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PaperclipPerfector  24d ago (text post)   2833 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 16, 2025

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Is there anything new/incriminating in the Epstein emails? I don't necessarily mean related to Trump, but anyone at all. The stuff I've seen so far hasn't been mind-blowing, but perhaps someone here has actually gone through more than what the pundits have been chirping about.

The impression I've gotten from writings of Cim and others is that Epstein was clearly a sex addict who mostly got up to stuff in his personal life and that's it.

And at the same time there's a small amount of information out to suggest that he did get up to some shady business with a few people.

You'll see a few credible people in the political and news class who have claimed to see specific lists of people but they won't go on record because they are 100% sure they'd get sued to death (Mark Halperin has talked about this for example).

Likely a large piece of this is that the information available isn't smoking guns but is instead lists and manifests that don't give enough proof to separate from the dinner parties and other social events Epstein famously held quite often.

But to give an example - that would include for instance, Bill Gates. You can see some actual news coverage on how this might be related to his divorce but I also know some people who don't have first hand knowledge but are in the same social class who think that's real.

Circling back to your original question you can expect that as soon as something gives them actual cover you'll see a punch of journalists punch out with already planned and researched stories. Since we haven't seen anything......doubt it, just the Trump bullshit.

Thanks for the writeup. I see today the emails were enough to get Larry Summers to resign from some positions, which seems like small potatoes given other people Epstein was allegedly friends with.

Interesting. Anything actually in the emails about him? I know Warren was saying he should fuck off prior to the recent release so I'm curious if it's because she had more information or if because he was getting pressure from her (and thus others).

It appears he was still emailing with Epstein in March 2019.

Sorry, I had heard at work that more stuff came out but I misunderstood and it's just the house vote.

Some mainstream media coverage in the last few days has been attempting to figure out when people are going to jump in front of stuff, with Summers seemingly being one of the first (ineffectively, apparently).

I'd consider Trump approving the release evidence that nothing serious is in the files, but of course he could be relying on the justice department to stone wall.

Dershowitz has publicly speculated that any true bombshells would be hidden in FBI files that wouldn't be impacted by any of the political nonsense.

And of course Trump has explicitly noted that no matter what he releases people won't be satisfied and will assume there is more. I don't think he is wrong.

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