• gdog05@lemmy.world
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    There’s still the option that it was a faked death. That much wealth and power, if it could be done, that’s who and when it would be done. I’m not giving it much credence without more evidence, but I’ve got no reason to think that it’s not possible given the series of absurd happenings that morning.

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      I’m sure it was possible to swap Epstein out. I just don’t think there was the motivation for it

      No one wants Epstein alive. The rich and powerful want to bury their crimes, normal people want retribution. The only motivator I can imagine would be a deadman switch, but even if Epstein were smuggled out, the rich and powerful would have dismantled any blackmail Epstein had by now and finished the job

      I see no path that still has Epstein alive at this point

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        That someone was exposed as a teenage “hacker”.

        I used quotes because it was more social engineering and lying than any sort of hack.

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          “hacker”… According to Epic, someone changed their handle to Epstein’s handle that was exposed in the files. There was no hacking involved.

          I would absolutely believe it that he was walked out and flown to Israel where he lives as a hero of the pedo-genocide state, but his brother who identified his body is vocal about evidence it wasn’t a suicide. I’m not sure what incentive he’d have to both lie about identifying his brother’s body and making so much noise about it being a murder…

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            his brother who identified his body is vocal about evidence it wasn’t a suicide.

            He was killed! He’s dead, but killed! Dead, you see? Dead. Don’t go looking for him.

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            I’ve been hearing that the “changed handle” thing isn’t valid, because when an account handle is changed you can still see the original on the user’s profile (and that wasn’t the case for the littlestjeff account). With all the misinformation flying around, I have no idea about the accuracy of this though.

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        I read somewhere that it was somebody else who changed their username to match his, and not the same account. Can’t find a source for it either way though.

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      If I had that much money I know I would have a “Hail Mary” boobytrap that released a bunch of incriminating evidence in case of my death.

      That might be Ghislaine’s job.

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      Not impossible, but I don’t see what advantage there would be to keeping him alive vs just getting rid of him entirely.

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        A simple trade, destruction of evidence in exchange for his life. Mind you I’d still kill him regardless but I also wouldn’t make any deal with slime like that to begin with.

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          I’m guessing a guy like that who traded in relationships and secrets would be smart enough to set up a dead man drop in the event he goes quiet for too long. It keeps his life valuable.

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            That would make sense if he wasn’t arrested, convicted, interrogated and with a mountain of evidence in the hands of the FBI. A dead drop isn’t going to keep you alive if the person who wants you silenced thinks you’re already spilling the beans.

            But even if that’s the case he’s alive until he clears the dead drop because he’d still be a loose end.

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            That too. Really it would depend how stupid he and his handlers were/are, I can’t really make any statements on stupid or smart rich assholes are though since I come from a place of assuming everyone of these profligates are universally just above braindead.

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      There’s still the option that it was a faked death.

      I love watching credible conspiracy theories turn into pure garbage conspiracy theories right before my eyes in one thread.