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WiVoter

(1,573 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:41 AM 22 hrs ago

How Is It That There Are Millions Of Photos Of Epstein & His

customers (for lack of a better word)? Videos as well and other documents. For example, former Prince Andrew posing in that picture over one of the victims. Did all those people think evidence of their crimes like this would never come out? Just something I've wondered about and can't really think of an answer.

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How Is It That There Are Millions Of Photos Of Epstein & His (Original Post) WiVoter 22 hrs ago OP
Of course they won't come out...... essaynnc 22 hrs ago #1
wonder what's in Ivana's grave besides her ashes. travelingthrulife 22 hrs ago #2
I think Putin has everything rzemanfl 22 hrs ago #5
The rich and powerful know they are above the law. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #3
Makes me think of the Zappa quote: harumph 21 hrs ago #9
Exactly. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #10
The wealthy get away with a lot of shit Johonny 22 hrs ago #4
Because Epstein and Maxwell used the photos as leverage for return favors? tanyev 22 hrs ago #6
CBS News reported there were hidden video cameras inside Epstein's Manhattan townhouse and at his island. sop 22 hrs ago #7
I think Epstein made getting photographed part of the process whopis01 21 hrs ago #8
The picture of Andrew on the floor with weird body Boomerproud 20 hrs ago #11
The picture is being reported as Andrew and a woman. Mollyann 20 hrs ago #12

essaynnc

(980 posts)
1. Of course they won't come out......
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:49 AM
22 hrs ago

As long as I can extort you!

Think about it for a second, who's basically in charge of the justice department and whether these files get released? That would be Donald himself. Have we ever seen Donald give up on an opportunity to extort money from people? Could it be that he's holding all the photographs and all the evidence and all the pictures and all of everything in the Epstein files above people's heads to get money out of them and to do his bidding?

Just a thought..

Irish_Dem

(80,394 posts)
3. The rich and powerful know they are above the law.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:51 AM
22 hrs ago

They don't need to hide their crimes.

harumph

(3,125 posts)
9. Makes me think of the Zappa quote:
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:47 AM
21 hrs ago

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”

They (the ultra rich) don't need to hide anymore. They think it's all sewn up. I guess the midterms will tell whether they're right or not.

They don't even feel compelled to have shared facts. It's all lies 24-7 for the pedestrian classes. They only have contempt for the public. They seek to build parallel institutions and exclude everyone not in their "club."

What I'd actually like to see would make Dante's Inferno seem like amateur hour.

Irish_Dem

(80,394 posts)
10. Exactly.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:52 AM
21 hrs ago

Even if we win a few elections at the midterms, it just means they will throw us
a some token crumbs.

They are close to having it all.
All the power, control, money.
The rest of us are totally expendable.

Johonny

(25,743 posts)
4. The wealthy get away with a lot of shit
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:52 AM
22 hrs ago

See Trump and his kids entire life. Remember none of this came out after the first conviction. It didn't come out after he "died". Most had every reason to believe it wouldn't become public.

This stuff has gone on for what? Forever. It is still likely going on.

sop

(17,895 posts)
7. CBS News reported there were hidden video cameras inside Epstein's Manhattan townhouse and at his island.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:10 AM
22 hrs ago

That's the stuff that needs to be released.

whopis01

(3,914 posts)
8. I think Epstein made getting photographed part of the process
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:35 AM
21 hrs ago

If someone wanted to participate they were gong to get photographed.
That gave Epstein a "Mutually Assured Destruction" card to ensure that he couldn't get thrown under the bus easily.

Boomerproud

(9,208 posts)
11. The picture of Andrew on the floor with weird body
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:33 AM
20 hrs ago

Is bizarre in the extreme. The person's body language looks like they're unconscious or something. I can't make it out.

Mollyann

(153 posts)
12. The picture is being reported as Andrew and a woman.
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:11 AM
20 hrs ago

Look carefully at her body size and compare the sizes of the hands of them both. She looks to be about 12 or 13.

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