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Article from January 2024, but it bears reposting. Charges have been re-filed.

Katie Johnson's Testimony

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 123 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Trump being outed as a pedophile won’t even remotely shake the support of the religious right.

They already sold their souls on the altar of a golden calf. They’re too proud to admit it.

[–] smegger@aussie.zone 45 points 3 months ago

No they're fanatical. He could be doing it right in front of them and they'll give the "god works through imperfect vessels" line

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

They built a literal golden idol of trump at CPAC a couple years ago. They've traded God for trump.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 18 points 3 months ago

Golden calf is such a perfect metaphor.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The religious right prefers their leadership to be child molesters. There's like no other conclusion that can be drawn from how they protect priests who do so.

[–] micosil@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I mean... the Christian church is probably the largest organization of pedophiles.

Its global, it's stuffed to the gills with pedophile priests and pastors etc.

Which one organization could have more than them?

[–] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The "grab em by the pussy" guy, the person to proudly boast about being able to look at young girls and publicly talking about his daughter in a sexual manner, just full on fantasizing about her on live television, IS A SERIAL RAPIST?!? Never would have guessed, totally came out of the blue.

Anybody supporting this monster is a blissful moron that doesn't even listen to what their great leader says, or is equally as fucking repulsive.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

hateful moron

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 64 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

It bothers me that this article calls Epstein “the disgraced financier” instead of “the human trafficker”.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Capitalism must be defended at all costs.

[–] tabularasa@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

Well, it does start out with "containing details of late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s". At least there's that.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Same difference.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

No paycheck is worth glossing over a monster whose crimes are so widely unquestioned.

I reached my daily limit of social media within 15 minutes! Take care, y'all!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And every conservative said "damn, our guy fucks"

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

And.. "our guy is also the literal second coming of Chirst"

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

Hey don't worry, these are just "official acts" and Trump is immune

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 35 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Okay can y’all start talking about how turnip needs to drop out of the presidential race now?!

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

It is not sane people you need to convince. You need to convince the Christofascists that theocracy is bad, the racists that other people are human, and the homophobes that others' relationships aren't harming them. All Repubs are bigots who want a schoolyard bully to make their enemies angry.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Been talking about that since 2016. Talking accomplishes nothing.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

But he's our guy and don't worry he has "The Best People"^tm^

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I love that you called him turnip. Seriously. Don't change a thing.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right so this is pretty interesting and I’m actually a bit surprised nobody else has picked up on this, because not only does it work with the name, it also works with the hair. Turnip. That’s a fact bud.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That's it! I'm never calling him something other than what he is: turnip!

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

My family calls mashed rutabaga "turnips", and they're orange AF. That's where my mind went first.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Yep. There should be two weeks worth of articles at least stating as such.

Media should also question every Republican and ask if they support him staying in the race.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

We'll never know a tenth of what this spoiled, entitled overgrown child has done. What we know is appalling enough

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

liked her ‘pert nipples’,

What does this mean?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The new documents contain “incendiary claims” about the former president, including accusations that he had sexual relations with “many girls”, made by one of Epstein’s alleged victims, Sarah Ransome.

In the newly unsealed documents, Ms Ransome testified that her unnamed friend “was one of the many girls that had sexual relations with Donald Trump” – including at Epstein’s New York townhouse.

Monday’s unsealed extracts were included in a letter sent by attorneys representing Alan Dershowitz, seeking to undermine Ms Ransome’s credibility.

In a New Yorker article released in 2019, Ms Ransome said that “she had invented the tapes to draw attention to Epstein’s behavior, and to make him believe that she had ‘evidence that would come out if he harmed me’”.

Steven Cheung, spokesperson for Mr Trump, told The Independent: “These baseless accusations have been fully retracted because they are simply false and have no merit.”

In part of testimony from another victim Johanna Sjoberg, it was claimed Epstein once “called up” the former president and visited one of his casinos after his private plane was diverted to Atlantic City in New Jersey.


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