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"Epstein was President Vladimir Putin's wealth manager and provided the same service for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe,"

I could see it and with Maxwell‘s connections to the Israel state and to Mossad this gets really spicy.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I thought all stories about Russia are just a "hoax", especially when it involves anyone in Donvict's inner circle.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

American news publication ties Epstein to Putin instead of Mossad.

Also Venezuela has narco terrorists and probably WMDs or something. Stay tuned for commercials.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago

Powerful people have a club, and you're not in it. How is it hard to believe that both things can be true? I'll tell you what's hard to believe though. Epstein and Mossad ties get brought up every day. Maybe about once a week I see something posted about his ties to powerful Russians and someone is always whining about how Mossad never gets talked about. I have a hard time believing that's genuine. Fuck em all.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean maybe, seems believable, but WHY IN THE EVERLOVING FUCK WOULD WE EVER BELIEVE ANYTHING AN FBI SOURCE SAYS ABOUT RUSSIA? FBI source leaks about russia have almost exclusively been lies to perpetuate imperialist proxy war bullshit against russia and other world powers since like the 50’s.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't know why you're being downvoted, maybe it's the feds with hurt feelings, or bootlickers? FBI sources would be the last thing anyone should believe. And trump.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago

Sometimes the CCP puts out factual information. Fox News too. I maybe suspect of their motives. But I don't automatically dismiss the information. Oligarchs have no class loyalty and throw eachother under the bus whenever possible.