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Bluetus

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11. Exactly. The sex was just the bait. The game was money laundering and extortion
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:08 PM
Oct 31

Last edited Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:36 PM - Edit history (1)

Epstein, Maxwell, and Trump were all in Russia's orbit, if not entirely loyal Russian agents. We already knew that Trump handled a lot of money laundering in cahoots with Deutsche Bank, but that obviously (now) involved other banks like Morgan. We know for certain that Deutsche ran this Russian money laundering scheme very intentionally as a line-of-business. We don't yet know whether Morgan's involvement was peripheral or intentional. Obviously some people within Morgan were well aware of it, but we don't know if it was sanctioned/driven at the executive level.

Given these things, it is pretty clear what Trump's role was. We know he was helpful to Epstein in recruiting women and girls for the sex ring, and that some of those activities took place at Mar-a-Lago. But that, as salacious as it is, is really a minor part of the story. Trump boasts of knowing "all the best people". His role, in addition to lending his casinos and real estate properties to the money laundering operation, was to bring these "best people" into Epstein's sex trap to feed the extortion racket.

And in this case, the extortion was not necessarily for money. When we see the full list, we will see that it is heavily populated by powerful people from governments and private industry. The Kompromat was useful in many non-cash ways, causing businesses and governments to take certain decisions that Epstein and/or the Russians could monetize.

Where there's smoke... GreenWave Oct 31 #1
Follow the money, especially where Trump is concerned. Ocelot II Oct 31 #2
The pedo stuff is just the tip of the Epstein iceberg. sop Oct 31 #3
Exactly. The sex was just the bait. The game was money laundering and extortion Bluetus Oct 31 #11
It will be his reckoning vapor2 Oct 31 #4
That headline is deceiving chowder66 Oct 31 #5
THought exactly the same. Amaryllis Oct 31 #15
Yep. onenote Oct 31 #18
More than deceiving; it's inaccurate. Sogo Oct 31 #23
True. chowder66 Oct 31 #25
I noticed that too Redleg Oct 31 #28
Yep but if he tries to sue over it they could just say well he is in charge. chowder66 Oct 31 #34
A criminal cabal UpInArms Oct 31 #6
And none of them will ever be charged republianmushroom Oct 31 #7
Garland will sort this out shortly, just wait Orrex Oct 31 #13
Been waiting a little more than 4 years now. republianmushroom Oct 31 #16
Careful--you'll get a scolding from his cheerleaders Orrex Oct 31 #17
Been getting that for about 3 years now. republianmushroom Oct 31 #19
Yep, you're in good company Orrex Oct 31 #20
I think so. republianmushroom Oct 31 #21
So there literally are receipts ck4829 Oct 31 #8
But wait, there's more. Stay tuned after the next distraction. Nuclear Testing, Tearing down a house where he is only a twodogsbarking Oct 31 #9
!0 yrs of this shit - I just can't believe he can keep walkingbetween the raindrops... tazcat Oct 31 #10
"10 years"? Hell, he's been doing it his entire god forsaken life. Texin Oct 31 #12
... Wednesdays Oct 31 #14
Industrial strength deflection xuplate Oct 31 #22
So here's the proof flamingdem Oct 31 #24
Shitty headline JoseBalow Oct 31 #26
NYT actually had the article last night (I am out of gift links until tomorrow) BumRushDaShow Oct 31 #31
"JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures" JoseBalow Oct 31 #35
The NYT has this paragraph however BumRushDaShow Oct 31 #36
The headline is indeed misleading. I had to re-read the material a few times to ascertain that it refers to . . . John1956PA Oct 31 #32
Too bad someone couldn't put the heat on Dershowitz gab13by13 Oct 31 #27
"Follow the Money." The Russian angle looks very, very interesting... Martin68 Oct 31 #29
The Paper Trail gfarber Oct 31 #30
Dershowitz? Quelle surprise SamuelTheThird Oct 31 #33
WSJ Mosby Oct 31 #37
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