Seems Johnson knows this. Both him and Trump will keep this shutdown going to stop the forced release of these files it seems. Don’t know what kind of plan they’re cooking up though.

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    Remember, this case is about dozens rich men raping young girl and the only person who went to jail is a women.

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    The files they don’t have that don’t exist that don’t incriminate anyone on a list that is not real that is a hoax is worse than they ever imagined.

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    Yup. Keep your eye on the prize. It’s shocking and sad that a whole political party got culty for a pedo, but here we are.

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    It was obvious this was the case when they fought so hard to prevent the release. They continued with it even when it’s clear that the actions they’re taking to keep it hidden it’s damaging for them.

    My bet is that there’s video evidence of Trump raping a minor, or maybe a recording of him admitting it. I don’t know what else could be more damning than that.

    At this rate they’re gonna keep this up until Trump dies.

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      bet is that there’s video evidence of Trump raping a minor

      Just delay until AI video is good enough to claim it’s AI.

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        Trump wasn’t just a customer. He was Epstein’s partner and Mar-a-Lago was a hub for international sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking.

        They’re not the Epstein files. They’re the Trump files.

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          This is my thought as well. He has to be in there to such an extent that if they removed all mention of him, what was left would fit on a fucking post it. Otherwise they would have tried to release it with a few pages “lost” and blamed Biden.

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      How is that more dancing then what he has already said. Walking in on miss green US change rooms grabbing them by the pussy. He has literally admitted to sexual assaulting the contestants and nobody cares. Just like when/if these files come out nobody well care.

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      There could be video of him and his mushroom penetrating someone underage and so many of his meathead cult members will claim it’s “AI” or something.

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    This is the Panama papers all over again. Another way of proving everyone in power is corrupt and we’ll do fuck all about it.

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      I think this is a little different because I believe in unreleased form this is more of a monkey on the Trump fandom’s back. Had they just been released at the start, there would have been massive coverage for a week, but MAGA would believe that Trump’s different by being open and transparent about it, and Democrats are just whining and people would forget about it much like the Papers. Whereas this way, it’s clear the Republican swamp has something it REALLY doesn’t want to reveal, to the point they’d be willing to starve the country and hold the entire government hostage over releasing them.

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        We already know Trump is a rapist who likes underage girls. That has been proven without a doubt on multiple occasions. What does hanging out with another guy who does so change, especially since that’s another thing we’ve already known for years?

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    Who would’ve thought our sitting president being a pedophile and best friends with one of the most notorious human traffickers in history would be such a problem? /s

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    Oh no! Worse for Trump, you say?

    Like… so bad that Kash Patel might actually do something about it? So bad that any one of those 91 indictments from two years ago might result in a prosecution with penalties attached? So bad that literally anything bad might happen to America’s Golden Child?

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    Why do you think we have the Epstein shutdown?

    Donbald is happy to have millions of children and the elderly starve, flights cancelled during the holidays, etc., if it means he can avoid justice and focus on building his Epstein ballroom.

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    It must be really bad if

    s/Donald Trump/Bill Clinton/g

    couldnt fix it

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    Can’t they claim national security and keep these from getting out? I mean the country will descend into abject chaos if this gets out. I for one don’t want to see it, but it’s be happy for him to perp walk straight into prison where he will be treated like the pedo he is, which would be far more satisfying

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    Johnson is trying to think of a way to abandon Trump that will allow him to save face. He knows Trump isn’t going to make it through his 4 years, and that there will be a massive power vacuum in the pedo party once he’s gone. Unless of course Johnson is in those files too, which wouldn’t surprise me in the least. I’m that case he has no choice but to hold course

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        Huh, he didn’t run for congress until 2016. And then he was Speaker by 2023. So they definitely have something on him

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    Deflect, lie, and deny is the plan. Soon, Donald “Shit Stain” Trump will tell his buddies on the Supreme Court to block the release.