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FakeNoose

(40,761 posts)
32. I think I understand what you're saying
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 05:00 PM
19 hrs ago

You're making the distinction between the age of the girls when they were recruited for Epstein's "private stock" and when they were turned over to the other men who may be involved.

The distinction is that Epstein himself was only interested in girls under 18. Most of the recruits were around 15 or 16. Many were high school dropouts and runaways. Once they reached 18, he kept them in his "group" by giving them money or paying their tuition etc. But they were expected to be part of the scenery at his parties in one way or another, and they could say "no" whenever they wanted to. So Epstein wasn't actually pimping the girls per se, he was bringing them in as eye candy, and enabling the men to meet them and take it from there.

If that's what you are saying, I think I agree ... for the most part. A girl who worked for Epstein and stayed around for 2 or more years would have aged out anyway. At that point the older girls were encouraged to recruit younger girls for Epstein, or else they could be enterprising and find a sugar daddy on their own. Those girls who stayed were already buying into the whole thing, plus they had reached the age of consent in most cases.

Perhaps the feds are looking at it this with an extremely narrow definition of "rape," "consent," and "trafficking," in which case they can hold their noses and say nothing was there.

My own opinion is that Bill Barr probably removed anything that incriminated Chump as soon as he got his hands on Epstein's evidence. But there's so much to go through that he could have missed a lot too. Don't forget that Barr wanted to resign as soon as Chump lost the election in 2020. He'd already had over a year to paw through Epstein's documents, and he was probably disgusted as anyone would have been.

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What load of bullshit UpInArms Yesterday #1
Was this before or after Bill Barr destroyed the evidence? FakeNoose Yesterday #2
Captives don't have to be told what's expected of them. underpants Yesterday #3
Whitewashing at its finest. Ritabert Yesterday #4
Seriously? ._. Yesterday #5
It's J. Edgar Hoover's on steroids. quaint 22 hrs ago #19
My father's FBI... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #33
So, I guess all those politicians in Europe who are resigning from their posts MLWR Yesterday #6
Just one more example of the FBI's lack of credibility under Trump. patphil Yesterday #7
It's now official that there ain't a cow in Texas. raccoon Yesterday #8
The longhorns have up and vanished! electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #30
That is what I've also concluded after carefully watching the whole story unfold AZJonnie Yesterday #9
I have to ask... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #11
Yes I have, and yes I have paid a considerable attention to details, though I may've missed something AZJonnie 21 hrs ago #23
Did you forget the sarcsm thingy? niyad 23 hrs ago #14
First thing i thought of after reading your post bluestarone 22 hrs ago #16
Yes, I suppose I'd be as terrible at it as 17 years worth of federal prosecutors across 5 POTUS terms (nt) AZJonnie 21 hrs ago #24
I think I understand what you're saying FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #32
That's the jist yes, but I also think he and Brunel were at least in some sense trafficking young women AZJonnie 11 hrs ago #35
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime usonian 23 hrs ago #10
I can't believe the AP would report that oldmanlynn 23 hrs ago #12
Bovine Excrement! Pas-de-Calais 23 hrs ago #13
Not Borowitz or The Onion catrose 22 hrs ago #15
The same FBI that found no evidence of sexual abuse by Bret Kavanaugh. SunSeeker 22 hrs ago #17
The FBI might very well have concluded this. malthaussen 22 hrs ago #18
Sounds more like they aren't incorruptible. mdbl 22 hrs ago #20
I won't quibble. n/t malthaussen 22 hrs ago #21
This is the type of BS we can expect from the newly revamped Fascist Bureau of Intimidation. nt yaesu 22 hrs ago #22
Let me guess. It was just a different kind of chapter of the Boy Scouts and they were working on a merit badge. Vinca 21 hrs ago #25
Wait, what? They're gonna push this bullshit? purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #26
We need the names of the FBI people who said this... Escape 20 hrs ago #27
Sure, Jan. Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #28
Well that's good enough for me, nothing else to see here. Buddyzbuddy 20 hrs ago #29
This is their next tactic. Pretend they have no evidence. LiberalLovinLug 19 hrs ago #31
The Patel FBI? Mysterian 18 hrs ago #34
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