsuit under the name "Katie Johnson"
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 03:13 PM
14 hrs ago

That doesn't make it true and there are strong reasons to be skeptical about the authenticity of her allegations. On top of that, it has absolutely nothing to do with the allegations in the original post (the bluesky post by Kye).

https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/09/03/trump-epstein-katie-johnson/

The Bottom Line
Recent claims that new documents prove the validity of the Johnson claims are false, because these documents are from 2016 and have nothing to do with what have become known as the "Epstein docs."

Viral claims that Trump has a history of sexually assaulting children first emerged with the Johnson lawsuits in 2016. Pictures of court documents related to the case have lent perceived credibility to additional unsourced claims of child abuse that followed, and memes frequently combine the two claims.

Such claims are not new, come with several red flags and originated with an aggressive push by a serial fabulist.

GusBob

(8,111 posts)
35. Is that the one with the note on the last page ?
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:10 PM
15 hrs ago

About someone who worked security for the Clintons, and someone was drunk and got fired and some story about the OKC bombing?


I could not make heads nor tales of that part

Wiz Imp

(8,743 posts)
43. I just saw that part
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 03:27 PM
14 hrs ago

In my opinion, it significantly raises the skepticism about the rest of the report. There's a reference to a John Nichols having worked security for the Clintons, but there is no record of anyone by that name ever working for the Clintons. They also seem to be trying to tie this into the Okahoma City bombing in some way which makes no sense. Terry Nichols was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing, not John.

After reading that, the more this comes across as nonsense.

ashredux

(2,845 posts)
36. Well, I just read this. I had to print it out to actually read it. This is heavy shit, very heavy shit.....
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 02:13 PM
15 hrs ago

The people we are dealing with, the people around Trump, Trump himself, are just plain evil. It’s hard to explain how people can be so evil, but they are. Usually, we think of evil people as low line drug dealers and junkies, we ignore the people at the top who were just as evil…..

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,127 posts)
47. so which reporter will ask ????
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 06:42 PM
11 hrs ago

and follow up, this should not be allow him to avoid or to shout down or to pretend he can't hear the question !!!

This is all the US national media should focus on, until he answers the questions or resigns !!!!

You owe us, you got 10 years of red meat coverage with the tool, lets send him into retirement, maybe at a supermax or at least back to Florida so he can count his crypto loot...

slightlv

(7,396 posts)
49. I honestly don't know anything about this "Katie Johnson" thing...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 07:45 PM
10 hrs ago

but I AM tired of hearing her name being used as nominally a wipeout for everything experienced by these little girls. Even if you make a mistake here and there, believe the damned females! More often that not, the crime happened. It's just our society doesn't count female as being important enough to believe. I would daresay that every single female on DU has had her own experience, and some are still trying to work through them. As one of those affected, I can't tell you how hard it is to go through this crap with all these touchstones being brought up and tossed aside. I want to stay up on what's going on, but damn... it's like 'skim through this' or that report. I certainly don't want to go down a rape rabbit hole just because the accusation came from a girl, and can't be trusted because she is a girl. And that makes me feel awful in hoping that a few little boys were raped, too... surely THAT would make this society sit up and take a little notice. It finally looped back against the Catholic Church... altho the Baptists are still fighting that any such thing could take place.

slightlv

(7,396 posts)
52. I can do that but
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:39 PM
7 hrs ago

It still doesn't change using one example that cancels out all womens.. and girls... voices. That's what I was bitc#ing about how ir all seemed, taken in aggregate.

But I've got so much bad juju going on around my house right now... a hubby who is over the dementia edge, and mourning the first xmas without my mom. I'm probably hypersensitive.

Queso Delicioso

(178 posts)
54. I heard that some of those redactions were done badly
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:19 AM
5 hrs ago

Specifically, the redactors just changed the text to be black on a black background. Meaning that if you select it, then copy and paste to some other app, you'll get whatever they didn't want you to see. It isn't 100%, because not all of the redactors were incompetent or maliciously compliant, but it's something.

red dog 1

(32,346 posts)
55. You're right!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:43 AM
5 hrs ago

BREAKING: TikTok users just realized the Epstein file PDFs aren’t really redacted. You can copy and paste the text and read exactly what they tried to hide. Sloppy doesn’t even begin to cover it.

Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) 2025-12-24T00:28:41.230Z

Jarqui

(10,805 posts)
56. I thought there was video of Katie making this claim
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 05:06 AM
39 min ago

In the video, she alleged Trump was attracted to her because she looked like a young Ivanka ...
I think they scared her off.


EDIT:
here it is:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220887472

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