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tanyev

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5. That's probably where most of Epstein's wealth came from.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 06:14 PM

Dec 12

Maybe his victims were freely offered to the wealthy and powerful and the demands for favors and money came after he had something with which to blackmail them.

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WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED that in addition to being a scumbag pedophile sex trafficker, Maxwell is also an EXTORTIONIST? [View all] Miles Archer Dec 12 OP

Sounds plausible. ms liberty Dec 12 #1

I wonder if she implicated Trump if that would be "perjury." Miles Archer Dec 12 #3

The whole sordid affair was a vast money laundering and extortion racket... Wounded Bear Dec 12 #2

Pretty much everyone with at least half a brain would have guessed that AZJonnie Dec 12 #4

That's probably where most of Epstein's wealth came from. tanyev Dec 12 #5

That's what I assumed canetoad Dec 12 #6

They will kill her first malaise Dec 12 #7