Have you seen this photo supposedly from the Epstein files?

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A publicly available 2003 photo from a Democratic fundraiser with Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and three of Jackson and Ross' children somehow found its way into the Epstein files, released with the children's faces redacted as if they were victims of Epstein.

I'm sure the right would never use it to smear Clinton.

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5 mo

The most charitable reading of Trump's Press Secretary Abigail Jackson's post is that obscuring the faces of minors in such a picture can make anybody look guilty, but it's more likely they put it out there as bait to their mob who will try to say Clinton's the real villain.

It would be one thing if the picture was from the Epstein files, but they seem to have searched out a picture of a prominent Democratic politician, ignoring the fact that the source of the photo is in no way suspicious.

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5 mo

files.mastodon.online/.../c64f9000690ab1b5.jpg Clinton responds: release everything you have about me.

[MisterWack]

When I saw it with no context I saw it as damning, only to find out on external research that the photo in question suspiciously censored Michael Jackson and Diana Ross’ children.
I will say Bill Clinton is totally a friend with Epstein in the same way Donald Trump is and we shouldn’t hold back on either of them. Same goes for Virgin Airlines CEO, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and we need to strive for transparency and accountability.

Fox News got an exclusive from Trump Admin, if true totally demolishes the transparency and accountability part:

[MisterWack]

Richard Branson, took a whole day for me to remember Virgin Airlines CEO’s name.

[Spencer10]

Here is my thoughts on Clinton. Given Lewinsky I consider this man a pig and a predator. If there is enough evidence to pursue charges against him then so be it. The same goes with every powerful person in the files. However it sure appears that the files are being "over redacted". Why? The above photo is just another example of partisan games being played to distract and delay. Why?

[OneViewpoint]

Oh the pig behavior from Bill Clinton goes back way further than Monica Lewinsky. There were scandals when he was governor of Arkansas. It's part of the culture in states like that.

[RavVid]

I've seen newspapers obscure babies faces for gawds sake.

I doubt you can get much truth in this. Virginia Guiffre was telling verifiable lie after lie just before she died in WA. I would say it is at the point you cannot believe anything.

[IamRight]

I had not seen the photo before.
And I’ll do you the favor of taking the statement "I'm sure the right would never use it to smear Clinton." As unsaracstic and your true opinion, and any response claiming the contrary shall be seen as you simply giving examples of more speech nobody likes as you describe yourself on your profile, because you would never want to actually be seen not believing the statement I quoted is 100% true.

[AngryCarl2]

English translation?

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@AngryCarl2 He's a nutcase who thinks he's clever by twisting the meaning of what people say.

Someone said "Trump's never said a nice thing about anybody" (or words to that effect), he thinks one example of Trump saying something nice proves they're lying, not that they were using rhetoric.

He's chased someone around the site demanding that they prove that "Trump calls everyone Miss Piggy". Ditto.

Now I think he's trying to turn my profile summary: "I'm the "more speech" nobody likes. Try to mislead people, I'll respond." (a hopefully obvious reference to "the best way to counter speech one doesn't agree with is not with censorship but with more speech") against me, ironically in an obviously misleading way. So I'll respond. With this "more speech".

[purplepoppy]

No one outside of the US trusts any information coming out of the states anymore. We just assume Trump has interfered with it.

[Shiprex]

I saw this online and didn't think much of it. The best bits are that the redacted stuff can still be read at times by copying it and pasting into another file then highlighting redacted text.

[jshm2]

It's likely bogus and nothing to do with Epstein.

[loveslongnails]

Bill Clinton is almost dead. He should just burn it all down and tell the whole truth. Wouldn't that be fabulous?

[CaptainSmartass]

It would be nice to see some women being implicated in this scandal.

Simples...

[goaded]

Does the name Ghislaine Maxwell ring a bell? The woman who was convicted for helping Epstein and is now in a minimum security prison for claiming, while notably NOT under oath, that she didn't witness Trump doing anything wrong?

[AngryCarl2]

Eh? If it's from the Epstein files where's Epstein? Something doesn't make sense here.

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The plan seems to have been to include as many people other than Trump in the first release (which is illegal for a start, because the date was a deadline for all files), and hide any that slip through.

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The most charitable reading of Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson's post is that obscuring the faces of minors in such a picture can make anybody look guilty, but it's more likely they put it out there as bait to their mob who will try to say Clinton's the real villain. It would be one thing if the picture was in the Epstein files, but they seem to have searched out a picture of a prominent Democratic politician, ignoring the fact that the source of the photo is in no way suspicious, unlike any taken from Epstein's estate.

[OddBeMe]

Wha-? Why would trump need to lie? Weird...