• etherphon@lemmy.world
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    Every day: “New evidence found of crimes these rich people will never be prosecuted for.”

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      Well, they will be prosecuted, or at least there is the chance that they will be. Trump was already convicted of sexual assault which in other states would have been a rape charge. The problem is that he, nor “high-profile people” will ever spend even a single day in the prison cell they belong into.

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        Alright, face consequences would be more appropriate, but most people face consequences after they are prosecuted lol.

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        Trump was never convicted of sexual assault.

        His 34 convictions are for campaign finance crimes.

        He was found civilly liable for sexual assault, and was found as a matter of fact to have raped, but other than monitory fines in civil court, nothing legal can be done about the rapes.

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          The term I most see thrown around is “adjudicated rapist” <-- IANAL, so not sure if that applies or not.

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            That is the correct term. It came from a civil case, where the burden of proof is lower, but also there’s no criminal consequences.

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    It’s way past time for these assholes to sleep in the bed of torches and pitchforks they have made.

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    What I keep wondering is who is taking the pics. Who just takes random pics of two people talking in a room during a conversation that is supposed to be ultra-private/exclusive? Is it just for blackmail? If so, it’s not working well enough.

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    The thing I’m concerned about is one of the photos they’ve released of Prince Andrew talking to Bill Gates.

    The image is a cropped one that was taken at a Commonwealth event by Press Photographer in 2018…when Epstein was in prison.

    There’s no doubting that Andrew is a nonce, but the Democrats are going to lose all credibility if they aren’t doing due diligence before they release pictures.

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      Edit: Apparently it helps to read the full comment and not let your ADHD brain skip the middle part thst gives all of the relevant context. Shit…

      How about we throw all of these fucks in prison regardless of political party? Why are you trying to muddy this with politics? I wouldn’t care if it was Trump or if it was Bert and Ernie, anyone involved should be prosecuted.

      Oh no! Bill Gates, another asshole billionaire is in the files? Throw him in the same dark hole as the rest of them.

      Bill Clinton? Yeah, throw him in, too.

      Hillary was aware and said nothing? Prison.

      Barack Obama had evidence of ongoing abuse and did nothing? Believe it or not, prison.

      Bernie Sanders was on the island? Yeah, prison for him, too.

      Fuck all of them and fuck politicizing this issue. Anyone involved should be prosecuted.

      So far it does seem to be mostly republicans but I don’t expect it will remain that way. If it does, I’ll be skeptical that we’re getting the whole truth.

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        What the fuck are you even on about?

        The photo has been doctored, the original from which its taken has absolutely nothing to do with Epstein and was taken during an event held in the UK.

        The original has the King of England in frame and was taken by a press photographer during an international event. Not by some random guy at a grubby epstein island event.

        I agree, every single person who was involved with illegal activity with Epstein should be rotting in prison, regardless of who they are.

        But showing edited images isn’t going to get us there and simply casts doubt on everything else.

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          I’m talking about… Shit… I read two thirds of your comment and my ADHD brain skipped the middle part. THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!

          Shit… Sorry, without the middle context your comment made it sound like you wanted democrats to cover up inclusion of democrats in the files.