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Anyone believe the Hellbeast will pardon his old buddy Ghislaine? I say within his first week.

Baitball Blogger
(49,631 posts)BigMin28
(1,642 posts)Epstein, that took care of him as a problem, and at the same time sent a very real warning to Maxwell to keep her mouth shut.
NoRethugFriends
(3,239 posts)Blue Full Moon
(1,947 posts)Boy his death put an end to the investigation of him and trump.
NoRethugFriends
(3,239 posts)RockRaven
(17,105 posts)The potential pardon is the carrot. Once pardoned, the carrot is gone... and then a stick (i.e. threats) must be used instead. The stick is riskier.
It won't work forever, of course, because at some point the manipulated party gets wise that the carrot is never going to be given. But the carrot is superior in the short run, while its effectiveness lasts.
yellow dahlia
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cbabe
(4,814 posts)probably has some serious stuff safely stashed. If she suicides, the stuff goes public.
He cant pardon her because she could then freely talk.
Of course, theres always a tenth floor window.
Blue Full Moon
(1,947 posts)She dies and all she has on anyone will be released.
Iggo
(48,753 posts)One would hope.
I imagine its going something more like Nucky leaving Gillian in prison.
flvegan
(64,868 posts)Nothing came from Epstein's alleged death. 5,000 or so pages of documents, nothing happened, no real consequences. No video, no lengthy lists of names/deeds, records of blackmail...nothing. Wonder why. Everyone waited for a frogmarch of many sexual predators of children, but that all just slipped the average American mind, always moving along to the next media outrage or shiny thing. So convenient, these outrage factories.
If he had nothing, she has nothing else...we'll ever hear about, or will ever be prosecuted.
Tarc
(10,590 posts)Sometime on or after 1/20/25, Ms. Maxwell will stick a shiv in her own back 15 times, then commit suicide.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)There's already more than enough evidence and testimony out there to pin Donnie to Epstein now, and nobody fucking cared... Hell, it wasn't even brought up as a fucking issue in the election!! 😐
Botany
(73,685 posts)Good God a man who raped underage girls as he did cocaine and hung out with
a professional blackmailer, Jeffery Epstein, is going to be President after a dirty
election.