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douglas9

(5,645 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:35 AM 12 hrs ago

RFK Jr.'s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files

The exchange took place in 2012, seven years before Epstein died in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial.

In one email, Epstein writes to Maxwell about a trip involving “dinosaur and fossill hunitng (sic) with jack horner on the ranch, found 90 million year old clams and fossils.”

“Right up your alley,” he adds.

The following day, Maxwell replies: “Love that - didn’t we go fossil hunting with him and Bobby Kennedy in N Dakota?”

“Yes,” Epstein replies.

Maxwell, a former British socialite now serving 20 years for her crimes, also disclosed the fossil hunt during an interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last year, apparently catching him off guard when she said of Epstein: “Bobby Kennedy knew him.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-bizarre-trip-with-jeffrey-epstein-and-ghislaine-maxwell-exposed-in-files/

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RFK Jr.'s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files (Original Post) douglas9 12 hrs ago OP
I'm beginning to think that everyone in his cabinet and everyone in a senior position malaise 12 hrs ago #1
Redefines the good ol' boys club, doesn't it? SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #3
Blackmail keeps them all in check. spanone 11 hrs ago #4
Yep malaise 11 hrs ago #5
Yes this seems more than obvious now doesn't it? Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #7
Not all fossils are ancient. multigraincracker 11 hrs ago #2
At about that time... Hugin 10 hrs ago #6
nope, nothing creepy about that lapfog_1 10 hrs ago #8
Creepy is the word of the day... Hugin 10 hrs ago #10
Like a pedophile Zelig, Epstein keeps popping up everywhere you look. sop 10 hrs ago #9

malaise

(294,171 posts)
1. I'm beginning to think that everyone in his cabinet and everyone in a senior position
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 07:40 AM
12 hrs ago

Is in the Epstein files.
That is all

Irish_Dem

(80,415 posts)
7. Yes this seems more than obvious now doesn't it?
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:59 AM
10 hrs ago

Part of the selection criteria is their history with Epstein.

So all of Trump's pals are protecting themselves, not Trump.

Hugin

(37,616 posts)
6. At about that time...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:57 AM
10 hrs ago

Horner was married* to a 19 year old student.

*Horner claims that the marriage was to squelch an investigation into his relationship with her.

Horner’s fame and this situation could have drawn Epstein/Maxwell’s interest in him. He seems to have had more of an interest in fossils.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Horner_(paleontologist)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3764076/Paleontologist-Jack-Horner-advised-Jurassic-Park-says-forced-job-vindictive-museum-director-marrying-19-year-old-student.html

lapfog_1

(31,776 posts)
8. nope, nothing creepy about that
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:15 AM
10 hrs ago



To be clear he claims to have met her when she was 18 and he was 64.

not the same as child rape ( sex with underage minor ), but the faculty parties were probably awkward.

Hugin

(37,616 posts)
10. Creepy is the word of the day...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:34 AM
10 hrs ago

In 2011, Horner pursued the project to develop the animal, which he describes as a "chickenosaurus", with a team of geneticists. By November 2014, Horner and his team had conducted some of the earliest research into the embryonic development of tails. Such research may ultimately lead to new treatments for people with spinal disorders. Research into the mesenchyme tissue of chicken embryos, which direct the growth of teeth, may also aid in the treatment of human sarcomas. George Lucas had funded most of the project's costs up to that point, while an additional $5 million was needed. Horner expected to have a living dinosaur within 10 years. In 2026, released emails from the Epstein files revealed that Horner had discussed the project with Jeffrey Epstein in 2012, and that Epstein had expressed interest in funding the project.



Ah, Horner was seeking funds for a chickenosaurus from Epstein. Totally normal. Tequila Bob Jr may have been seeking to build a fast food empire…
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