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Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation (www.theguardian.com)
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Epstein greased the wheels wherever he could, no surprises there:

Epstein emailed and texted with CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling through STT, the released files show. Some officers received financial advice, others, small gifts, and employment opportunities. One officer was invited to perform the steel pan drums on Little St James on multiple occasions; Epstein tasked his assistant with helping another with an interest in accounting to find mentorship. That agent solicited Epstein for a “hard-money loan”, though he told the Guardian the loan never materialized.

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[–] [S] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

One officer was invited to perform the steel pan drums on Little St James on multiple occasions

Mort Zuckerman, Leon Black, Bob Kerrey, Joel Klein, Joi Ito, Woody and Soon Yi Allen, and Tom Pritzker – as well as “Customs Agent Bill Routch”.

Fucking weird ass fever dream Scooby Doo shit... All of this is weird as fuck, but there's just something so unbelievably fucking weird about imagining some asshole border patrol agent was playing the fucking steel drums on pedo Island on multiple occasions, possibly for an audience that includes Woody Allen and Soon Yi while all of this disgusting bullshit is happening.

You're almost certainly helping this guy traffick women and children. Meanwhile everybody's wearing their fucking tommy Bahama casuals and having a blast relaxing to the island sounds of CBP agent dickhead's cover of 'Hot, Hot, Hot.'

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It's the crazy little details that feel carefully chosen to make us sound crazy. It's really galling.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago*

    Imagine being a victim and trying to explain what happened to you (assuming you're even allowed to leave the island alive, which some witnesses claim not everyone did).

    So you're saying you seemed to be targeted and singled out by CBP before being detained, and then flown via private jet to a small island where you were forced to be a sex slave?

    And a very random hodgepodge of recognizable celebrities, politicians, Wall Street executives, scientists, and other members of the global elite were also on the island you were taken to, and either participated in assaulting you or at least witnessed your assault but did nothing to stop it?

    And you also claim at one point you saw the CBP agent who originally detained you, perform the steel pan drums for the elite hodgepodge?

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