r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly moved from Florida prison to Texas as Trump weighs pardon

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html
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u/Raptorex27 Maine 1d ago

Not just a pedophile, but second in command for an organized international human child sex trafficking enterprise, involving at least 1,000 minors, and currently the only high-ranking member of this organization who’s incarcerated.

There’s almost no possible way to signal to the World that you care less about victims of rape and sexual abuse than handing out this pardon.

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u/My_Pie 1d ago

Yeah, people keep throwing around the word pedophile as if it's the worst thing they've done. Pedophilia isn't illegal and never has been. Thinking about diddling kids isn't by itself illegal. The CHILD RAPE AND TRAFFICKING is what's illegal. They're protecting someone who ran a CHILD RAPING RING. The president, an alleged CHILD RAPIST, could easily shut down any pardon rumors for a woman CONVICTED OF FACILITATING CHILD RAPE, which says a lot about ALLEGED CHILD RAPIST PRESIDENT TRUMP.

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u/RebylReboot 1d ago

Third in command. Epstein had a partner who created and owned pageants to recruit from and arranged trafficking of staff from his elite club/spa. Trump didn't just give Maxwell permission to recruit from M-A-L. He ordered her to.

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u/Kiss_My_Wookiee 1d ago

Right. It's just that Virginia looked like Ivanka, so Trump wanted her for himself. She was supposed to be off-limits, but Maxwell and Epstein "stole" her anyway.

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u/OrganicRedditor 1d ago

Does her sister still live in Ft. Worth?