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and extremely believable
— Mamalinda84 (@mamalinda84.bsky.social) 2025-07-08T19:51:48.669Z
"Wait, 'Katie Johnson' actually exists?"
https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2019/10/21/wait-katie-johnson-actually-exists/
kimbutgar
(26,842 posts)calimary
(89,060 posts)EEEUUUUUUUUWWW!!!
when is Ms. Maxwell going to be released OR pardoned by Donald?
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)kidnapping her, using some Abu Graib (sp?) "Questioning" to get a long long list of Oligarchs, CEO's and Politicians..........
I guess it was called: "enhanced interrogation tactics".......words used by Cheney/Rumsfeld.....
choie
(6,647 posts)mopinko
(73,321 posts)filed this suit in 2015 or 16. she was intimidated into silence.
Orrex
(66,691 posts)electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)Jack Valentino
(4,396 posts)It is my hope that she still lives somewhere, under a different name....
but there are other unfortunate possibilities....
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Rebl2
(17,417 posts)wonder if there are other republicans and democrats as well as judges, mayors, etc on the list.
Pinback
(13,505 posts)Native
(7,303 posts)and if I recall correctly, Katie Johnson is a pseudonym.
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Trump allegedly told her that if she ever told anyone, she and her entire family would be killed.
I've been following this case since 2016.
Her original lawsuit was filed as a Civil Rights case in CA in April 2016, under the name "Katie Johnson"
She filed the June, 2016 lawsuit in New York City under the name "Jane Doe" and she had an eyewitness named "Tiffany Doe" to verify her story.
After her attorney, Lisa Bloom, arranged for a press conference, it was suddenly cancelled.
She filed that first lawsuit against both Trump and Epstein without an attorney, and it was "dismissed for technical errors."
(From the link posted in the OP)
Johnson claimed she begged Trump to no avail to wear a condom, the complaint states.
"Trump grabbed his wallet and threw some money at" the plaintiff and suggested she get an abortion.
Native
(7,303 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)In the 2nd lawsuit filed in June, 2016 in NYC, she called herself "Jane Doe" and had an eyewitness to the rape with her named "Tiffany Doe"
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Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)And stuff like this is part of why they make conspiracies about democrats. Then their supporters have something insane to cling to in order to bring Obama, or clinton down to the pedophile, sex offenders level. Putin did/does the same shit to his political opponents. Both sidersism, whataboutism.
calimary
(89,060 posts)not fooled
(6,608 posts)in light of this and other credible reports of grotesque behavior on his part. See: David Cay Johnston describing red don's mob ties and criminal behavior, also back in 2016 and earlier.
I guess the handwriting was already on the wall back then that enough dumbasses had been primed to disbelieve or not care about these allegations.
Orrex
(66,691 posts)And yet his fuckhead kkkultists will worship him until the last of them is dead.
B.See
(7,820 posts)in spite of any pretense to the contrary, all they care about is money, power, and CONTROL over those perceived as "other."
Not a shred of integrity among the lot of em.
Mr.Bee
(1,647 posts)One of the reasons why Trump won't release the Epstein files.
angryxyouth
(327 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)I think that video used to be on a website she ran as "Katie Johnson" called "Justice for Katie"
The website was up for at least a year (or more).
[Since February, 2025, another "Justice for Katie" website has been posted about a different "Katie"]
Ronan Farrow mentioned her lawsuit against Trump & Epstein in his book "Catch and Kill."
He also wrote that an investigator trying to track her down went to a foreclosed house in 29 Palms, CA, and a neighbor told him that no one had been seen at the house for several months.
LymphocyteLover
(9,385 posts)It's pretty rough...hard to see her being a complete fraud...
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Would they both lie under oath and risk being charged with perjury?
sheshe2
(95,974 posts)Let's be clear, the Attorney General of the United States has this file, the logs, everything. She knows he is a child rapist, criminal and a pervert. Yet she does nothing.
FakeNoose
(40,235 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 8, 2025, 07:41 PM - Edit history (1)
My guess is that Barr destroyed anything that incriminated Chump at the first opportunity. For all we know, he may have destroyed all the Epstein evidence, even the stuff that doesn't mention Chump. Don't forget that Jeffrey Epstein was also acquainted with Bill Barr's father long ago, and it has even been suggested that Mr. Barr might have been Epstein's first blackmail victim. (It's another story, not related to this discussion.)
Pinback
(13,505 posts)Maybe one day well learn who he was really working for.
AllaN01Bear
(28,618 posts)Fil1957
(547 posts)I find it hilarious that the Magats are so stupid and naive that they are actually livid over the coverup which is done solely to protect Trump! If the Magats were smart enough to understand that the reason for the coverup is to protect their messiah, they would fully support it!
mikeysnot
(4,899 posts)They wouldnt be trump followers.
B.See
(7,820 posts)Read about back then.
Evolve Dammit
(21,506 posts)electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)Epstein is absolute scum, too, but he doesn't have the power to affect the USA & the World that drumphf does.
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)He was probably murdered because of what he knew about VonShitzInPantz.
electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)Was JE the kind of "man" who'd be devastated after X days in prison? Did he think he was powerful enough (blackmail) to wiggle his way out of jail quickishly, so suicidal ideation was not on his plate?
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)including the fact that BOTH of his guards fell asleep while supposedly "watching him"?
electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Epstein's death was the first death ruled a suicide at the MCC in 14 years. Michael Baden and 60 Minutes questioned whether Epstein, who was almost 6 ft tall and weighed 185 pounds, could have been able to hang himself from the lower bunk.
Photos taken after the death also show bottles and medicine standing upright on the top bunk.
Baden also questioned why Epstein did not use other materials available in his cell as a ligature, such as wires and tubing from a sleep apnea machine, which were stronger and longer.
On August 14, unofficial sources reported that broken bones were found in Epstein's neck. Although this can occur in the suicide of the elderly, these broken bones are "more common in victims of homicide by strangulation", according to forensic experts and studies. In particular, Baden claimed that Epstein's hyoid bone was broken in a way indicative of strangulation from behind.
Epstein's lawyers released a joint statement after the medical examiner's report, expressing dissatisfaction with it, challenging its conclusions...They later said that the evidence concerning Epstein's death was "far more consistent" with murder than suicide.
According to Baden, the neck wound was in the center of Epstein's neck, not under his mandibles as in a typical hanging. Baden said this is more common when a victim is strangled by a wire or cord. Baden also said that the wound was much thinner than the strip of bedsheet, and although there was blood on Epstein's neck, it was absent on the bed-sheet ligature.
Contrary to MCC and BOP policies and procedures, Epstein was allowed to sleep on the floor, had extra blankets and clothes. Photos of Epstein's cell included in the report shows piles of what appears to be orange clothes strewn about the floor and bed.
Epstein was also allowed to use a jail phone the night before he died that was unmonitored, in violation of BOP policy, and was not re-assigned a new cellmate despite previously attempting suicide.
He was also removed from suicide watch after being evaluated by a doctoral-level psychologist who determined that a suicide watch was no longer warranted despite the actual suicide attempt just 2 weeks earlier.
On November 19, 2019, federal prosecutors in New York indicted MCC guards Michael Thomas and Tova Noel, charging them with multiple counts of falsifying records and conspiracy to falsify records. The charges were based on video footage obtained by prosecutors, showing that the guards did not check on Epstein for eight hours. They were assigned to guard Epstein overnight but failed to complete more than 75 mandatory checks on him. Instead, they made personal searches on their computers and slept. He was left in his cell overnight, and only discovered dead at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 10.
Two other BOP employees whose titles were Evening Watch SHU Officer in Charge and Material Handler, were referred for criminal charges due to falsely certifying inmate counts and rounds on the day before and after Epstein's death.
The surveillance footage taken inside the MCC, which purportedly shows no one entering Epsteins cell on the night of August 9, 2019 (but not Epsteins death) is missing a full minute of footage. If you skip through the 11-hour video, youll see the counter on the screen jumps from 11:58:58 p.m. to 12:00:00 a.m.
In a December 2019 court proceeding against Epstein's cellmate Nick Tartaglione, federal prosecutors reported that the surveillance footage from outside Epstein's cell during the July 23 incident (his prior suicide attempt) had disappeared. Tartaglione's defense, who claimed that the footage showed Tartaglione saving Epstein's life, hoped that it would illustrate Tartaglione's character. His lawyer had requested that the footage be kept on July 25, two days after the incident. Judge Kenneth Karas requested that the government determine what had happened to the footage. Several days later, federal prosecutors reversed their statement, claiming they had found the missing footage. But in January 2020, they admitted the footage had been permanently deleted because of a "clerical error".
At an August 27 hearing, Epstein defense attorney Reid Weingarten expressed "significant doubts" that Epstein's death was due to suicide. According to Weingarten, when attorneys met with their client shortly before his death, "we did not see a despairing, despondent, suicidal person".
Epstein's brother, Mark, has rejected the possibility of Jeffrey's suicide, claiming, "I could see if he got a life sentence, I could then see him taking himself out, but he had a bail hearing coming up."
Former US Attorney and Senate Judiciary Committee counsel Brett Tolman said the death was "more than coincidental", considering Epstein's "many connections to powerful people".
Ohioboy
(3,879 posts)She named both Trump and Epstein. How would that even happen if Trump hadn't been there? Did she just pick Chump out of the blue? He just happened to be the first person she thought of to accuse along with Epstein? Funny how Chump appears on flight logs, and knew Epstein. All coincidence?
MAGA will accept that Epstein could have been involved, but not their king Donald?
Chump has a lot to hide!
LymphocyteLover
(9,385 posts)pandr32
(13,805 posts)When anyone doesn't respond with complete submissiveness to bribes it's his go to. He threatens harm to one's family members. They fall in line.
pandr32
(13,805 posts)Teenage girls will get their parents to shell out $500 to get a portfolio done (by a Trump flunky). The parents will also allow their teenage daughters to get dressed up to attend these 'scouting' party events.
No wonder some of them can be seen heavily made up and jumping up and down when pervy Donald walks into the event. They think he's going to give them their dream modeling starts.
wryter2000
(47,940 posts)Epstein is a great guy. He likes beautiful women, and he likes them young.
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Meanwhile, back in February, this MAGAT is shouting: "Who the hell is on those Epstein tapes?"
Link to tweet