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Was Epstein's pedophile industry also an attempt to kompromat (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2019 OP
Nah, it's just attempts to please his horny penis donkeypoofed Jul 2019 #1
And to do favors for other horny old men, I'd guess. MineralMan Jul 2019 #2
I'm with the OP on this one. Mister Ed Jul 2019 #3
Of course ScratchCat Jul 2019 #4
Oh, your damned real it was. NanceGreggs Jul 2019 #5
I wouldn't rule out an industrial-sized honey trap dalton99a Jul 2019 #6
My monies on this hypothesis as well. Volaris Jul 2019 #11
Or maybe "pimp working for billionaires"? Cracklin Charlie Jul 2019 #7
I can't remember who, on MSNBC, said that nobody knows where Epstein's wealth comes from renate Jul 2019 #8
They call it a "honey pot" made to attract and entrap... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #9
I don't think it's an attempt WhiteTara Jul 2019 #10

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
2. And to do favors for other horny old men, I'd guess.
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:00 PM
Jul 2019

I'm thinking there are some worried folks out there right now who took advantage of Epstein's "introductions."

Mister Ed

(5,930 posts)
3. I'm with the OP on this one.
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:01 PM
Jul 2019

If all Epstein wanted was to indulge his own perversion, he could have done that much, much less conspicuously.
Those girls were given out like party favors to the VIP's that Epstein entertained. I have to think the purpose of that was to cultivate influence over the VIP's, by simultaneously currying favor with them and gaining kompromat on them.

ScratchCat

(1,988 posts)
4. Of course
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:08 PM
Jul 2019

Because you don't hook up extremely wealthy and ONLY extremely wealthy individuals with underage girls for any other reason. You entertain them once, you have them for life. Need money? Just contact "Billionaire X" and ask if he'd like a video to surface.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
5. Oh, your damned real it was.
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:12 PM
Jul 2019

A 'personal predilection' could be handled discreetly by someone of Epstein's means. The real money is in the kompromat to be gathered on influential people in positions of power.

dalton99a

(81,471 posts)
6. I wouldn't rule out an industrial-sized honey trap
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:15 PM
Jul 2019

probably with design/operational assistance from some Russian-speaking folks


Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
7. Or maybe "pimp working for billionaires"?
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:19 PM
Jul 2019

They hire someone to find them girlfriends?

I don’t know...they disgust me.

renate

(13,776 posts)
8. I can't remember who, on MSNBC, said that nobody knows where Epstein's wealth comes from
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 01:56 PM
Jul 2019

I think it was that Tim guy who wrote that book on Trump, but I'm not sure.

If that's actually true, blackmail might explain where Epstein's money comes from....

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)
9. They call it a "honey pot" made to attract and entrap...
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:26 PM
Jul 2019

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if there was foreign backing by enemy states.

WhiteTara

(29,704 posts)
10. I don't think it's an attempt
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 03:10 PM
Jul 2019

at kompromat. I think it was kompromat. He was partners with Robert Maxwell and Semion Mogilovech; remember when Robert fell off his yacht and died recently. Those guys don't fuck around. Epstein has no visible means of support and yet is fabulously wealthy. I'm sure he laundered money too.

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