FoxtrotDeltaTangoFeb 22

Rep Lieu says Epstein files have allegations of Trump raping children

https://sh.itjust.works/post/55723801

Rep Lieu says Epstein files have allegations of Trump raping children - sh.itjust.works

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/47911869 [https://lemmy.today/post/47911869]

Show threadJordan117
Part of me thinks that the files are weakened by including baseless allegations from anonymous tips and that it would be better to have some hard evidence for this. But another part of me doesn’t want to have that hard evidence emerge because I dread seeing how many people will flatly deny or even try to justify or excuse it.
Feb 22 at 7:21amWeb
Show threadyeahiknow3Feb 22
He’s not referring to anything baseless. The allegations I’ve read about are serious and credible.
Show threadJordan117Feb 22
Can you share specific credible reports? The stuff I’ve seen has been anonymous tips to the FBI tipline that were included in the files. Salacious and maybe even true, but little more than “trust me bro.” Heck, even witnesses that come forward can have questionable credibility (remember Biden accuser Tara Reade, who has since defected to Russia?). I want to see persuasive evidence (though again, I kind of dread it).
Show threadBrkdncrFeb 22

I’ve read it as the same. Maybe not anonymous but certainly just a tip line that seemingly anyone could have reported to, with very little corroborating evidence.

The real crime is that it wasn’t followed up on and has been actively suppressed.

Show threadRed_OctoberFeb 22

So what would have to happen for the evidence to be credible, if a mountain of testimony isn’t? Are you going to stay skeptical until you see full unredacted video of Trump raping a child?

One person’s testimony, in isolation, may be suspect, but this is a lot more than one person with a “Trust me bro” story.

Show threadSendMePhotosFeb 22
Other presidents have resigned for less.
Show threadRed_OctoberFeb 22
I’m pretty sure each and every single week of Trump’s presidency has had things bad enough that they have ended other political careers before, and he just doesn’t stop.
Show threadSouroakFeb 22
He is a THOROUGHLY shameless man and that is what every dipshit in the country admires about him.
Show threadmercFeb 22

I don’t think that the files are weakened by allegations from anonymous tips. But, if that’s the pillar they’re using to build their case against Trump, that’s pretty worrisome. Holding a press conference about allegations from an anonymous tip line is the equivalent of an attack ad with ominous music and vague, unprovable statements.

If that’s what they’re going to lead with, they better at least take the angle “and it’s very telling that nobody followed up on these incredibly disturbing claims. Why weren’t they investigated?”

Show threadphutatoriusFeb 22

they better at least take the angle

And that’s what Lieu did.

Show threadmercFeb 22
It was something he mentioned in passing. But, the focus of his press conference was the same as the headline here: “There are allegations”
Show threadphutatoriusFeb 22
And not all anonymous tips are baseless. Hard evidence doesn’t just show up at investigators’ doorsteps except in vanishingly rare cases. That’s why allegations are investigated, unless the justice system is captured by criminals as it is now.
Show threadmercFeb 22
But, many anonymous tips are baseless. That’s why there normally isn’t a press conference when those allegations haven’t yet been investigated and verified.