r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 28d ago

Soft Paywall Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell survivor testified she met Donald Trump at age 14

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/07/29/jeffrey-epstein-survivor-testified-she-met-donald-trump-at-age-14/85407198007/
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u/Human_Cheesecake4337 28d ago

*This* is what needs to be heard. Not Trumps bullshit denials despite being guilty as hell, but the accounts of the victims whose lives were ruined by these total shitbags.

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u/nurdle 28d ago edited 28d ago

you will NEVER see this on the news. it's fucked up

Update: I mean, you will never see this in news that MAGA will ever see.

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u/moonwalkerfilms 28d ago

I know it's a small organization, but isn't this article an example of this being in the news? 

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u/saintpauli 28d ago

When people refer to fox news stories saying you will never see this on the news or in the main stream media, it drives me nuts because there is a large percentage of people, especially 65+, who get all their news from fox. It is main stream media.

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u/tomdarch 28d ago

I was checking the Fox News dot com periodically when the WSJ reported on Trump’s “wonderful secrets” birthday letter to his “pal” Epstein. From what I saw, FN never mentioned it.

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u/Maximum-Ability5950 28d ago

Never knew this watching the news on TV. If I didn't start using Reddit recently I would be clueless. My friends and family do not discuss politics much.

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u/metsjets86 28d ago

Perhaps i have missed it. But has there been a documentary treatment with all the victims?

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u/nurdle 28d ago

I think there was in the early 2000’s. Can’t find it now.

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u/metsjets86 28d ago

Surprising. They pay big money for these interviews nowadays.

Who isn't watching that interview series.

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u/RachelMcAdamsWart I voted 28d ago

I wouldn’t consider what MAGA sees as news.

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u/473713 28d ago

The survivors should band together for support and take their story to the public by any and all means possible. They deserve to be heard, and the public deserves the whole story not just leaks and "lists."

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u/Rapshawksjaysflames 28d ago

Deshaun Watson sexually assaulted like 30 massage therapists and is still getting paid tens of millions to be in the NFL when all the victims decided to come forward.

And that's a black football player being protected; the rich, old, white president who's completely protected by his lackeys in office won't face any consequences for any of this unfortunately.

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u/vocalfreesia 28d ago

I wonder how many are still alive.

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u/tomdarch 28d ago

Trump never mentions the victims. Even a stereotypical “sociopath” who has no emotions in that position would know that strategically it would be smart to acknowledge the victims. But Trump can’t bring himself to talk about them as being the core of the issue.

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u/housewithapool2 28d ago

Ruined means permanently beyond repair. People can lead wonderful lives after being assaulted. It's damaging to tell people they are ruined.

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u/Human_Cheesecake4337 28d ago

I take your point.

Virginia Giuffre killed herself. I think its fair to say they at least ruined her life.

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u/housewithapool2 28d ago

It feels like the used gum analogy or not being a virgin on your wedding. I don't think we need to use language that tells children because something happened to them they are worth less. It's abusers logic. You got hurt now you are ruined. The things children hear become the truths they tell themselves.

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u/Internal-War-9947 28d ago

I get where you're coming from but a lot of survivors deal with suicidal thoughts their entire life. It's proven up to 40%. I know survivors and many have gone through with it, the rest have daily struggles. There's also medical evidence that sexual abuse of minors restructures the brain, weirdly enough having a correlation ending up with a fibromyalgia diagnosis.        

So, no they aren't like "used gum" (that's stupid anyway -- sex doesn't use people up anymore than your hands going bad because you touch things) -- but from personal experience & studies; it is a life "ruiner" for at least half the victims. 

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u/housewithapool2 28d ago

I am saying if we didn't talk about them as being ruined maybe they would feel less ruined. It's worth a shot.

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u/MrBDidit 27d ago

Subpoena Melania, she knows a lot!

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u/GitEmSteveDave 28d ago

Did you read the article? 2nd paragraph:

"Jane," a pseudonym, is one of the few Epstein survivors who has said publicly that she met Trump through Epstein. She never described any inappropriate behavior by the president, however, and didn't say much more about the meeting, such as why she and Epstein were there.

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u/Human_Cheesecake4337 28d ago

Oh my that must mean he's innocent right?

Give me a break. 

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u/DevilsAdvocate77 28d ago

I don't disagree but all this has been heard already. None of this is breaking news in July 2025.

The voters knew who Trump was and they still thought he was a better choice than Harris.