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[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 47 points 2 days ago

Lol it's the Kevin Spacey gambit.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 37 points 2 days ago

A bit rude of him not to procure some boys for his honoured guest

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 32 points 2 days ago

I didn’t know my buddy was a rapist until I did know and then I supported him anyway and when people called me out I said I didn’t know even though everyone can see from the letters I wrote that I knew.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Exactly what I was thinking. The dude is one of the most prolific sex traffickers of our time but he drew the line at... gay?

[–] Gentryfried@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Ecidence suggests he didn't draw the line at gay, anyway. See: "ask him (steven bannon) if they have photos of trump blowing bubba"

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Also (supposedly) collecting kompromat on the world’s rich and powerful… unless they’re gay?

Can't compromise the gays. Probably written somewhere in Russian or something.

[–] Greddan@feddit.org 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah. Everyone involved with Epstein knew about, or partook in the rape of children.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

But where a ton that weren't involved that did.

I live in that area, and did legal work for some time. People definitely talked about it on occasion.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 10 points 2 days ago

Why aren't you vocally and publicly calling for release of the files then? If they would help prove your innocence, I would start doing that....

Won't hold my breath.

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Mandleson has somehow crawled back from multiple scandals.

At this point he's radioactive to any government

Somehow I think this is the last nail in his political coffin.

[–] TwodogsFighting 10 points 2 days ago

That coffin is made almost entirely from last nails.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

Mandelson is the proverbial cockroach that can't be annihilated by nuclear war or even political scandal.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

Give him time. Already published this week in the Spectator giving his views about how great Trump is etc. Next week he'll be back on the evening dinner circuit, the week after back in Westminster. By Spring he'll be in the cabinet as Foreign Sectetary.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Epstein was homophobic too? What a disgrace. Brave of Mandelson to bring this to our attention.