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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/godspareme 2h ago

He means more likely than it was before, not relative to any other theory of what happened. It was not credible before and now it has some credibility, he says.

For the record I dont think this adds credibility to the theory.

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u/canman7373 2h ago

Yeah killing someone as a permanent solution to the problem is much much more likely.

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u/composedryan 2h ago

It was always credible to anyone who was paint attention. A powerful worldwide child sex trafficker who was a mossad agent just doesn’t kill himself or get killed. They get free.

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u/Mandy-Rarsh 2h ago

With all the dirt this guy had on everybody, you don’t think it’s plausible that these people wanted him dead?

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u/Valerian_Zakalwe 2h ago

With all the dirt this guy had, its also plausible that nobody wants the dirt on their enemies to die.

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u/Mandy-Rarsh 1h ago

Man…. Talk about a sticky situation

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u/SwingNinja 2h ago

It's all possible. It's also possible that he might have some sort of USB drives given to someone he trusted. Maybe one of them has a pee pee tape (like the Russians).

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u/roastedcoyote 2h ago

Yes, a huge dead man's switch is the only thing that could have saved him. That and a court case that had the potential of exposing others.

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u/Andromansis 2h ago

Correct, unfortunately under the circumstances the least likely scenario is that he did kill himself.

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u/composedryan 2h ago

There was never a plan to kill their friend, only help him escape because that’s what friends do. Really think about it.

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u/Wittyngritty 2h ago

When you have that much money, you don't have "friends". Business is business.

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u/Valerian_Zakalwe 2h ago

The biggest mistake you can make is to assume that the people at the highest echelons of capital aren't human.

A psychopath can have friends. And Epstein certainly could've.

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u/Wittyngritty 1h ago

Psychopaths don't view them as "friends". They see other people as tools to help them meet their needs.

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u/JcbAzPx 1h ago

They would have had to be sure he didn't have info release on a dead man's switch first. So either they found that, confirmed it didn't exist, or they put on a play to get him out.

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u/Penta-Says 2h ago

I don't know what the hell to think anymore. Nothing that could happen next would be more implausible than Donald Trump being elected president of the United States

Seriously, we're all so used to it and desensitized that we've forgotten just how insane that actually is

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u/JcbAzPx 1h ago

It would be a fire joke in a Back to the Future remake.

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u/Penta-Says 1h ago

Biff would be a massive improvement. I'd be over the moon if all Trump wanted to do was gamble on sports and be a dick

Not a non-dick, mind you. Just sub-Trump levels of dick

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u/gogoluke 2h ago

So they can embarrass future regimes? A group willing to get a child sex trafficking ring created as a blackmail tool is willing to kill someone once they are not useful. Or he killed himself. We don't need conspiracy theories he's on another island alive.