Team Trump war auf dem ‚F-Cking Warpath‘, um die Geschichte über einen heftigen Brief an Epstein zu töten

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-team-tried-kill-report-salacious-letter-epstein-1235388533/

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    1. WhatTheRickIsDoin on

      *Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the story published that he warned the Journal and “Rupert Murdoch, personally” about running the story, and that he “will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch.” The president called the story “false, malicious, and defamatory” and described the Journal as a “Disgusting and Filthy Rag.”*

    2. Spicy_Pancake1 on

      >he warned the Journal and “Rupert Murdoch, personally” about running the story, and that he “will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch.”

      Oh please do, diddler. Discovery will be fun.

    3. Itsprobablysarcasm on

      Why? If Trump didn’t write it and it’s fake (as he claims), then what’s the problem?

      It’s not like there are any photos of Trump with his good friend, pedophile human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Oh right, there are…

      Well, it’s not like Trump was co-named in a civil suit alleging rape of a minor with his good friend, pedophile human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Oh right, he was…

      Well, it’s not like the name Donald Trump appeared over a dozen times in flight logs to Epstein’s pedophile human trafficking island. Oh right…

      You know? I“m starting to the think the guy who said he’d fuck his own daughter, and who commented on his baby’s titty size is a bit of a pig. And a pedophile….

    4. coffeeandtrout on

      I hate paywalls, article in its entirety;

      “Donald Trump wrote a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s in which the future president, addressing the future convicted sex offender, noted that “we have certain things in common.” The existence of the letter was reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal, which obtained documents pertaining to a 2003 album put together for Epstein’s 50th birthday by his partner, Ghislane Maxwell, also a convicted sex offender.

      The Journal notes that the letter bearing Trump’s name was outlined by a drawing of a naked woman, and that the woman appeared to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. Trump’s signature, as “Donald,” appears below the woman’s waist.

      It’s unclear how the text of the letter, which was typewritten, was prepared, according to the Journal. Here is what the outlet reports was inside of the outline of the naked woman:

      Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything.

      Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.

      Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.

      Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.

      Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.

      Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?

      Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.

      Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.

      Trump denied he wrote the letter. “This is not me. This is a fake thing. It’s a fake Wall Street Journal story,” he told the outlet earlier this week. “I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language. It’s not my words.” Trump said he would sue the Journal if they published a story on the letter. “I’m gonna sue The Wall Street Journal just like I sued everyone else,” the president said.

      Trump wrote on Truth Social shortly after the story published that he warned the Journal and “Rupert Murdoch, personally” about running the story, and that he “will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch.” The president called the story “false, malicious, and defamatory” and described the Journal as a “Disgusting and Filthy Rag.”

      Vice President J.D. Vance sprang to Trump’s defense on Thursday night. “Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it,” Vice President J.D. Vance wrote on X. “Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?”

      Rolling Stone reported Wednesday on how the Trump administration has hurled a substantial amount of time and resources toward a multi-pronged effort to contain the backlash — both within government and among right-wing influencers — to the Justice Department’s decision earlier this month to effectively bury the administration’s inquiry into the convicted sex offender and his potential ties to powerful figures.

      Some of this effort, multiple sources in and close to the White House have been telling Rolling Stone this week, has included a days-long mission — led by an incensed president — to try to kill the Journal report on the letter to Epstein, which has now seen the light of day.

      One administration official describes the White House as having been “on a fucking warpath” in its pressure campaign against the conservative newspaper, working different contacts and angles in an attempt to get the outlet to drop the story. This official notes this was rated a top “priority” by Trump, and dominated various conversations within the West Wing and elsewhere this week.

      In the end, the Journal —which is controlled by the Murdoch family, who run Fox News — did not allow Trump’s maximum pressure campaign to work.

      Multiple Trump advisers and others in the president’s political orbit concede that the president’s sustained endeavor to snuff out the story has only made it seem more important. “It’s been weighing on him,” another administration source says. “The president wanted multiple options, legal too, explored for what he could do to stop or hit back against the story.”

      Trump’s long history with Epstein has been under renewed scrutiny following the Justice Department’s Epstein memo. The pair have been photographed together plenty, and were shot on video partying together in the 1990s. “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

      The Justice Department’s decision to end its investigation has been met with widespread backlash, most notably from MAGA influencers. Trump has responded by claiming repeatedly that former President Barack Obama and other Democrats fabricated the Epstein files, while attacking his supporters for being duped by what the president is now calling a “hoax.”

      The Journal notes in its report on the letter that Trump told reporters on Tuesday that Obama and others “made up” the Epstein files after speaking to the outlet about its report on the letter to Epstein earlier in the day.”

      Just gets more interesting doesn’t it?

    5. What’s he gonna sue them for?

      I’m guessing the Journal doesn’t run this unless it’s sure about its provenance. Is he gonna sue them for „nuh uh?“ It’s evidence in a fucking federal child trafficking ring investigation, dude.

      Edit: „Evidence,“ in this case, is a fancy word that means „already been caught.“

    6. charcoalist on

      >One administration official describes the White House as having been “on a fucking warpath” in its pressure campaign against the conservative newspaper, working different contacts and angles in an attempt to get the outlet to drop the story. This official notes this was rated a top “priority” by Trump, and dominated various conversations within the West Wing and elsewhere this week.

      Whatever happened to freedom of the press? Sounds like trump is ordering government resources to silence a press outlet.

    7. All the dopes on the conservative sub are trying to convince themselves it’s fake news. You’d think if it was fake the Trump team wouldn’t be losing their minds trying to stop it from being released. Or that they would just go ahead and release the Epstein files themselves if it would exonerate Trump.

      Not the sharpest tools in the box, those fellas.

      Edit: a bunch of them are trying to make the point that all the other birthday letters should be released as well. What that would ostensibly prove, I have no fucking idea, and I suspect they don’t either. Seems like an attempt at the classic strategy “Look over there!”.

    8. epicredditdude1 on

      God it makes me so fucking happy the WSJ didn’t back down to his relentless bullying.

      Also, what the fuck? Seriously what the ever living fuck? I know we’ve all grown numb to this but what the fuck is the president doing committing such an egregious first amendment violation.  This is fucking heinous.  

    9. If he really didn’t send it they should be laughing about it. That’s what Obama or Biden would do. The amount of rage here seems more like fear.

    10. Suspiria-on-VHS on

      Now I know why the White House shared the story about his health today

    11. Looks like they lost the battle.

      Unfortunately we all lost the war when he became president.

    12. commanderclif on

      “Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?”
      Uh 100% JD. 1 hundred percent.

    13. le_cygne_608 on

      White House staffers breaking out the extra strength ketchup remover today.

    14. DiscoChiligonBall on

      If you don’t want news media and everyone talking about a letter you sent to your best pedophilic pal whom you had a long-term financial and „party“ interest with, maybe you should not have sent letters celebrating certain things that you and he did together to your pedophilic friend, Donald.

    15. So their falling out had nothing to do with anything besides competition. They both wanted the same estate in Palm Beach. Hence, it’s even more suspicious that he died during Trump’s presidency considering that their conflict made Epstein a huge personal threat to Trump.

    16. aradraugfea on

      Streisand Effect GO!

      Saw the article about the letter an hour ago, have now seen 3 articles about Trump freaking out about the article.

    17. Most-Artichoke6184 on

      I guarantee that the Wall Street Journal has about a dozen unimpeachable sources verifying that that letter to Epstein is real. No way they publish it without being 100% sure.

    18. Uncle_Hephaestus on

      it’s like espsten had a reward program that trump took extensive use of. he’s gotta know the harder he tries to cover this up. the more sure everyone is he definitely is a pedo 100%.

    19. yourMommaKnow on

      I think I’m starting to understand why Dark Brandon didn’t release the files himself. If he did, it would have been much easier to say it was all a hoax. Things are much different now.

      Talk about 4D chess.

    20. OldFaithlessness1335 on

      Lol, go ahead, big guy. This is Murdocks paper. You really dont think he signed off on it. They wouldn’t print it if they didn’t have the letter and rock solid proof. You just wouldn’t do that when in a super conservative owner against the American president.

      Na fam, they have Trump dead to rights, and I bet this is just the first drips. Watch over the next few days more damping evidence will be comming out.

    21. Good. The country will keep falling apart while he worries about his own personal shit. On the biggest international stage. Oust this fucking inept clown. 

    22. Doesn’t SOMEBODY need to do something soon?

      Like actually release the files and get it out there?

      Or republicans in charge need to realize he just has to go? It was already worse than any presidency I’ve ever known but this is getting so bad.

      You can’t have anyone wrapped up this much in scandals pretending like he’s in charge of the county as well.

      They better grow some balls real fast.

    23. From rolling stone:

      It’s unclear how the text of the letter, which was typewritten, was prepared, according to the Journal. Here is what the outlet reports was inside of the outline of the naked woman:
      Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything.

      Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.

      Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is. 
      Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey. 
      Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it. 
      Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that? 

      Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you. 
      Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.

    24. Swear to god he is going to be pilloried and scapegoated as soon as he is cold.
      This is part of the plan. Long con with Trump as the patsy. I hope he knows it before it over.

    25. Dammit! Louis DeJoy didn’t destroy those mail sorting machine soon enough!

    26. 1. The idea that Murdoch or WSJ are not ready for this is ludicrous. Trump is going to push them, and they are going to hit back with a jawbreaker, releasing the letter and probably much more. You watch.

    27. Expensive-Ad-1705 on

      There are still enough patriots to save this country from this mad man!

    28. He went on the warpath to stop the story and *WSJ* went ahead with it anyway? I’ve got to admit, this is a promising sign.

    29. It’s going to take more than a birthday card to keep TrumpsteinGate moving. I hope there’s a roadmap of drops planned at this point. They’re going to need to keep escalating for it to stick.

    30. Syphillisdiller1 on

      I do have trouble believing Trump did anything remotely artistic or creative, to be honest.

      My guess is that he had an employee do it for him, and that’s the technicality he’s hanging his „i never did that“ argument on.

    31. Longgrain54 on

      The nation’s business is on the back burner because 77M people were too mentally unstable to recognize an individual who is and always has been over encumbered with an extraordinary level of personal baggage.

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