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Unset's avatar

At this point we are all Epstein victims . . . the true number is in the billions. I need to start thinking about what I'll spend my $16.23 settlement money on

Michael Tracey's avatar

How about a massage?

Chuck Campbell's avatar

Definitely make a joke about massage. Just in case someone reading your work was wondering if you are a completely worthless human. I’m sure those praising your work are on a predatory list or their rotten children have been caught in such things. It’s a niche audience but I’m sure you’ve consolidated a great place for an investigation. Looking on the bright side

Joesph J Esposito's avatar

SIMP. Anyone who uses Jesus as their avatar immediately exposes their self-ordained view of themselves. Michael Tracy is SPOT ON; there is simply ZERO evidence of children being abused. There are pictures of semi naked people and some dubious pictures of children with their hands tied, one who is smiling which makes it suspect. THE CONTEXT of those pictures doesn't prove anything

xkry's avatar

I'm an Epstein survivor. That is to say, I survived listening to the splendiforous bullshit about Epstein. I feel like my mind has been "raped" by Epstein conspiracists.

Sam McGowan's avatar

Nah, we're victims of the media.

Exile from the Future's avatar

Michael has done some excellent investigative journalism in the past but this is pure bullshit. The opposite of what he is saying is the real truth. The goverment, Kash Patel included, is doing everything it can to stifle evidence of Epstein's crimes. They drag their feet, they redact like crazy, they obfuscate, they lie. They keep suggesting there is nothing really there. Almost every national politician in both parties is doing everything he or she can to make this story go away. I even think Trump's hostile actions towards Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are part of the distraction. WW3 may well happen as a result of trying to put a lid on the Epstein story. Millions may die to make this story go away.

Michael Tracey's avatar

Essentially nothing you wrote here is responsive to the actual content of this article.

Joesph J Esposito's avatar

He's a FOOL. I find your writing 100% spot on. The idiocy of people who think some smoking gun will eventually vindicate the whole conspiracy theory is astounding. Some people are showing me pictures of seminude people giving & receiving massages. Someone flashed a picture to me of little children with their hands tied, but NO context. Also, one of the images is dubious because the little girl is smiling. These could have been taken out of context or even be photoshopped

Val Crosby's avatar

You’ve clearly not paid any attention to this case in detail. The coverup is occurring for apparently the opposite reason--they don’t want to come right out and declare 90 percent of the conspiracy theories about Epstein false even though they should, so they weasel word their findings with massive deference to accusers and their lawyers, very few of whom had to prove anything in court.

Exile from the Future's avatar

Even if ony 10% of the accusations are true this is still the biggest political scandal in American history. And it involves prominant politicians in both parties. You accuse me of not paying attention in detail. I accuse you of the same. I also accuse Michael Tracey of the same. I have read dozens of shocking emails No grand jury would decline to indict. Yes, there is a coverup, but not a coverup of proof that everyone associate with Epstein was innocent. Quite the contrary. Victims deserve their day in court.

Val Crosby's avatar

No it's not lmao. The 10 percent or so that IS true revolves around the Palm Beach scandal, involving no politicians, no Ghislaine Maxwell, no trafficking ring, no Prince Andrew. Interestingly enough most of you people have no clue about that, you know...the thing Epstein got arrested and jailed and got on the sex offender registry for??

Exile from the Future's avatar

IMAO = In my arrogant opinion. Emphasis on the word arrogant. You are no authority. You haven't read 1% of the relevant material. Neither have I, but I pay attention to people who have.

Val Crosby's avatar

I suggest you start with the records with the State Attorney at Palm Beach and associated material.

The Gray Man's avatar

Dude you haven't read a single thing because otherwise you would be like me I used to believe it because I read it all but with blinders now I took them off and it's very obvious

Exile from the Future's avatar

I have read a great deal and I have no idea what you are talking about. You give no examples, no evidence, no chain of reasoning. It is NOT obvious that I am wrong. There are many excellent investigative journalists that I have been following for a couple of decades. Every single one of them agrees with what I have said here. If Mossad has dirt on Donald Trump that could destroy his presidency, that is worthy of a thorough investigation, because Israel wants Trump to do things that will precipitate World War 3.

Jason Keyes's avatar

I think you have the right of it, though the reason they're want to avoid admitting the lies is because they were the purveyors and pushers of those lies.

Trump and his people created this mess. Now they're whining about having to deal with the consequences.

Joesph J Esposito's avatar

Are you a menopausal w0e-MAN? Or one of their simps?

The Gray Man's avatar

. That's just it not even 10%

Tim N's avatar

That seems pretty close to the truth.

Tim N's avatar

That's your opinion.

The Gray Man's avatar

You really enjoy lying

Philadelphiensis's avatar

Kash Patel, as you might have noticed is an idiot, like his boss. Every national politician bar one in Congress voted to release the files. A stupid decision that, I agree will in time come back to haunt them.

The department Kash heads, has, as it were, its own trajectories and mores. Kash has no idea how to control anything or what. Don't forget there is a lot of contradictions here. The Epstein Myth as Michael calls it, "The Xstein Files" as I call it, started off in QAnon as a stick, really a purely propaganda one, to beat the Dems with. It has somehow crossed the aisle. Otherwise you don't as Michael says, address his real points.

It is kind of ironic that Trump is really absent from these files yet the story might still damage him, that he started it to a great extent and that like Russiagate, though it was a nothing burger he was sill stupid enough to obstruct justice over it. He could do that here. He could easily pardon Maxwell, who, in my view, didn't get a fair trail in another irony.

Joesph J Esposito's avatar

YOU ARE A FOOL. There is simply ZERO evidence of ANYTHING related to Epstein abusing children. There is innuendo, suggestions, photoshops but NOTHNG else

Sam McGowan's avatar

I read through the FBI report and there's no doubt it debunks the claim of a massive child exploitation ring. ONLY Virginia Roberts made such claims and her claims were not substantiated by other alleged victims. Of course, those of us who had read the police interviews already knew this. As to the exaggeration of the number of victims, it has to be political. There were something like 30-40 payout under the victims restitution fund then about 150-200 from the funds lawyers bilked from the banks.

Tardigrade's avatar

Does receiving a payout prove that someone was an actual victim? With that much money available, people were bound to take advantage of it.

Andrew Murphy's avatar

Michael if they would ever have the guts to award you a Pulitzer for your journalism on this , I would support it 💯

Val Crosby's avatar

It appears our government felt the need to weasel word their findings to placate millions of potentially dangerous idiots. And at this point I doubt the few pieces of "CSAM" they apparently did find is what most people think.

Adi Had's avatar

Also remember what "CSAM" actually is. Its supposed to stand for "Child sexual abuse material". But remember this is just a different name for "Child pornography". And remember, the definition of "child" is anyone under the age of 18.

You can end up in a ridiculous situation where you live in a state where the age of consent is 16 and you have legal sex with your 16 year old girlfriend, but if you make a video of you having sex you are producing "Child sexual abuse material". Despite the material depicting legal sex!

Also I can go to Spain during the summer, and take a picture of topless women on the beach, if they happen to be 17 I am producing "Child sexual abuse material". Despite it only depicting a womans big breasts on the beach!

The term CSAM has no meaning, its ridiculous.

Joesph J Esposito's avatar

100% AGREED! In Texas and Ireland guys are being prosecuted for Amine comic books! I kid you not! A comic book with a cartoon of a girl can be used as an example of child pornography

A Andersen's avatar

Keep up the good work. You are a modern-day Cassandra, cursed by the Gods to speak truths no one believes. It is accurate to state that so far, there is no chargeable evidence against any living person for being part of an Epstein pedo sex ring. But that makes people angry because they just know that there is. But I have confidence in you that you will be the first to report it if any such evidence is found.

Newdaze's avatar

Thank you for bringing calm analysis to this topic.

Sam McGowan's avatar

Those of you doubting M.T.'s reporting need to read the ACTUAL police interviews, depositions, trial transcripts and other court documents that have been available for years. Florida released the interviews and grand jury testimony several years ago and it's available on the state website. He is 100% correct in his analysis.

Chuck Campbell's avatar

Garbage lies on behalf of Zionists. Tracey is serial fabulist intent on vilifying the girls involved in an effort to protect a cabal of blackmail, abuse and satanic ritual. Enjoy hell you fuckin prick.

Spencer's avatar

So, basically you’re judging Michael based on a hoax that he unmasked because you’re stuck in a right-wing media bubble and refuse to grapple with the facts he’s presented. Or do you just #believeallwomen when it involves Jews?

Chuck Campbell's avatar

Banks settled for millions because they couldn’t afford the pre trial discovery. Epstein victimized girls as young as 9 years old. If Jews find tropes inconvenient it would benefit them to stop exemplifying said tropes. Jews buy cbs and immediately blame Russian for Epstein criminal activity? Sounds like Jews have conceded Jeffery’s guilt. They are intentionally obfuscating Zionist involvement. Tracy is still trying to blame greedy sluts. Tracy tries to “fruit from the poison tree “ the entirety of criminal behavior by shining a light on Guifre . To defend Tracey is to defend the people who abused a fucking nine year old girl. Enjoy hell. You’ve earned it.

Spencer's avatar

Before I go to hell, can you provide some actual evidence? Or, are you like the Mexican bandits in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: “We don’t need no stinkin’ evidence!” If you are going to be an anti-Semite, at least be a sophisticated one instead of a caricature.

Chuck Campbell's avatar

CBS News, pez dispenser of Zionist deflection, has already conceded the broad veracity of the Epstein story, by virtue of the DOJ data dump. The evidence of Tracey’s attempt to use guiffre and others as a firewall against all other evidence is indisputable. In desperation, you endeavor to make this an antisemitism issue, which is adorable. Zionists using Jews alternatively as human shields and battering ram is being thoroughly exposed. Jews are in fact chosen people. Chosen by god to illustrate the pitfalls of hubris. You know, like claiming goy are inferior while clinging to historic victimhood. Good luck with your lies. You better go yell at Bari Weiss and her boss’s for pulling the rug on your bullshit

Spencer's avatar

Still no evidence. Good luck with your mania.

Chuck Campbell's avatar

There’s a couple million pages of evidence of crimes. Additionally, there’s evidence that no one had the balls to prosecute, and when they did Epstein stopped being alive. Seriously, get the Zionist apologist team together and get your fairy tales straight. Bari is exposing you.

Robert Lindsay's avatar

The 9 years old story is bullshit.

Robert Lindsay's avatar

Yes Fuentes went back over the original OCR and found that a character had been entered wrong. It was actually “Brazilian girl, 19.” And I believe I remember those very same references.

Searching Through's avatar

What has he ever fabulated?

Joesph J Esposito's avatar

Another ASSHOLE using Jesus to justify his self-ordained view of himself. SIMP. w0e-MEN LIE. In fact, 97% of rape claims turn out to be LIES.

Carol M's avatar

Hang in there, Michael

JayBee's avatar

Continued, and very welcome ongoing prosecution of this increasingly hideous saga. Kudos to you, MT.

DFG's avatar

So the Epstein Files case is either the most horrific case of child sex trafficking in history, and involved rape, torture and multiple murders by some of the richest and most politically connected people on Earth, who are in the verge of getting away with it. Or it is a complete hoax that was ginned up by personal injury attorneys, their greedy clients and ambitious politicians to smear political enemies. Under the second scenario the only real victims are Jeffrey Epstein, who was either murdered of tricked into suicide, and Gislaine Maxwell who got 20 years in prison for doing absolutely nothing. Is there a third option? As it stands now I have absolutely no idea which version is more accurate.

Sam McGowan's avatar

It was ginned up by personal injury attorneys and the media.

Pete Ross's avatar

All these hoaxes are DARPA experiments in mass psychology, cult behavior.

They wanna teach The Ai Machine to recognize when the people infected with mindviruses.

Mb's avatar

How can you consider the government as credible? Their actions are consistent of a serial fabulist. Will you go on Dan Bongino’s show to discuss this?

Tardigrade's avatar

I'm so over the titillating sexual aspect of the Epstein circus.

What I find more interesting is the glimpse into the networking of the rich, famous, and powerful.