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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere are the calls for Trump to resign immediately over the Epstein files?
Any other president and theyd literally be breaking into regularly scheduled programs with special bulletins about the crisis at the White House over the multiple child rape accusations for Trump in the Epstein files that were just released. The media is just ignoring this. Democrats are ignoring it. The President raped children at Epsteins, why are we not removing him from office?
The files dropped and theyre worse for Trump than anyone imagined. Yet its not being covered at all.
Blues Heron
(8,490 posts)This is ridiculous, this guy cannot be president anymore, impeach or resign. This is exponentially worse than watergate. Grow a spine media!
travelingthrulife
(4,749 posts)The owners of the media certainly have. He owns them until the Files are released and the bubble bursts.
JBTaurus83
(963 posts)The politicians are not putting up a real resistance, and the population is outrage fatigued after 15+ years of listening to the Nazi Pig.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Trump is a pedophile and a monster. Id expect some member of Congress says something. Even MTG.
This recent release was insane for what it said about Trump. Yet barely a peep. Heck. Some pro sports owner was mentioned barely and its a bigger story than multiple accusations of rape from Trump. Some of it sworn testimony.
Bill Gates maybe getting an STD from a Russian prostitute is getting press, but the pages and pages of Trump raping children isnt?
This was every bit as explosive as anyone could have imagined and Trump isnt taking any heat. Why?
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,271 posts)sop
(17,818 posts)Invade Greenland? Arrest Obama? Dance naked at the SOTU?
AloeVera
(4,048 posts)J_William_Ryan
(3,391 posts)Because House Republicans will never impeach and Senate Republicans will never convict.
And Democrats arent ignoring anything but they know the impeachment process is pointless the consequence of the blind partisan right.
That Trump remains in office reflects the depravity of the voters who put Trump in office.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)These accusations are sickening. Any other public figure would be facing deafening calls to step down.
Grim Chieftain
(1,396 posts)by his collar and taken straight to jail, He raped children! Let that sink in. There are victim statements, there are files detailing the horrific abuse that those poor women will live with for the remainder of their lives, but hey! What happens to him? Not a damn thing.
A sexual deviant who raped children, who committed thirty-four felonies, who attacks innocent migrants and citizens on the street of this country is the President of the United States. And what happens to him? Nothing. He lives in the lap of luxury at our expense.
rampartd
(4,109 posts)they don't stop.
Grim Chieftain
(1,396 posts)If he's not stopped, he'll continue.
Katcat
(558 posts)That most of the richest people in the US were Epstein clients. That includes the owners of the media
Johonny
(25,707 posts)I think we can safely say, the American MS media is dead. I have zero expectations of fair, balanced, or even mediocre coverage these days.
UpInArms
(54,355 posts)Or Michelles bare arms
mopinko
(73,374 posts)the protesters r starting to call for impeachment, louder and louder. pretty sure, from now on, theyll start calling for resignation. expect signs quoting shit from the files.
i think a big part of the problem is the ick factor. thats how it got this far. its just not something ppl want to look at or talk about. its hard to put something soooo taboo on the teevee machine.
but i suspect it will b in the streets, and soon.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Im talking loud calls to resign over being a pedophile. Its all been released now. Why isnt there a roar from the media, public figures, and politicians that he needs to step down right now?
He raped children. All these years of talking about the Epstein files and now they show he raped many children and its nothing but a whimper.
EdmondDantes_
(1,475 posts)Anyone can call a tip line and claim anything. The indiscriminate release of everything in the Epstein files was always going to result in unsupported claims against people. Sure you can't trust the Trump administration if the law was only release confirmed or credible tips, but you can't blindly trust random people calling in tips are doing so honestly.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)There is a lot more than these tip line stuff against Trump.
EdmondDantes_
(1,475 posts)It's hard to respond to vague claims of proof. What specifically are you speaking of?
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Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)EdmondDantes_
(1,475 posts)From the article "It contained a spreadsheet of uncorroborated tips made to the FBI with references to Trump, as well as brief details of the bureaus often limited follow up."
None of that is proof of anything other than people called a tip line. We shouldn't take it as more than that just because we want to assume anything bad about Trump because he's a horrible human.
questionseverything
(11,664 posts)The idea that that many women were lying, mistaken is pretty low
EdmondDantes_
(1,475 posts)Do you have a link that shows interviews for claims against Trump specifically? Nothing I can find supports that there were 40-50 women interviewed who made specific allegations against Trump. There are lots of uncorroborated tips that didn't result in anything. BBC, Newsweek, CNN, NBC News all say the same thing.
It feels like people are hoping for a magic out to Trump rather than there's actual evidence. We have plenty of things we absolutely have evidence Trump is doing and has done to go after him on, and we need to be working on building up our own brand as a party. Because worst case scenario, Trump isn't president come January 20th, 2029, but short of dying, unless someone has smoking gun evidence, that's also the most likely scenario. We need to be something other than just the "Trump is awful" party because he's not going to be around that much longer relatively speaking and we need to counter the rise of right wing nationalism that's happening everywhere and is the source of Trump's power just like it's the source of Meloni's power in Italy, Farage in the UK, etc.
questionseverything
(11,664 posts)Of course things were not confirmed when the government of Florida was actively covering up for Epstein and the FBI seems to not be investigating anything
BigMin28
(1,827 posts)Investigated? Or were they swept aside? We saw it happen in Kavanaugh's case. Certain people are shown deference in our society. Look no further the the deal Epstein received and his treatment in confinement. It was against the law for sexual offenders to get work release. But old Jeffrey got to go to the office everyday.
AZJonnie
(3,092 posts)investigation, their goal will be to "prove" that nothing was done to Epstein until Trump was in office, and everyone else was corrupt because they didn't "do enough". Also, they'll leverage the fact that the tips were lightly investigated, even one's against Trump, saying not even the "corrupt" FBI really thought Trump did anything wrong.
The Katie Johnson "case" (which has been known of since 2016 publicly, and is highly dubious if you really investigate how that whole thing went down) will be similarly leveraged.
EdmondDantes_
(1,475 posts)Tip lines get all sorts of calls, from real information, well-meaning but false information, intentionally false information, and people with mental health issues. If I called the police and said a bank was being robbed, but no information about which bank, how much effort should they expend checking every bank in case I'm telling the truth?
Trump is one of the most famous and polarizing people on the planet. Of course there were tips reported he did all sorts of things. But if it's anonymous with no supporting evidence how do you investigate? Hey Donald, someone said you raped them. Did you? If he says no, is that investigating? No, but what further steps can they take?
W_HAMILTON
(10,202 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:50 PM - Edit history (1)
... and her claims (which turned out to be lies) incessantly during the lead-up to the 2020 election...
FalloutShelter
(14,256 posts)Where is Rachel Maddow... Where is Lawrence O'Donnell? (Home counting their money)
Where are our leaders?
Where is the outcry?
Go to your windows America.... open them and shout:
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore .
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Theres more coverage of an NFL owner making plans to visit Epstein once or twice for who really knows what than theres over multiple children telling the FBI that Trump forced them to perform oral sex on him when they were 12 or 13 and striking them in the face if they didnt do it well enough.
chowder66
(11,970 posts)He's not going to report on unsubstantiated claims other than generically saying that is what they are.
Maybe there are journalists/investigators looking into some of the accusations but if victims do not provide info, if there is no contact info to be found and there isn't anything other than a statement then why would they report on that? All that does is open them up to lawsuits or getting fired.
I think some people are confusing real victims to people who send in false tips and they can't decipher between them which is what Trump and their ilk are counting on.
FalloutShelter
(14,256 posts)I dont need a lecture on current events. I want to hear
HE MUST RESIGN.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,271 posts)Makes sense though...you go first.
Blue Owl
(58,498 posts)His goddamned head should be rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue right fucking now!!!
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)All these years of waiting for the Epstein files and when they finally drop, crickets.
And the media is like, hey now, so and so was invited to a few parties at Epsteins house, thats a massive scandal to cover! But ignore the pages and pages of descriptions of Trump actually taking children at Epsteins.
CanonRay
(16,016 posts)and nothing would happen. WTF.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Would ask how the 5 year old was dressed and if she was asking for it.
mdbl
(8,220 posts)They think Jesus would do the same thing.
utherpendragon
(21 posts)I seem to recall the five-alarm fire when a certain other political party was alleged to be running a pedophile ring out of the basement of a pizzeria. But that's probably my mind playing tricks. The Righteous Ones would move heaven and earth to get to the bottom of this terrible allegation. But, it's different, I guess.
D_Master81
(2,382 posts)We are a fascist country now. Corporations are making decisions of survival and they know if you go against the fascist leader you pay a heavy price. They are just hoping to survive and we return to normalcy someday. Go against Trump and the federal government will come down on you.
wolfie001
(7,313 posts)
Mr.Bee
(1,708 posts)Ping Tung
(4,183 posts)And the Republicans who made that call on Nixon to tell him that it was over for him? There seems to be a million "deep throats" to supply overwhelming evidence against Donnie the wannabee King of the world.
wolfie001
(7,313 posts)That's why that jackass Kanye's apologizing right now. He needs the $.
wolfie001
(7,313 posts)Literally, this is how christo-fascism works. The pope did it for over a thousand years.
Joinfortmill
(20,386 posts)Javaman
(65,340 posts)they will have to learn the hard way that no one survives this shit. even the sycophantic media.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)The bot armies in Reddit and Facebook are out in full force to excuse all of Trumps crimes. Theyre obvious bots and some people are calling them out as bots, but the sheer number is certainly persuading people. Post truth world where the oligarchy defines what is true.
Javaman
(65,340 posts)bots will control the narrative
real actual events will be buried, never ever to be seen.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:04 PM - Edit history (1)
I think this years elations will be full of deep fakes that get accepted as fact. This needed to be regulated hard years ago.
mwmisses4289
(3,477 posts)then it is up to us to do so.
flvegan
(65,908 posts)So dry. Sahara dry.
Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Clinton isnt mentioned 1/20th as often as Trump and if he held office right now Id think he should resign too.
Theres no way any elected leader should be allowed to continue with these allegations.
lame54
(39,275 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,791 posts)Epstein evidence against Trump:
-Here is the 2016 testimony of alleged 13 year old Trump victim, Katie Johnson. (NSFW language):
-Here is Epstein victim, Sarah Ransomes testimony on the fbi investigation file on the DoJ website. Sarah says Trump raped her while she was trapped on Epstein island and its reported that Trump made a victims nipples sore at Epsteins NY mansion: https://www.justice.gov/multimedia/Court%20Records/Giuffre%20v.%20Maxwell,%20No.%20115-cv-07433%20(S.D.N.Y.%202015)/1332-16.pdf
-Here is Epstein victim, Maria Farmer detailing a night she overheard Trump allegedly ordering up a 16 year old kid from Epstein: ?si=aqfSPlixncrmsS9A
-Here is witness testimony in the FBI Epstein investigation file on the DoJ website that details Trump allegedly raping a 13 year old and witnessing infanticide. Documented Limo driver witness included: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00025010.pdf
-Here is Trump photographed onboard Epsteins jet, The Lolita Express. (15/23 in the slideshow in the article): https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/politics/epstein-photos-trump-clinton-bannon
-Here is Trumps signature in Epsteins 50th birthday book with comparison signature evidence to prove authenticity of Trumps signature: ?si=CHSfi-yURyHIQRb5
-Here is an email from Epstein to Steve Bannon saying Trump spent hours at Epsteins house alone with a victim. Email released by the U.S. Congress under congressional subpoena to the Epstein estate: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/see-the-emails-epstein-said-trump-knew-about-the-girls-and-spent-hours-with-a-sex-trafficking-victim/
++Here is Army veteran, William Sascha Riley, describing allegedly being trafficked to Epstein/Trump Pedo parties as a 12 year old kid. Riley names Trump, Clarence Thomas, Lindsay Graham, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan: ?si=p0_lK17-z1QaQ-EI
+++William Sascha Riley background check and deep dive into the details of his story (spoiler: it looks true) ?si=O_cpQggIAYzyDCKc
FROM THE EPSTEIN FILES released Jan 30, 2026:
++[redacted] reported an unidentified female friend who was forced to perform oral sex on President Trump approximately 35 years ago in NJ. The friend told Alexis that she was approximately 13-14 years old when this occurred, and the friend allegedly bit President Trump while performing oral sex. The friend was allegedly hit in the face after she laughed about biting President Trump. The friend said she was also abused by Epstein.
Here's a link to the unredacted page for this in the newly released Epstein Files on justice.gov: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01660679.pdf
+++Donald Trump, the president, had parties at Maralago called "calendar girls' Jeffrey Epstein would bring the children in and trump would auction them Jeffrey Epstein .He measured the children's vulva and vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children on tightness. The guests were elder men and included Elon Musk. Don jr. Trump, Ivanka Trump. and Eric Trump were there. Attorney Allan Dershowitz was also there with Attorney Bob Shapiro. We were taken in rooms, forced to give oral sex to Donald J Trump. Forced to allow them to penitrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01660679.pdf
questionseverything
(11,664 posts)Im tired of reading excuses from du members that there were only anonymous accounts
Kid Berwyn
(23,529 posts)Every single person of good conscience around the world is wondering where is the outrage over the occupation of the Oval Office by a "Predator Protector" at minimum -- and likely child sex predator based on the allegations of more than 50 women -- and girls.
mvd
(65,858 posts)They normalize insanity and lawlessness because much of the media is in the same oligarchy and willfully ignores it.
ChicagoTeamster
(554 posts)doc03
(38,913 posts)TV and even then they would say it was AI.
Clouds Passing
(7,339 posts)Waiting ..
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,271 posts)NO.
It must be being covered since you know all about it.