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-Lurid Crime Tales-
US Justice Department to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell over Epstein saga
[IsraelTimes] US Justice Department officials are set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl? Epstein
...A high class pimp financier who was alleged to maintain a stable of underage whores sex slaves who were paid big bucks to entertain the rich and/or famous. He was really surprised when he commited suiciede in jail...
, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The meeting in Florida, which Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he was working to arrange, is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of US President Donald Trump
...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!...
’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.

Maxwell, the daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell, is the only former Epstein associate who was convicted in connection with his activities, which right-wing conspiracy theorists allege included trafficking young models for VIPs. She is serving a 20-year sentence.

"If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say," Blanche said in a statement on Tuesday. "No one is above the law — and no lead is off-limits."

Robert Maxwell fled the Nazis as a child and is rumored to have spied for Israel. He was buried in Jerusalem after dying under mysterious circumstances in 1991.

In 2023, it was reported that Ghislaine Maxwell was receiving prison services from a non-profit for Jewish inmates, using her Jewish ancestry for better food and time off.

She allegedly attempted to take refuge in Israel while under investigation for her role in Epstein’s sex abuse scheme before her arrest in 2020.

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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/25/2025 2025-07-25 02:48 || Comments || Link || [128 views] Top|| File under:

#1  High profile 'child murderer' whose father is FBI agent meets horrific end in jail

discovered by detention staff around 4:27am on Wednesday in a solitary confinement unit of the jail.

authorities 'don't yet know whether the nature of the death was suspicious.'

Apparently not uncommon to die, alone.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/25/2025 6:30 Comments || Top||

#2  Not buying the Maxwell was a victim take, the concessioner offering that line of bull can take march cardboard box up the stairs and bug some other folks.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/25/2025 6:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Ghislaine to open her meeting with the investigating committee "nice to see you all again"
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 || 07/25/2025 7:50 Comments || Top||

#4  She really is the key to the entire sordid affair. Frankly, I'm surprised she's survived as long as she has.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/25/2025 7:52 Comments || Top||


#6  Nothing bad will happen to Ghislaine - she's one of the elite, not a kike nouveau riche from Brookline.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/25/2025 11:21 Comments || Top||

#7  The way Trump dismisses this, I'm becoming more and more convinced his name is somewhere on the island.
Posted by: Woodrow || 07/25/2025 22:17 Comments || Top||


Klaus Schwab (WEF Dr Evil) in deep legal trouble
[AINVEST] - Klaus Schwab, WEF founder, faces charges of financial misconduct, bullying, and harassment after a Swiss investigation revealed $1.1M in questionable expenses and inappropriate behavior.

- A whistleblower triggered the probe, uncovering lavish travel, gifts, and a toxic work environment, with Schwab denying allegations and suing whistleblowers for defamation.

- The final report, due in late August, may lead to criminal charges, highlighting governance issues in high-profile institutions and accountability concerns.

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Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/25/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I didn't think Switzerland was a hotbed of antisemitism, but here it is.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 07/25/2025 2:54 Comments || Top||

#2  I am very happy to have not seen the weirdest picture of Klaus when I clicked on this post.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/25/2025 6:44 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
VIDEO ‐ Russia Hoax: James Clapper Has Lawyered Up as Scrutiny Intensifies
[Breitbart] Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has taken action to protect himself amid scrutiny regarding the Russia hoax that targeted President Donald Trump in 2016.

Speaking with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday, Clapper said he had already taken precautions, the Washington Examiner reported on Thursday.

Collins asked, “So, what will you do if they come after you?” to which he replied, “Well, I’ll lawyer up, I suppose. I already have.”

The Examiner article said the Trump administration has accused intelligence officials of falsifying information to claim there was Russian interference in the 2016 election that helped push Trump to victory.

The outlet noted Clapper told then-President Barack Obama and his administration in December 2016 that “foreign adversaries did not use cyberattacks on election infrastructure to alter the U.S. Presidential election outcome,” but Obama’s administration chose to “create a new intelligence community assessment, which it ultimately completed on Jan. 6, 2017, that would include aggressive claims about Russian interference and Russia’s intent to help Trump.”

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently declassified a 46-page House Intelligence Committee report from late 2020 that she said showed how Obama’s (D) administration “manufactured” an assessment to push the Russia collusion hoax, Breitbart News reported on Wednesday.

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Posted by: Skidmark || 07/25/2025 08:35 || Comments || Link || [120 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats




#4  Could be part of the reason Puti has no time for Trump. Bridges already burned. Who knows.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/25/2025 8:58 Comments || Top||

#5  ^Putin has no time for Trump because the Ukrainian conflict is a vital national (survival) interes for Russia and matter of face for USA.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/25/2025 11:19 Comments || Top||

#6  manufactured and politicized intelligence

That's just a fancy way to say they concocted a lie.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/25/2025 12:29 Comments || Top||

#7  he might try the 'I was only following orders' defense

or the 'I'm a moron I don't understand foreign intelligence'

or the 'I have a stutter that confuses people'
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/25/2025 18:31 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Appeals court blocks Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, upholding lower court order
Another stage checked off. On to the US Supreme Court!
[NYPOST] A divided federal appeals court panel on Wednesday ruled that President Trump's executive order outlawing birthright citizenship cannot go into effect, upholding a lower court order blocking the directive.

In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Democratic attorneys general from Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon challenging Trump's Jan. 20 birthright citizenship executive order would be likely to succeed in demonstrating that it is unconstitutional.

''The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order's proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is Unconstitutional,'' read the appeals court's majority opinion. ''We fully agree.''

Judges Michael Day Hawkins and Ronald M. Gould, both appointees of former President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word is...
, ruled in the majority, while Judge Patrick J. Bumatay, a Trump appointee, partially dissented.

Bumatay argued that the states didn't have standing to sue the Trump administration over the order.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/25/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [103 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  What would Andrew Jackson do?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/25/2025 1:58 Comments || Top||

#2  The Supreme Court tried to kick this can to the fall, but will now face an emergency appeal. It will be interesting.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/25/2025 6:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Not surprising. How it is written in the amendment and through past rulings Trump will not be able to wipe it away with a pen. This will take congress actually doing their job and defining when a child is born in particular circumstances to be a citizen.

Not holding my breath.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/25/2025 12:07 Comments || Top||


White House says 'The View' could be cancelled next following Joy Behar''s anti-Trump tirade
[NYPOST] A White House spokesperson warned ''The View'' co-host Joy Behar that her show could be next on the chopping block after her latest tirade against President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States...
on Wednesday.

During the show, Behar and her fellow hosts responded to Trump's call for former President Barack Obama
If you like your coverage you can keep it...
to be criminally investigated for allegedly manufacturing intelligence that prompted the Trump—Russia collusion narrative.

''First of all, who tried to overthrow the government on Jan. 6?'' Behar said. ''Who was that again? That was not Obama.

''The thing about him is he's so jealous of Obama, because Obama is everything that he is not: Trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green's song 'Let's Stay Together' better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It's driving him crazy. Green is not a good color.''

In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers called out the show's ratings and suggested it could be ''pulled off-air'' if Behar didn't stop attacking Trump.

''Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's no surprise that 'The View's' ratings hit an all-time low last year. She should self-reflect on her own jealousy of President Trump's historic popularity before her show is the next to be pulled off-air,'' Rogers said.

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Posted by: Fred || 07/25/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [181 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Let them squawk, who cares?
Giving them attention only saves them. Stop it.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 07/25/2025 2:52 Comments || Top||

#2  If they cancel The View, they should do one bonus show hosted by Colbert and the other late night hosts that will also be fired by that time in drag ala Monty Python.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/25/2025 6:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Rename it 'TDS', let it play. Everything is good for something even if only as a bad example. In this case as an example of AWLF mentality, a mental illness.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/25/2025 7:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Yes, let them continue. Everyone should have access to these losers. A healthy example of social dysfunction and leftist hate. Let them rant on.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/25/2025 7:32 Comments || Top||

#5  They go on vacation during August each year.

The question is whether they will be coming back.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/25/2025 7:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Donald Trump Jr. Knocks ‘The View’ After Show Goes on Hiatus
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/25/2025 8:25 Comments || Top||

#7  If ABC/Disney is losing money on that show the way CBS was losing money with Colbert, it might be a good idea to let them get on with it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/25/2025 12:34 Comments || Top||

#8  ...their target audience will support pet food and boxed wine advertising.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/25/2025 14:09 Comments || Top||

#9  Someone recently referred to "Joy" as a "hemorrhoid in an auburn wig"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/25/2025 14:21 Comments || Top||

#10  “The thing about him is he’s so jealous of Obama, because Obama is everything that he is not: Trim, smart, handsome, happily married, and can sing Al Green’s song ‘Let’s Stay Together’ better than Al Green. And Trump cannot stand it. It’s driving him crazy. Green is not a good color.”

Drivel.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/25/2025 17:35 Comments || Top||



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