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karin_sj

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10. Starr appeared numerous times in the Epstein Files
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 11:11 AM
22 hrs ago

From Google:

"Documents unsealed by the U.S. House Oversight Committee detail the extensive relationship and email correspondence between former independent counsel and Baylor University president Kenneth Starr and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Key details from the released files include:

The 2008 Plea Deal: Long before he served as president of Baylor, Starr acted on Epstein’s defense team. He was instrumental in securing a highly controversial non-prosecution agreement that granted Epstein immunity from federal sex trafficking charges, which was later uncovered by journalists at the Miami Herald.

Baylor University Visit: Newly released communications verify that Starr hosted Epstein on the Baylor University campus in Waco, Texas, in 2012, four years after Epstein’s initial sex crime conviction.

Close Correspondence: The emails—reviewed in depth by outlets like Chron—reveal a remarkably warm friendship. Starr frequently signed off his messages with phrases like "Hugs, Ken," "love ya," and "Yuletide hugs".

Defending Epstein: The files include a 2018 email where Starr defended the lenient 2008 plea deal, arguing that Epstein "paid his debt to society" and stating that his crimes should be allowed to close "in the spirit of the bedrock American belief in second chances"

The utter hypocrisy of the Republicans is disgusting and completely expected.

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Just a Reminder....Meme [View all] KS Toronado Yesterday OP
;-{) THIS Goonch Yesterday #1
Spread this around your social media sites everyone. KS Toronado 23 hrs ago #3
Will Do! WiVoter 23 hrs ago #4
I've done it BlueMTexpat 23 hrs ago #7
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #2
Exactly 👍👍👍 TommieMommy 23 hrs ago #5
Because Ken Star acted like a Puritan minister, but was really a partisan viber piece of shit! Chasstev365 23 hrs ago #6
Absolutely. SergeStorms 23 hrs ago #8
Yikes! Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #9
Starr appeared numerous times in the Epstein Files karin_sj 22 hrs ago #10
Republicans called 22 y/o Monica a child. Norrrm 21 hrs ago #11
You can bet that popsdenver 21 hrs ago #12
Didn't Ken Starr have an affair as a married man with a married woman and cover sexual abuse by some Botany 21 hrs ago #13
DING!!!!!!!! THIS !!!!!! AllaN01Bear 20 hrs ago #14
I remember all of the headlines screaming every day, for years about this pecadillo between consenting adults dlk 19 hrs ago #15
My coworker, a crazy evangelical, and I fought continuously over Clinton. slightlv 16 hrs ago #16
Right? OldBaldy1701E 15 hrs ago #17
Kick red dog 1 13 hrs ago #18
Oooooh, I do like that hashtag! calimary 9 hrs ago #19
Not that all republicans are two-faced, partisan hacks. Festivito 4 hrs ago #20
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