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Ponietz

(4,435 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:29 AM Yesterday

Remember when Ted Lieu said the Epstein files show Trump raped and threatened to kill children?

Then it all just stopped. That evil scum is holding Iran hostage to keep those files concealed.

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Remember when Ted Lieu said the Epstein files show Trump raped and threatened to kill children? (Original Post) Ponietz Yesterday OP
Really harsh and taboo subjects are difficult to navigate in public bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1
Tape is the ending Whip-poor-will Yesterday #2
There is currently no public evidence of the existence of tapes showing Trump doing anything to little girls. Wiz Imp 19 hrs ago #16
The evidence is the hiding Whip-poor-will 12 hrs ago #20
40-50 Tb Kid Berwyn Yesterday #3
There were witnesses who saw Krasnov rape 2 little girls. gab13by13 Yesterday #4
There were also victims who said tRump raped them like Katie Johnson. She was scared off by death threats. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #6
How many other girls went into the international child sex trafficking ring of Epstein, Musk, Putin, and Trump Botany Yesterday #7
Recent history of crimes against children makes me REALLY fearful of what is happening to young detainees ICE & CPB have Attilatheblond 20 hrs ago #14
the MSM really does NOT want to talk about the president being a pedophile rapist, period. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #5
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #8
Trump should be in prison awaiting trial. Depose Melaaaaaniaaaaah. twodogsbarking Yesterday #9
It's Bigger Than Child-Rape, For Which Trump Has Already Been Sued...... ColoringFool Yesterday #10
"Lordy, I hope there's tapes!" - James Comey sop Yesterday #11
Why would he go? Who would ask/demand that he go? flvegan 18 hrs ago #17
I dont think the topic is too icky to be talked about johnnyfins Yesterday #12
Also remember Lieu stating Merrick the Meek dropped the ball. republianmushroom Yesterday #13
That's not what he said. He said the files contained ALLEGATIONS of Donald Trump raping & threatening to kill children. Wiz Imp 19 hrs ago #15
Show, alleged, proved, indicated, pointed toward, insinuated, said, demonstrated Ponietz 8 hrs ago #21
K&R Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #18
He's holding the whole world hostage. nt 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #19

bucolic_frolic

(55,929 posts)
1. Really harsh and taboo subjects are difficult to navigate in public
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:36 AM
Yesterday

even without the politics. Adverse fallout, fear, hysteria .... without evidence from the real Epstein files, I think they took it about as far as it can go right now.

Whip-poor-will

(531 posts)
2. Tape is the ending
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:53 AM
Yesterday

You would too if you did what the tapes show trump doing to little girls.

For rapist it's pleasure when someone acknowledges your power over them crying, begging, screaming, pleading as their life is squeezed

out of them. It's not the sex climax it's total submission ,like what the country is experiencing now.

Why has the FBI held the tapes 8 years after the law requires them to be turned over for to us to see ??????

Nixon tripped on the tape wire ,trump's next.

Wiz Imp

(10,491 posts)
16. There is currently no public evidence of the existence of tapes showing Trump doing anything to little girls.
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:45 PM
19 hrs ago

There's only allegations. This is supposed to be a reality based community. It's important not to label speculation or allegations as proof.

Whip-poor-will

(531 posts)
20. The evidence is the hiding
Tue May 26, 2026, 04:59 AM
12 hrs ago

No speculation whats so ever MSM reported tapes and CDs taken from the epstein house by OUR FBI ,we own them the law says show them so there's only one reason why we haven't seen them because.....

Kid Berwyn

(25,153 posts)
3. 40-50 Tb
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:25 AM
Yesterday
From The Independent:

Journalists at Channel 4 News, a U.K. broadcaster, viewed internal emails that showed federal investigators anticipated processing between 20 and 40 terabytes of data taken from Epstein’s properties.

In 2020, investigators estimated the files totaled up to 50 terabytes, while in 2025, officials wrote that they were “looking at approximately 14.6 terabytes of archived data.”

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-files-released-trump-percent-b2921206.html

gab13by13

(32,840 posts)
4. There were witnesses who saw Krasnov rape 2 little girls.
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:41 AM
Yesterday

One of them got a lawyer and was going to court until she got so many death threats that she backed out.

The other little girl's name was Maria, she simply disappeared.

LymphocyteLover

(10,206 posts)
6. There were also victims who said tRump raped them like Katie Johnson. She was scared off by death threats.
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:45 AM
Yesterday

Botany

(77,916 posts)
7. How many other girls went into the international child sex trafficking ring of Epstein, Musk, Putin, and Trump
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:54 AM
Yesterday

… and just disappeared? We do have confirmation of a delivery of a drum of sulfuric acid to
Epstein’s New Mexico home.

This “thing” huge.

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/merrick-garland-and-the-octopus

Drugs. Money laundering. Human trafficking. PROMIS. Iran-Contra. BCCI. Nuclear technology. Maxwell. Epstein. Kushner. Trump. Stolen elections. Russia. Israel. The story of how it’s all connected.

Attilatheblond

(9,295 posts)
14. Recent history of crimes against children makes me REALLY fearful of what is happening to young detainees ICE & CPB have
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:18 PM
20 hrs ago

LymphocyteLover

(10,206 posts)
5. the MSM really does NOT want to talk about the president being a pedophile rapist, period.
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:44 AM
Yesterday

FFS they barely want to talk about his other glaring problems.

Republicans certainly don't want to talk about it.

I suspect some dems even think it's too icky to talk about.

Main problem is the Epstein Files cover-up has worked very well to shield Dump from the worst.

dalton99a

(95,497 posts)
8. Kick
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:04 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Mon May 25, 2026, 09:49 AM - Edit history (1)



https://www.c-span.org/clip/news-conference/rep-ted-lieu-claims-president-trump-is-accused-of-raping-children-in-the-epstein-files/5191713

February 3, 2026
Rep. Ted Lieu Claims President Trump is Accused of Raping Children in the Epstein Files

Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus Ted Lieu (D-CA) tells reporters the Epstein files contain allegations that President Trump raped and threatened to kill children. He says House Republicans are trying to "distract" from those allegations by seeking testimony on Epstein from former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He also says the Justice Department "violated the privacy" of victims by failing to redact some explicit images from the files and that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche should resign.

ColoringFool

(1,144 posts)
10. It's Bigger Than Child-Rape, For Which Trump Has Already Been Sued......
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:32 AM
Yesterday

IT.

IS.

CHILD.

MURDER.

Involvement? Witnessing? Knowledge? Hearsay?

The oceans and the deserts hold multitudes of secrets.

sop

(19,414 posts)
11. "Lordy, I hope there's tapes!" - James Comey
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:01 AM
Yesterday

If video surfaces showing Trump raping girls, he won't go quietly, he'll barricade himself in his ballroom bunker and go nuclear. I hope I'm wrong.

flvegan

(66,554 posts)
17. Why would he go? Who would ask/demand that he go?
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:08 PM
18 hrs ago

The GOP is fine with it, they've already shown that. His cult chud voters are fine with it, they've already shown that. The "religious right" will just go all "sins of the past" and continue to bow to their most perfect pedophile messiah.

Hell, those idiot fucking chuds will probably start shouting "fuck my little girl next, Trump!"

johnnyfins

(4,022 posts)
12. I dont think the topic is too icky to be talked about
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:23 AM
Yesterday

I do think there is a certain percentage of people who think it is too outrageous to believe. The easy way out is to just say it's political.

Wiz Imp

(10,491 posts)
15. That's not what he said. He said the files contained ALLEGATIONS of Donald Trump raping & threatening to kill children.
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:39 PM
19 hrs ago
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ted-lieu-epstein-files-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawSB5VBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFnaml5aVNKclNWNXVQNVhPc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhbfnwdJOVxplzeLR8Jz5dclmP1nxQ4S7j-8k5qI-LlkIwxoX-3GvOQTc1-X_aem_vgq-m1UGiFZuxAHu3dHTjA#Echobox=1778761142
Did Ted Lieu say 'unreleased Epstein files show Trump raping children'? Don't be fooled
Per the memes, Lieu allegedly said: "The unreleased Epstein files show Trump raping children. That's what's being hidden. That's why the files stay sealed. That's why there are no arrests."

A video of the news conference available on C-SPAN documents that Lieu said:
So why are Republicans so interested in Bill and Hillary Clinton? It's because they're trying to distract from the fact that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children. Of Donald Trump threatening to kill children.

We found no evidence that Lieu made that statement; as such, it is incorrectly attributed to him.

The claim appears to stem from a real news conference Lieu held in February 2026 in which he said the Epstein files contained allegations that Trump raped and threatened children, not that they contained actual evidence to substantiate such allegations.

Ponietz

(4,435 posts)
21. Show, alleged, proved, indicated, pointed toward, insinuated, said, demonstrated
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:06 AM
8 hrs ago

You can’t parse it.

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