Snopes verified that the DOJ published and then removed this document, and we did not investigate the legitimacy of the accusations themselves. The allegations stemmed from an unverified, anonymous message to the FBI. They were unsupported by any credible evidence.

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    30 days ago

    Calling it now! Trump used his connects with Jr pageants to supply his home boy Epstein.

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      There is a strong enough case to suggest Trump and Epstein worked together for many years as partners of rape island. Trump having Epstein murdered in jail to keep the depth of collaboration looks more likely than an occasional rape party over the weekend.

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    To be clear: When serious allegations come out about the kind of abuse which most certainly happened, some people are going to come out of the woodwork with false claims. Mental illness is a thing. I have doubts about this specific claim, mainly because why would a child know the names of all these people who would be obscure to a child? It was also anonymous with no way to follow up.

    That does not excuse Trump from anything, nor DoJ for removing the document.

    But accusations must be substantiated, no matter who they are made against.

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      They have had plenty of time to salt misinformation into the releases. This will give them things to point at and discredit the entire endeavor.

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    I don’t like Trump, and I’m sure he got handsy with some 17yos, but I seriously doubt he was auctioning off children for sex. Sounds a bit far fetched to me.

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      29 days ago

      Yeah man, this Epstine guy too, you really think a successful financier did anything more than touch a few 17 year olds? Sounds a bit far fetched that he had an entire island dedicated to sex with minors.

      /s if it isn’t obvious.