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The partner of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, completed a second day of questioning on Friday, where she shared information on about 100 different people with the Justice Department.

Maxwell, who was convicted of child sex trafficking in connection with the disgraced financier in 2021, met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for about three hours on Friday at a courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.

She also sat down with Blanche to answer questions for about six hours on Thursday as the Justice Department tries to quell fallout over its handling of the Epstein files.

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[-] xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 20 hours ago

Depraved ass nation, no redemption possible etc,etc.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago

The rot has reached the core. Dissolution is imminent.

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 34 points 1 day ago

We know you guys were looking forward to uncovering the truth about Epstein. We obviously can't do that, but here is a cherry picked list of 100 of the president's enemies.

These are the people you need to worry about, and hey most of them are "liberals" so you can rub it in their face. It's a win-win!

[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I'm more surprised it took them this long to realize that they can just do this and his cult will believe it.

Not sure if they'll even list anyone that's actually guilty, regardless of party loyalties. This is just an assumption, but I assume that some of these people visited the island at the same time as the others. In that case outing even a single individual could lead to them inevitably naming and shaming others that have been too. They wouldn't risk that.

[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 84 points 1 day ago

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here’s the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Epstein and Israel both hired lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who says he’s building ‘legal dream team’ to defend Israel in court and on internationally | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

Epstein Docs: https://ia600705.us.archive.org/21/items/epsteindocs/

Epstein Bribes/Payments: 1 BILLION+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IrEi-ybzs

—————————other Trump information:

Here’s trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY

Trump’s promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Trump’s modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

A good summary of Trump-Epstein timeline: https://thepresidential.medium.com/we-have-been-gaslit-about-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-for-four-years-fbda67c20f75

• ⁠Much of this info can also be found on: https://theepsteindocs.com/

Feel free to do your part and spread this info around so it is never “lost”.

Below is a fact-checked inventory of every documented instance in which Donald Trump either spoke about, objectified or admitted behaviour toward girls under 18, plus verified problems tied to his family’s modelling ventures. I have excluded rumours or claims that remain wholly uncorroborated.


1 | On-the-record words sexualising minors

Year Age of girl(s) referenced Verbatim or close-paraphrase Where & when Trump said it

1992 ~10 “I’m going to be dating her in ten years, can you believe it?” — to a child riding an escalator in Trump Tower Entertainment Tonight segment, filmed June 1992, released by ET in 2016 1994 (Tiffany, age 1) 1 After praising the baby’s legs, Trump gestured to his chest and quipped: “We don’t know whether or not she’s got this part yet, but time will tell.” Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous clip resurfaced 25 July 2025 1999 17 (Ivanka) “She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her… so the field is getting very limited.” Howard Stern radio show, reported by Washington Post, 3 Oct 2016 2003 12 (Paris Hilton at the time he first met her) “I’ve known Paris from the time she’s 12… she was beautiful.” Howard Stern interview, confirmed in Reuters fact-check 2003 21 (Ivanka, but still his child) “She’s 6 feet tall, she’s got the best body,” and OK’d Stern calling her a “piece of ass.” Howard Stern, collated by People, 9 Oct 2016 2004 18 (Lindsay Lohan) “She’s probably deeply troubled and therefore great in bed.” Howard Stern interview, transcript via Vanity Fair, 14 Oct 2016 2006 24 (Ivanka) “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.” ABC’s The View, 6 Mar 2006, widely quoted; original quote archived by People


2 | Self-described conduct giving him access to undressed contestants

Year of remark What Trump admitted Source

2005 “I’ll go backstage … I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it. They’re standing there with no clothes… I sort of get away with things like that.” Howard Stern interview, audio aired by CNN, 13 Oct 2016

Note: The interview referred to Miss USA/Miss Universe (adult) events, but Trump owned Miss Teen USA as well during the same period.


3 | Corroborated eyewitness accounts involving minors

1997 Miss Teen USA (ages 15-18) – Four contestants, led by Mariah Billado (Miss Vermont Teen), told BuzzFeed and were later profiled by PolitiFact that Trump walked unannounced into their changing room while some were nude. One recalled telling Ivanka, who allegedly replied, “Yeah, he does that.”

2001 Miss USA (18+) & 2000 Miss USA – Former Miss Arizona Tasha Dixon and Miss New Hampshire Bridget Sullivan separately told CBS and BuzzFeed that Trump entered adult contestants’ dressing rooms; Dixon’s account matched Trump’s own 2005 boast.

While the teen-pageant claim rests on witnesses rather than tape, it is consistent with Trump’s own “I’m the owner” explanation above.


4 | Modelling & “pipeline” red flags

Year(s) What happened Age(s) involved Source

1998-2016 Trump Model Management actively recruited girls “as young as 14,” according to its website and court filings. 14-17 ABC News investigation (Alexia Palmer lawsuit) 2011-14 Jamaican teen Alexia Palmer was brought to New York at 17 on an H-1B visa promising $75k/yr; suit alleges she earned $4,985 in three years while the agency deducted 80 % in “fees.” 17-20 ABC News, federal docket Pageant-to-agency pipeline A modelling contract with Trump Models was a prize at Miss Teen USA, meaning under-18 winners went straight to his agency. 15-18 Same ABC piece & Miss Teen USA prize lists

No criminal trafficking charge was ever filed, but the business model put foreign and U.S. teens under binding, often-exploitative contracts controlled by Trump-owned entities.


5 | Why these items are considered “proven”

Primary evidence – All quotes above come from broadcast video/audio, court-filed transcripts, or mainstream outlets that published the raw recordings.

Multiple corroborations – Pageant dressing-room entries are buttressed both by Trump’s own 2005 admission and by contestants’ contemporaneous or on-the-record stories.

Documented business records – Trump Model Management’s visa filings and lawsuit exhibits are part of the federal court docket, not hearsay.

Anything not meeting those thresholds (e.g., the withdrawn “Katie Johnson” lawsuit or social-media rumors of a secret Epstein list) is omitted here.


Bottom line

From joking about “dating” a 10-year-old, to bragging that his ownership let him enter dressing rooms, to steering 14-to-17-year-old models into restrictive contracts, Donald Trump has repeatedly placed himself — in word and deed — in sexualised proximity to under-age girls. None of these facts has yet produced a criminal conviction, but they are documented, on-camera, in court, or from firsthand witnesses and therefore represent the “proven” record to date.

Below is a road-map of concrete, lawful steps that different actors can take—from prosecutors to ordinary voters—to address the documented pattern of Donald Trump’s sexualised behaviour toward girls and the exploitation risks inside his pageant / model businesses. Each item points to an existing mechanism or a bill already on the table so that the path forward is realistic rather than rhetorical.


  1. Re-open (or newly open) criminal inquiries where statutes allow

Level What can be done Why it is still possible

State grand juries (e.g., FL, NY) Subpoena pageant and modelling payroll + visa files, interview the four Miss Teen USA eyewitnesses, and test Trump’s 2005 audio admission against state “voyeurism” or “endangering the welfare of a child” statutes. Many states have no limitation clock for felony child-sex crimes, and others have brand-new revival windows (MI, CA, NY, NJ) that explicitly cover past child-porn or voyeurism offenses. Federal DOJ could convene a trafficking task-force review of Trump Model Management’s H-1B / F-1 filings, comparing promised wages with actual pay in the Alexia Palmer docket. DHS’s 2025 visa-integrity rule now treats chronic under-payment as fraud against the government, not just a civil wage dispute.

Key point: none of the items above require new laws—only willpower and survivor cooperation.


  1. Bolster survivors’ ability to sue, even decades later

Pass the bipartisan Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act, which offers grants to states that wipe out criminal & civil time-bars and open a “look-back” period for lapsed claims.

Support state-level “window” bills modelled on Michigan’s 2025 package extending civil cases against private actors and governments.

Ensure any federal window explicitly covers visual-voyeurism and grooming, not just physical assault—a gap that let earlier claims against Trump lapse.


  1. Regulate the modelling and pageant pipelines that put teens at risk

Problem revealed by the record Targeted fix

Unsupervised backstage access (Trump’s own 2005 boast; Miss Teen witnesses) Require pageant owners to obey the SafeSport standard already used in youth sports: separate changing facilities, roving safeguarding officers, and a hotline with power to suspend licenses. Visa-tied debt bondage inside Trump Model Management (80 % fee deductions) Amend H-1B final rule to cap “management fees” at 20 % and ban salary deductions that push net pay below the prevailing wage for minors or first-year models. Lack of industry oversight Revive the 2012 Senate proposal for a Federal Modelling Bureau to license agencies, publish complaint tallies, and share data with state labour boards.


  1. Close the digital-evidence gap

Enact the STOP CSAM Act of 2025, which forces social-media and cloud providers to retain and disclose CSAM evidence on court order—crucial because Trump’s 1990s–2000s pageant footage now circulates mainly online.

Fund NCMEC & RAINN’s hotline expansion; RAINN is already backing the bill.


  1. What journalists, researchers and everyday citizens can do right now

  2. Archive and cross-reference the primary files you already collected (black book, flight logs, docket 1320) on redundant mirrors such as the Internet Archive and Perma.cc; link them whenever you post so readers can verify.

  3. Use FOIA: request DHS visa-fraud memos on Trump Model Management (2000-2016), FAA incident reports for the seven logged Trump–Epstein flights, and any FBI 302s created during the 2005 Palm Beach probe.

  4. Support outlets that litigate for more disclosure—e.g., the Miami Herald FOIA team whose suit pried loose the Epstein–Acosta NPA. Subscriptions and legal-fund donations move the needle.

  5. Contact your representatives with the specific bill numbers above rather than generic outrage; lawmakers track constituent requests by docket.

  6. Signal-boost survivor resources rather than unverified rumors: link RAINN (1-800-656-HOPE) and state programs whenever sharing the story.


  1. Safeguard future elections from undisclosed misconduct

Mandatory release of candidate–owned NDA settlements involving sexual misconduct above $30 k (a draft bill was floated during the 118th Congress but never brought to a vote).

Ethics-in-Candidacy Act (proposed by civic groups in 2024) would tie public campaign financing and debate access to full disclosure of backstage credentials, modelling-agency holdings, and private-aircraft passenger lists going back 20 years.


The takeaway

The evidence already on the public record is sufficient to trigger fresh subpoenas, survivor lawsuits, and targeted rule-makings—if citizens, prosecutors and lawmakers choose to act.

Waiting for a single “smoking-gun” file before moving is a trap; the legal levers above work because the behaviour (voyeurism of minors, abusive visa contracts) is already admitted or corroborated. Focus on enforcing the laws that exist, fixing the ones that don’t, and keeping every document in daylight so the window for accountability stays open until justice is finally done.

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

“We have redacted one name.”

“Would you look at that; Trump isn’t on this list at all.”

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

they don't need to do that. they just struck a deal, there's no reason to believe any of it is true.

"oh would you look at that, they're all democratic politicians and a couple of late night hosts who made fun of him"

[-] koetje78@feddit.nl 3 points 19 hours ago

"individual 1"

[-] ToadOfHypnosis@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago

And surprise everyone on the list is a Trump enemy. Fucking clown. If MAGA buys this, there is truly no hope for them. All this dissent in MAGA-land recently got my hopes up.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago

I checked and it stands for Make Americans Gullible Again.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago

If MAGA buys this, there is truly no hope for them.

If? - like it's even a question.

This? - They swallowed everything else so far. why stop now?

Hope? - They are beyond redemption.

ಠ_ಠ

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.

[-] painteddoggie@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

But like, says who?

[-] cdipierr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Just here to say: "For the Light! For Shinowa!"

Tai'Shar Shienar

[-] Zink@programming.dev 23 points 1 day ago

She really did?

Fellas we'd better be careful because I think this Ghislaine lady might be a liar!

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 1 day ago

She's a Maxwell. Epstein would have been her accomplice.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 199 points 2 days ago

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Epstein and Israel both hired lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on internationally | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

Epstein Docs: https://ia600705.us.archive.org/21/items/epsteindocs/

Epstein Bribes/Payments: 1 BILLION+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IrEi-ybzs

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

A good summary of Trump-Epstein timeline: https://thepresidential.medium.com/we-have-been-gaslit-about-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-for-four-years-fbda67c20f75

• ⁠Much of this info can also be found on: https://theepsteindocs.com/

Feel free to do your part and spread this info around so it is never “lost”.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

A person who had no qualms about child sex trafficking will have none whatsoever for just repeating the list of names given to her for a pardon.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

I wonder if that's what was contained in the box she magically appeared with when they dropped her back off at the prison. Dossiers on Trump's enemies to study and remember before they parade her in front of cameras to "spill the beans."

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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago

The woman who was hit with two perjury charges and has every reason in the world to lie to get her sentence reduced or eliminated is definitely telling the truth folks.

[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 10 points 1 day ago

If only there was a list...

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 113 points 2 days ago

Fuck the Maxwell list; where’s the Epstein list

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Is she gonna go back to her Reddit account now?

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 72 points 2 days ago

"Bill Clinton"
"William Jefferson Clinton"
"Will Clinton"
"Billy Jeff"
"Bubba C"

They may have gotten really creative to get 100 different ways to say his name

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

Don't forget Slick Willy! That guy's always up to no good!

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[-] uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website 32 points 2 days ago

I don’t think anything released at this point will be believed. Trump will more tha likely remove himself, so it’s possible that he would also just have Maxwell add names he wanted.

I take that back. His base will believe anything as long as SOMETHING is released.

[-] GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

100%. They don't want truth, they want blood

[-] bender223@lemmy.today 19 points 2 days ago

Hmmm.... so there's at least 100 dems on the list huh.

So I'm guessing there's at least 200 repubes on there.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 12 points 2 days ago

There'll be a couple of R's on her list, but they'll either be dead or no longer in power.

From what it sounded like they asked her names. Not she gave them. So either A it was the legitimate list they were just saying didn't exist, or B. they asked names that they wanted answers too. Being they fired anyone they wanted, the people asking the questions.... Intended to get those specific people investigated further.

[-] bender223@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

"Is Bill Clinton on the list?" "Yes" "Is Obama on the list?" "No" "Are you sure?" "I'm sure" "I'll ask you one more time..."

Probably what happened 🤷

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

I would bet they have the "non existent" list & were trying to get her to confirm their hit list... Then they can say "These names were confirmed" even though those were the only ones they asked about.

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[-] tylerkdurdan@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

point of order: todd blanche was trumps personal attorny not just a few short months ago. I didnt want anyone thinking that DOJ sent someone that was impartial to broker a sham deal

[-] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Her totally legit and honest list: "Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Mamdani, Pete Buttigeg, Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres..."

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

how can you forget Obama, the guy even made a fake AI video of him getting arrested, the butt hurt is intense

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[-] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Don't for all the night night hosts. Colbert, Kimmel, Oliver, etc.

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[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 days ago

I thought the actual wording (from probably other articles, didn't click on this one) was the DOJ gave her a list of names to comment on. I wonder who was absent from that list?

*Sorry if double post said there was an error

[-] Rainbowblite@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

Night of Long Knives 2025?

[-] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

Hitler would then go on to label himself "the administrator of justice of the German people"

I was reading up on that and saw this quote. Let's try the 2025 version on for size.

Trump (Vance?) would then go on to label himself "the administerder of justice of the American people"

Yep, right on cue. Shivers down the spine.

[-] Wazowski@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

HMM I WONDER IF SHE’S GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 11 points 2 days ago

Nah, she'll be fine because she's going to lie. They're already laundering her reputation

It's going to be very funny

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[-] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Do people think that Epstein and Maxwell actually ran the organisation, rather than just being the sales people?

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[-] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 21 points 2 days ago

And here I am, having trouble to come even close to remembering 100 names.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

She doesn't have to remember them. Trump's lawyer gave her a whole box full of information to give out to Congress and the press.

[-] Idontopenenvelopes@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

I can guess what name was left off that list.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

A lot more than one, I'm sure. Willing to be a lot of money traded hands between a lot of middle men before those 100 names were finalized.

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