The US Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell, in the released transcript, said that she never saw Trump do anything inappropriate and she repeatedly showered Trump with praise. That sort of comment would have been welcomed by Trump and his circle who have been keen to dismiss concerns about this relationship with Epstein which have roiled his support base.

“I actually never saw the president in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way. The president was never inappropriate with anybody,” Maxwell said.

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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (7 children)

"I never saw the man from whom I'm seeking a presidential pardon in any inappropriate setting. He's actually a very stable genius."

We can all see the bullshit for what it is, and it will probably still work because this country's stupid as hell.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I hear he has a massive dong that looks like a third leg.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    There's a huge difference between just being stupid versus "willful ignorance." Most people aren't that dumb - they're just assholes practicing the latter (which admittedly can be considered "stupid" in the long run, but I think that qualifies more as "short-sighted & self-centered" IMHO).

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't mean people are stupid literally. I mean the country is in a farcical position with criminal leadership.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    The country was always controlled by thuggish idiots.

    The presidency has been mostly a figurehead of a barely controlled mob of the powerful, ever fighting with each other.

    Now there is more profit to be made from this sort of dysfunction, instead of the appearance of a well run nation.

    This is simply capitalism

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's a country where the first president was a slave owner, and has slavery embedded into its founding. So you're of course correct. We are just wavering between levels of "awful" and "very awful."

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  • [–] [S] 39 points 1 year ago
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    A lot of people don't know this, but it's actually considered appropriate to grope children on Epstein's island.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I think "claims"would have been a better verb for this headline. Nobody's buying it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Somebody is desperately trying to avoid having a prison accident.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Unrelated, but fwiw her name is pronounced "jiLAYnuh" all the news outlets are butchering it painfully

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago
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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Right after getting transferred to club fed? Sureeee

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  • I guess this is the only way she wouldn't have to "kill herself" like Epstein "killed himself"

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    The president was never inappropriate with anybody

    If that doesn't show she's just bad at lying, I don't know what does. That idiot has been inappropriate with people live on TV.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    So there is no problem releasing the epstein files.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago
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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Maxwell, in the released transcript, said that she never saw Trump do anything inappropriate and she repeatedly showered Trump with praise. That sort of comment would have been welcomed by Trump and his circle who have been keen to dismiss concerns about this relationship with Epstein which have roiled his support base.

    Riiiiight

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So release the tape to go with it. Because no one trusts this "justice" department.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    What a bunch of bs.

    They totally made a deal for a better prison if she said all of that.

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