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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***Miami Herald exposes Trump sycophant Allan Dershowitz as involved in Epstein pedo ring***
Now we know why he is Trumps #1 defender! Concerned that perhaps both he and Trump will be implicated in Epsteins pedophillia???!!
the affidavit, Roberts claimed that Epstein and Maxwell directed her to have sex with Andrew and Dershowitz and others. She had sex with Andrew three times, she alleged once in London, when she was 17, again in New York, when she was 17, and a third time, as part of an orgy on Epsteins island, when she was 18. By law, at 17, she would have been above the age of consent in New York and England, but not in Florida, where the age of consent is 18.
As part of the affidavit, Roberts furnished a photograph of her with the prince and Maxwell, which she said was taken in London.
Dershowitz, who was part of Epsteins criminal defense team, was often a guest at Epsteins homes, she said.
I had sexual intercourse with Dershowitz at least six times, Roberts wrote in the 2015 court affidavit. The first time was when I was about 16, early on in my servitude to Epstein and it continued until I was 19. She detailed some of those trysts, which she said happened at Epsteins homes in Palm Beach, New Mexico and on Epsteins island.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article219494920.html#storylink=cpy
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)Daddy? Or "Papi"? The thought of it makes me wanna varf.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)brush
(53,795 posts)Poor trump , every dirty, evil thing he has ever done is coming out.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I am real curious how many stories about the Trump/Epstein happenings were bought off by David Pecker, the National Enquirer guy. Surely the 2-3 cases we have already heard about are not the only ones.
certainot
(9,090 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)The Miami Herald's report includes descriptions of the conditions given by some of the girls. A Mother Jones report from August, 2016 includes very similar descriptions:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Those hidden stories from the Enquirer will be coming out. didn't Pecker agree to co- operate with the investigation and turn over files?
This mess gets worse every day!
bdamomma
(63,902 posts)hopefully he (tRump) will take down all those who were involved in this Russian stealing. McConnell needs to go down hard.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)And celebration!
Cha
(297,378 posts)never be exposed?
Also, Dershowitz should not appear on TV again until this matter is resolved legally! Worth noting as well that Dotard, himself, used Dershowitz just on Thursday on Twitter to build a case for firing Special Counsel Mueller!
Cha
(297,378 posts)Epstein's lawyer is Ken Starr
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)This story jumps up then gets pushed off the front page but never seems to quite die. Maybe there are lots of slimey tentacles to it, even international ones.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)My son, a coach, interrupted himself watching football to read the Miami report. I could tell by the jaw muscles how mad it made him.
This story should be the lead until it is fully investigated and exposed.
2naSalit
(86,673 posts)that there is a human trafficking element to the whole drumpf organization too. And there are plenty in Congress who are probably involved since they stopped raping the pages. I think a big ugly thing is about to be exposed which will cause us all to have a quiet moment with ourselves about some fundamental things.
And for example, look at Lindsey Graham of late...
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)Epstein has an estate in the Bahamas. What if the Bahamas decided to start making criminal charges against Epstein, Trump, Dershewitz and others.
nest of vermin.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)calimary
(81,350 posts)jrthin
(4,836 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)That would explain a lot.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)He claimed he had credit card receipts that proved he was elsewhere?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Those are old accusations and he claims he has evidence proving it couldn't have happened.
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LisaL
(44,974 posts)This story is years old, nothing came out of it.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)But NO ONE has quite put all of the pieces together and fleshed out the puzzle this well up til now.
Just because nothing came out of this before, does NOT mean that in this climate, so it will be pushed back under the rug again. There is more at stake now and more people have been implicated.
And remember this, there is NO statute of limitations on murder.
Cha
(297,378 posts)sheshe2
(83,815 posts)malaise
(269,093 posts)There was one about Alex Acosta.
The complete unraveling is taking place before our eyes.
erronis
(15,307 posts)Another McClatchy publisher which has been behind a lot of open reporting around the country.
I believe and hope that other reporters and publishers will understand that they can actually do some critical reporting and not fear the wrath of the executive branch.
malaise
(269,093 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)FakeNoose
(32,665 posts)Acosta was the flim-flam prosecutor who let Epstein wiggle out of the serious charges. I'm sure there had to be money under the table for that too. Epstein secretly got a light conviction on lesser charges, and never had a public trial. No other participants were ever investigated either. (That would include Derschowitz, Cheato, and probably several others.) Also Epstein received a very light sentence in the county jail rather than a federal or state penitentiary. If any of us had done these horrible deeds, we'd be locked up for life.
I agree that the Miami Herald did a fantastic job reporting these stories. Isn't it great when the media does their job?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)He claims he has evidence it couldn't have happened.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)Granted, the OP title is somewhat misleading about Dershowitz's current involvement, but the Miami Herald's title, "Perversion of Justice", now with 5 pieces, arguably could be called an understatement.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Documents can be manufactured, records can be falsified, paperwork can be forged.
Even if it's an old story, so what ?
What matters is what the evidence says and where it leads.
In case you have forgotten -- the Wisenthal Center is still hunting Nazis, too, and bringing them to trial.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)(and on Tuesday Epstein is going back to court in Palm Beach County)
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Archae
(46,339 posts)Denying any shenanigans.
And that Roberts woman does sound somewhat shady, and dishonest.
Dershowitz is a complete asshole for supporting Trump, but unless there is some actual evidence, it's just Al Franken 2.0.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)The FBI had prepared a 53-page federal indictment charging Epstein with sex crimes that could have put him in federal prison for life.
There is no reason to think that these women are lying about anything including Dershowitz.
former9thward
(32,030 posts)Dershowitz sued in 2015 and won the suit. Her attorney's admitted they made a mistake. Did you read the article?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)This is the admission of "mistake":
Following the announcement of the settlement of defamation claims against Alan Dershowitz, he has been making public statements suggesting that he has prevailed in the lawsuit and that the terms of the settlement exonerate him of any wrongdoing. Those statements are at best misleading.
It is a mistake for anyone to conclude based upon Mr. Dershowitz's statements that the case against him was abandoned due to lack of factual support. It is a mistake for anyone to conclude based upon Mr. Dershowitz's statements that Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell had determined that the allegations against Alan Dershowitz made by Virginia Roberts Giuffre were false or unfounded. Neither the terms of the settlement nor the agreed upon joint public statement issued as part of the settlement support any such conclusions, and it is false to state or suggest otherwise.
former9thward
(32,030 posts)You are using the face saving statements from the losers. How come law enforcement has ignored this supposed child rape? Are all of them in the conspiracy?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Both sides issued a joint statement denying culpability from the other in regards to defammation, not whether or not the acts actually occurred.
Proclaiming innocence on the basis someone wasn't prosecuted might be a laughable moment if that warped mentality weren't so dangerous.
former9thward
(32,030 posts)How come law enforcement has ignored this supposed child rape.? Are they all part of the conspiracy?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Along with even stupider loaded ones which allege a conspiracy with law enforcement. I'm just going to point out how stupid they are.
Law enforcement didn't ignore it. They prosecuted Epstein and he got off with basically nothing after agreeing to pay off his victims. The deal included co-cospirators and many of the details are sealed, including those which involve Dershowitz. Let's not forget also the scumbag Dershowitz negotiated the deal to begin with.
Dershowitz admits he received a "massage" at Epstein's place. You know the same Epstein that trafficked underage girls to his friends for sexual massages. The criminal allegations against Epstein for child rape started in 2005 with a mother who went to the police after her 14 yr old daughter had been paid to massage Epstein while he masturbated. As his lawyer, Dershowitz would have known every single detail, yet 10 years later he accepts an allegedly "legal" massage in Epstein's home. How stupid does one have to be to believe Dershowitz over a known rape victim?
former9thward
(32,030 posts)They know all the details. I guess you are calling law enforcement stupid for believing Dershowitz over the Epstein victim. I hope you stay far away from any court. We don't need people like you on juries who don't believe in the Constitution and who don't need any evidence to find people guilty.
From the same Miami Herald:
Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was friends with Epstein and often flew on his plane and visited him on his island. Epstein donated to the Clinton Foundation and various Democratic causes and candidates.
Are you now going to declare Clinton guilty of some crime?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article221897990.html
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)I think we're done here.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Wrong, wrong, wrong.
lpbk2713
(42,762 posts)Holy chit.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)The attorneys for the claimant were sanctioned by the court. They apologized to Dershowitz. They withdrew the claim.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)The reality doesn't match. What Dershowitz is talking about is a civil suit in which one record was striken from the record which Dershowitz calls a "sanction". The reality is the "sanction" Dershowitz was calling for never happened. The judge specifically stated removing the record was the only negative action that happened. There was also a defamation case against Dershowitz and a countersuit which was settled confidentially with both sides withdrawing any claims of wrongdoing by the other side. This isn't what vindication looks like.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)He says he can't sue the woman for libel or slander because she didn't make the accusations to the press.
So what do you think he can do for vindication?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Dershowitz's version of events is misleading. You have people right in this thread claiming he was "vindicated" and he "won" a lawsuit over this. They come to these conclusions reading Dershowitz's version of reality which is specifically intended to lead someone to believe things that just aren't true.
Virginia Roberts is a very credible witness. She actually did prevail in her legal battle which was never with Dershowitz. She still maintains Dershowitz had sex with her while she was underage. I believe her over a lawyer who routinely finds himself representing scumbags.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Cicada
(4,533 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)So the question still remains how you came up with it.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)A lady sued claiming Dershowitz had sex with her at a time and place. Dershowitz produced travel records proving he was not there at that time. Her attorneys, cassell and the other guy, concede Dershowitz provided those records. They withdrew the suit.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Your claim:
What they actually said:
Following the announcement of the settlement of defamation claims against Alan Dershowitz, he has been making public statements suggesting that he has prevailed in the lawsuit and that the terms of the settlement exonerate him of any wrongdoing. Those statements are at best misleading.
It is a mistake for anyone to conclude based upon Mr. Dershowitz's statements that the case against him was abandoned due to lack of factual support. It is a mistake for anyone to conclude based upon Mr. Dershowitz's statements that Bradley Edwards and Paul Cassell had determined that the allegations against Alan Dershowitz made by Virginia Roberts Giuffre were false or unfounded. Neither the terms of the settlement nor the agreed upon joint public statement issued as part of the settlement support any such conclusions, and it is false to state or suggest otherwise.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Edwards and Cassell noted in their statement Friday that Dershowitz had produced travel records to establish he could not have been present during the supposed misconduct.
If we make ludicrous idiotic claims about people, such as a distinguished retired law professor in his seventies,having coerced sex with underage girls, then it will be difficult to complain about Republicans saying Hillary is a serial killer etc. Making such claims reduces credibility. Its an absurd allegation in my opinion.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Dershowitz admits to receiving a "massage" at Epstein's residence in NYC.
Think about that for a moment. Who is going to receive a legitimate "massage" at Epstein's place? Right away this starts to push the limits of credibility. And why does he admit as much? Because his own calendar shows him scheduled for a massage at "AD" which is undoubtedly a reference to just that. So Dershowitz freely admits he got a "massage" because he knows there's a paper trail for it going right up his ass. Meanwhile flight logs show Epstein and a passenger named "Virginia" arriving and departing NY before and after Dershowitz is known to have been there.
https://abovethelaw.com/2015/10/is-this-what-exoneration-looks-like-to-alan-dershowitz/
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Even in a hotel room.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)If he could get one at his hotel or anywhere, why would he schedule one at Epstein's?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)I just don't think it proves anything you claim it proves.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Care to explain ?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)But thank you for asking.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Not anywhere, not in a hotel room, at Epstein's mansion. He's claiming this after he was accused of having sex with an underage girl there. Possible? Yes. Believable? No.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Its gonna take down quite a few. Rightly so.
Reminds me of the Franklin scandal from the late 1980s.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)There is no scoop, it's an old accusation that is being recycled for whatever reason.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)the DOJ.
lilactime
(657 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)And some of those fuckers, like Acosta, are still around.
FarPoint
(12,414 posts)yardwork
(61,671 posts)Initech
(100,087 posts)Better get the military tribunals ready!
erronis
(15,307 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,379 posts)Have they ever failed to be guilty of the things they accuse others of doing?
GOP is the enemy of humanity.
Initech
(100,087 posts)dlk
(11,572 posts)The Wizard
(12,545 posts)when the subject is raised is telling.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Nothing ever came of it and Dershowitz has denied it for years. I personally think he's guilt and Drumpf knows all. That's why he licks his behind like a lap dog.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Over the years the stories get publicity and then---nothing.
And people claim the stories are silenced because too many prominent people of all professions, both political parties, are found emeshed in the stories, perhaps only on the sidelines.
still_one
(92,274 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)still_one
(92,274 posts)don't trust him
Autumn
(45,120 posts)and something like this hanging over his head would explain a lot of his recent bullshit.
still_one
(92,274 posts)sealed which makes me even more suspicious about his assertions
Me.
(35,454 posts)still_one
(92,274 posts)It will be interesting if he responds to The Miami Hearld
He also maintains that he is not and advocate for trump, and while it is an entirely different issue, I have never seen someone go out of his way to defend trump for not being his advocate, and I realize that has nothing to do whether he is implicated with Epstein or not
I dont find him particularly trustworthy
Also, was Roberts charged with making false statements on court documents?
LisaL
(44,974 posts)still_one
(92,274 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)still_one
(92,274 posts)after him why the media doesnt play it or provide a transcript of it
Regardless, I appreciate you keeping me honest, and correcting my misstatements
Me.
(35,454 posts)so far hasn't. As for his not being an advocate...what a lot of hooey. I've often wondered why he would place his standing in such jeopardy by being just what he says he isn't.
Not sure which docs you are referring to, give a little more detail.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)and I don't see any implication she lied. She was interviewed by the FBI and included in the complaint but see no indication of lies or perjury aside from the usual he said/she said, though the bookkeeper. for one, backs her up.
still_one
(92,274 posts)perjury charges, but it says as you said one person's word against the other, though supposedly Dershowiz says the records are sealed which could offer conclusive proof, but I don't understand why the records are sealed?
JCannon
(67 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 3, 2018, 01:34 PM - Edit history (1)
I may make a short video exposing this smear, which has been repeated an infinite number of times. Despite what you've read in many places, Bill Clinton was NOT an Epstein friend and did not take trips on the so-called "Lolita Express" to Epstein's private island.
The only person who claims that Clinton and Epstein socialized over a meal is Virginia Roberts. But Roberts, in her original affidavit, goes out of her way to state that Clinton was not guilty of sexual impropriety. She DOES accuse Alan Dershowitz of rape.
You can't use Roberts against Clinton without also using her against Dershowitz. I am continually infuriated by the right's attempt to weaponize Roberts against Clinton while ignoring her claims against Dershowitz.
I am also infuriated by the fact that the right never mentions that Epstein's former girlfriend recruited Roberts AT MAR-A-LAGO, where she worked FOR TRUMP. Mar-A-Lago dressed her in a skimpy, sexualized outfit -- even though she was underaged and actually looked even younger than her years.
Roberts' father (who seems to have been a real piece of work) worked for Trump. I cannot easily believe that Epstein recruited girls (note the plural) at Mar-A-Lago without the knowledge of his friend, Donald Trump.
Yes, it is true that Epstein flew Bill Clinton to various places around the world on a private jet. At the time, Epstein's sexual secrets were not known. Epstein had, and still has, a genuine interest in scientific matters, and he was always trying to ingratiate himself with influential people. So he offered to fly Clinton to various scientific conferences around the world.
If you read various news stories about the alleged Clinton/Epstein connection, you'll see many references to "flight logs" which verify that he was on Epstein's plane. Most of the writers of those stories have not read the actual logs. I have.
(They're available online. I won't do your Googling for you, but if you can't find them, write to me privately.)
If you track the dates of each flight, you'll see that in each and every instance, the flight took Clinton to some overseas location where a conference of some sort (usually something having to do with science) was being held. There are news articles which describe what Clinton said and did at these locations.
On NO occasion did these flights take Clinton to Epstein's island.
Furthermore, those flights do NOT list any of Epstein's "girlfriends" (including Virginia Roberts) as accompanying Clinton on these flights. To be honest, there really is no evidence to support Roberts' contention that she met Clinton; all of the evidence goes in the other direction. (I admit that this fact is problematic for Democrats, because most of us don't want to discredit the things she has said about Dershowitz or Epstein.)
Not only that. There's one thing about those flight logs that nobody seems to have noticed. The flights which carried Bill Clinton have a different N number! Epstein owned more than one aircraft. Clinton never took a ride on the plane which the press has called "The Lolita Express."
And even if he had, what of it? The plane did not exactly have "Lolita Express" written on its side. As I said, Epstein's big secret was still a secret at that time, and there were no girls on those particular flights.
In short and in sum, the Clinton/Epstein connection is a massive smear.
I'd like to post a link to the video I intend to make, if such a thing is permissible on DU. But perhaps I can't do that; someone would no doubt accuse me of using DU for self-promotion. Well, I'd be overjoyed if someone here double-checked my work and created a presentation of his or her own. if YOU do the job, so much the better. We have to get the word out.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)JCannon
(67 posts)Having just now looked again at the flight logs, I see that Clinton did, in fact, travel in both jets. Epstein owns a Boeing 727 identified as N909JE and a Gulfstream II identified as N908JE. The latter is the aircraft generally identified as the so-called Lolita Express.
Clinton rode in it on July 13, 2002; the plane went from Rabat-Sale Airport in Morocco to JFK airport, with the usual refueling stop in the Azores. A check of Clinton's whereabouts at that time reveals that he had gone to the 14th International AIDS Conference in Africa, where he and Nelson Mandela gave speeches.
I'll go through the logs to see if he rode in that aircraft on other occasions. If memory serves, his other trips (there weren't that many) were in the Boeing.
As I said, Epstein's plane was not known as "The Lolita Express" AT THE TIME. That was a name invented by the right-wing media when they decided to use Epstein as a weapon against Clinton. We now know the names of Epstein's girls; they are not listed as being on any of the Clinton flights. And Clinton never took any of those flights to Epstein's island.
By the way, Epstein also transported other celebrities in his Gulfstream. One of them was Stephen Hawking. Naturally, this has led some fools on the right to presume that Hawking must be party to some monstrous pedophile/Satanic conspiracy!
still_one
(92,274 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)He fits their profile.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)He was supposedly a major democratic donor.
still_one
(92,274 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)would tape them having sex with underage girls to get leverage on them or so he says. It's probably true because he got let off with a slap on his hand.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)blackmail
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Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Kingofalldems
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bluestarone
(16,990 posts)KICK
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)pick it up. It's been out there for a long time.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)pecosbob
(7,542 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)For example, in this NY Times interview:
Absolutely. Im a Hillary Clinton liberal Democrat whos trying hard to restore Congress to the Democrats, who will help finance Democratic candidates all over the country. Im a liberal Democrat. I havent changed one iota in 50 years. I am not a Trump supporter. Im a supporter of civil liberties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/politics/alan-dershowitz-trump.html
Also, he says these allegations are false and disproved:
https://www.salon.com/2018/12/02/alan-dershowitz-responds-sex-allegations-are-outright-false-and-thoroughly-disproved/
louis c
(8,652 posts)...Benedict Arnold was a decorated Colonial General.
He's a fucking asshole.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)In addition to Hillary Clinton, he has donated to:
Joe Kennedy III
Elizabeth Warren
Barbara Boxer
Al Franken
Mark Udall
Barack Obama
John Kerry
Russ Feingold
Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)Link to tweet
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Impeaching-Trump/dp/151074228X
Link to tweet
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And this one:
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Plenty more where this came from. Don't know what you point is anyway.
louis c
(8,652 posts)...Deuochawitch USED TO BE a Hillary Clinton liberal before he became a Trump ball licker, just like Benedict Arnold used to be a decorated Colonial General until he was a fucking traitor
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Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)SunSeeker
(51,578 posts)IronLionZion
(45,469 posts)then these legitimate mainstream news stories are just part of the liberal plot to distract us from pizzagate.
enid602
(8,627 posts)This would be the perfect time for Katie Johnson to come forward again.
Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)the bickering about whether Louise Mensch/Claude Taylor were nutjobs.
I would like to go on record at this point and state, I felt like a conspiracy theorist last year even cautiously following these stories. At this point I do believe the Team Patriot faction of twitter, has to have some type of real info.
Each and everyday I believe these stories more and more.
This Epstein/Acosta story, will bring many more of these vile stories to light.
Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)Kick.