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Gov. Gavin Newsom came full swing at Donald Trump Saturday, claiming the president is lying to cover up his involvement in convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein’s case.

“He’s lying to cover up his prior lies and then lying again. Now he doesn’t even know truth from fiction, and so look, he’s caught it red handed,” Newsom told popular left-wing influencer Brian Tyler Cohen in an interview that aired Saturday. “He’s in the files. We know it, period, full stop.”

Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have received major backlash in the past few weeks over their handling of Epstein’s files after hyping them up, then failing to release more information. Many of those outraged are the president’s own supporters, who are beginning to turn on him over the issue.

Meanwhile, news outlets have been resurfacing old videos, photos and documents that suggest a close friendship between the president and Epstein.

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[-] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago

Let's be very clear here since the worthless scribblers of corpo media won't. The old photos, videos, and documents resurfacing doesn't "suggest" a close friendship. It showcases it - plain and clear.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago

Oh, this is definitely part of his 2028 campaign to win over Trump voters. "Something changed, this isn't the same guy you voted for...."

Meanwhile, nothing's changed. This is how Trump always was. If anything has changed, it's that Republicans have let him surround himself with people who will never say "no" to him. Even Republicans in Congress know how batshit crazy his policies are, yet they vote for them anyway.

Newsom will say anything to get elected, though. I hope someone primaries his ass good ...

[-] StitchInTime@piefed.social 34 points 5 days ago

“Something changed” is an off ramp for those who are in too deep to back out without a mental crisis caused by accepting reality. More then they deserve, but it’s a way out while saving face.

[-] prole 3 points 4 days ago

Man fuck people who need an "off ramp" to admit to anyone that they were wrong about something.

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 29 points 5 days ago

Gavin needs to be VERY CAREFUL! If he does ANYTHING to Appeal to his Base he might LOSE Republican Voters that will NEVER vote for him Anyway!

[-] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

From @ProfThadBach@lemmy.world

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”.

[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Those descriptions from the girl about him throwing cash at her and telling her to just get an abortion.

That sums up his personality so perfect. Cold, callous, and completely fucked up.

[-] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

The court documents, as a whole, are awful. I don’t care if they are old news: if outlets actually gave a flying fuck, they would be spamming these details. All these conspiracy theorists rather deny this stuff & believe in adrenachrome or whatever stupid fantasy they need to sleep.

[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

There’s no way she’s making any of that up either. I hope more come forward.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

But it is the same Trump. It was always the narcissist, racist, pedophile Trump.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

These were the weakest punches he could throw. Call him a paedo. Call him a criminal. Call him a rapist. Bring receipts.

Why are the Dems such bitches?

[-] Photuris@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 days ago

Gavin wants to run in 2028, and he’ll be courting former MAGA voters.

Typical Dem strategy, to play to the center and court the disaffected right. And it’s a losing one. Voters see right through it.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 days ago

Newsom is already a neolib bitch. This language isn't hard for him.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

They always play nice with vile people, and frankly, I don't know what the answer to that is. You would think there would be enough of a case to be made to speak loudly and firmly, but instead we get this weakness from Newsom, while the media praises it as strength.

[-] evenglow@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

The answer is some politicians don't. Talk about them. Don't comment too much on noise. 97% of politics is distraction.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I do comment on too many distractions...

[-] evenglow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It's easy to get caught up in it. That's why it's been working for decades.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Newsom hates the poor, hates trans people, but loves oligarchs and Israel.

If he becomes the Democratic Nominee, I'm going third party or staying home.

[-] Shirasho@lemmings.world 17 points 5 days ago

Do not stay home. Never stay home. At least vote independent to make your voice heard. People will absolutely look at the third party votes, and if that percentage is rising it is going to scare the shit out of the primary parties.

[-] TheGoldenV@lemmy.org 4 points 5 days ago

I’m sorry, but they haven’t been scared of a 3rd party my whole life. It’s just a convenient thing for the losing party to blame instead of changing.

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