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Doodley

(11,762 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:03 PM 5 hrs ago

Trump has now been absolved of all wrongdoing (according to Trump).

Trump says latest release of Epstein files ‘absolves’ him

President Trump told reporters Saturday that the latest release of the documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein absolves him of any wrongdoing.

“I was told by some very important people that not only does it absolve me, it’s the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left,” Trump told reporters in his first public comments since the latest release of the files.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5717492-trump-epstein-documents-release/

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Trump has now been absolved of all wrongdoing (according to Trump). (Original Post) Doodley 5 hrs ago OP
This dickhead really thinks he can speak johnnyfins 5 hrs ago #1
More has indeed been released, Gordcanuck 4 hrs ago #6
Were those very important people big strong men with tears of joy in their eyes? Yonnie3 4 hrs ago #2
"some very important people" who do not have names. Norrrm 4 hrs ago #3
"Complete Exoneration!" Disaffected 4 hrs ago #4
IF that was true Skittles 4 hrs ago #5
Well, technically yeah Diraven 4 hrs ago #7

Gordcanuck

(163 posts)
6. More has indeed been released,
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:37 PM
4 hrs ago

including (according to the New York Times) “thousands of pictures and videos”.
So far all I’ve seen are inconsequential recaps of known prominent peoples’ contacts with Epstein, a few with stock shots of them.
The juicy, salacious, or even outright incriminating (good luck sifting those out!) images don’t get any press time.
If I were a survivor of such horrors I could not be further hurt by such a release, only glad to see I wasn’t at the demonstrations of protest for nothing.
If a newsworthy perp saw the real pics out in public, yeah, he’d fear moral, financial, reputational ruin of some kind. If there will ever be justice and fair treatment in this matter, I would say don’t hold your breath waiting for it under this administration.

Yonnie3

(19,294 posts)
2. Were those very important people big strong men with tears of joy in their eyes?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:16 PM
4 hrs ago

If they weren't it doesn't count.

If they were it doesn't count either.

Disaffected

(6,240 posts)
4. "Complete Exoneration!"
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:24 PM
4 hrs ago

Hmmm, where have we heard that before?

And "very important people" told him that...

Skittles

(170,106 posts)
5. IF that was true
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:35 PM
4 hrs ago

then why were you so against them being released?

he is, as usual, gaslighting, he thinks EVERYONE is as stupid as his moronic fucking cult

Diraven

(1,854 posts)
7. Well, technically yeah
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:56 PM
4 hrs ago

The Supreme Court has decided that the President (as long as he's named "Trump" ) has the authority now to order anyone in the DOJ (or the entire executive branch, for that matter) to take any action. So if he orders the Attorney General to proclaim his innocence, that's what happens.

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