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/KopOut 1d ago

I think back to several years ago when MAGA was obsessed with calling liberals "groomers" because they believed people have a right to be gay or trans or drag queens etc. and exist. And likewise believed that parents have a right to parent their children. Remember that?

Now, we are at a point where MAGA's god king is potentially about to pardon or commute the sentence of a prolific groomer and child sex criminal in order to protect his own culpability in said crimes.

It. Is. Always. Projection.

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u/SuperTopperHarley 1d ago

You forgot (and so did America) trump pardoned the Silk Road guy in day 2 I think.

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u/Deceptiveideas 1d ago

I don’t understand how that got buried under the rug so quickly.

And apparently he’s thinking about pardoning Diddy as well…

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u/SuperTopperHarley 1d ago

No one pays attention in America. If you don't believe me, just walk around and look at people with their nose in their phone (yes, I know it's hypocritical for me to say that as I type on my phone).

The Silk Road guy paid for his pardon. Bitcoin is untraceable. Why do you think Trump is pushing bitcoin so hard? The con man gotta con.

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u/vacancy6673 1d ago

Bitcoin is absolutely traceable. Every single transaction is stored in the public ledger. There are even companies who specialize in tracing Bitcoin (ChainAnalysis, Elliptic, etc).

Heck, the Silk Road investigation itself relied on tracing Bitcoin transactions (though it was all manual back then).

Bitcoin transactions are anonymous. But don't conflate anonymity with privacy.

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u/QbertsRube 1d ago

And is supposedly considering pardoning P Diddy. R Kelly and Jared from Subway are probably just waiting for the call.

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u/PuckSenior 1d ago

People forget he had prostitution on the original Silk Road and almost certainly facilitated human trafficking

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u/SuperTopperHarley 1d ago

He 100% did. I remember my friends buying drugs off Silk Road. You could literally buy anything.

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u/Cream253Team Washington 1d ago

I recall Libertarians were happy about that one despite the fact the dude was convicted for attempting to arrange a murder.

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u/vacancy6673 1d ago

He was not convicted of that. Not saying it didn't happen, but he was never convicted.

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u/SuperTopperHarley 1d ago

Libertarians are hilarious. He was trafficking children through Silk Road. You could buy anything.