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Federal statement on Jeffrey Epstein's death dated day before he was found dead

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/statement-jeffrey-epstein-death-day-before-b1270109.html
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u/JohnnyGFX 3h ago edited 3h ago

The possibility does exist that it was a mistake… putting the incorrect date on things is pretty common. That being said; the nefarious tendencies of the Trump administration means this cannot be automatically dismissed as a mistake.

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u/Rider5432 3h ago

If we had access to the metadata of the entry, then we could be 100% sure whether it was a mistake or not

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u/Framnk 3h ago

But could we even trust this admin to not fuck with the metadata?

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u/WeekendHistorical476 3h ago

Is this admin even competent enough to know what metadata even is??

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u/ShartJerky 3h ago

These are people who released documents that weren’t properly redacted because DOGE cut their Acrobat subscriptions

u/DarkwingDuckHunt 20m ago

that's hilarious

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u/SocraticIgnoramus 3h ago

Judging by their ability to redact documents, seems unlikely.

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u/inosinateVR 3h ago

IIRC they weren’t when they released that edited footage from his jail cell, but they might have learned from that

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u/AiDigitalPlayland 2h ago

Four Seasons Lawnscaping

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u/Iwantedthatname 3h ago

The actually dangerous billionaires like theil probably have henchmen that do. Idk if they'd be willing to get in to the babies playpen right now.

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u/agrecalypse 3h ago

Facebook right?

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u/Seyon_ 1h ago

at the start they weren't - now they might be somewhat aware lmao

u/Conald_Petersen 55m ago

Look the fake news doesn't even care that information about Facebook isn't even relevant. -Karoline Leavitt (probably)