Trump sued for sex crimes via Epstein -- HERE ARE THE FACTS (UPDATED).

THIS IS NOT A PRO or ANTI-TRUMP THREAD. This is "finding the truth" thread.

I did some research and here are the facts on the story:

The claims against Trump in this new lawsuit are salacious and lurid, and you can read about them here -- really nasty stuff:

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

FACTS (make your own conclusions):

1) Katie Johnson filed the lawsuit pro se, meaning she is representing herself. No attorney is listed in the court documents.

The phone number she lists in the filing is disconnected. It was previously listed as a cell phone number for a California dentist, who could not be reached.

Her listed address is a house in Twentynine Palms, California, that has been foreclosed and is vacant, neighbors told Radar Online.

2) Radar Online reports a source told them that another person named in the lawsuit "has never heard" of Katie Johnson, despite the fact this other person is a key witness.

3) "Katie Johnson" does not appear in Epstein's 197 page "black book", where all of the names of his other underage escorts had appeared.

4) Trump voluntarily participated in a 2010 lawsuit filed by the girl raped by Prince Andrew at Jeffery Epstein's pedo island. Her lawyer said it was "clear" Trump had no involvement with Epstein's crimes and was very helpful in providing information on Epstein.

5) Trump did know Epstein personally for many years, as he was a member of his Mar a Lago Club.

6) Trump banned Epstein from the club when Palm Beach Police caught Epstein messing around with young girls.

7) Trump has already publicly discussed Bill Clinton's PROVEN connection to Epstein's pedo island, suggesting Trump isn't afraid of the story or trying to hide from it.

8) In a sworn deposition, Epstein's house manager said Trump had been to Epstein's house before, but would eat dinner with him in the kitchen and not with "everyone else" (an odd statement, but should be added here).

9) Epstein, in a sworn deposition, was asked about Trump as follows:

Q: Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18?

A: Though I'd like to answer that question, at least today I'm going to have to assert my Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendment rights, sir."

(Note that this could simply mean Epstein did not want to implicate himself.)

10) Trump's phone number, his brother's number, his daughter's number and his first wife's number appear in Epstein's 197 page "black book" full of contact information, along with countless other people.

11) Trump once commented that it appeared Epstein liked "young girls", and seemed to joke about it.

12) VERY IMPORTANT info about the Pro-Trump site RadarOnline and its history, creation, former owners and current owners::

In 2004, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The Daily News, and Jeffrey Epstein, a Wall Street financier, yesterday agreed to finance Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine that published two test issues last year.

Two executives involved in the negotiations said the backers, who were part of an unsuccessful bid for New York magazine last year, are committed to spending up to $25 million to back Radar and Maer Roshan, its editor in chief and founder.

HOWEVER... Maer Roshan is no longer in charge of Radar or Radar Online, not since 2011, I believe.

"Despite its seeming success, the print magazine was suddenly shuttered in 2008, after its primary backer, billionaire Ron Burkle, who owned a substantial interest in Star and National Enquirer publisher American Media, withdrew.

RadarOnline.com's founding staff was fired and replaced by reporters from the Enquirer and Star. RadarOnline.com was relaunched in March 2009 with a rebranding, focusing on celebrity items about gossip, fashion and pop culture. All of the articles previously published by RadarOnline.com were erased from the site."

[link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)]

Radar Online is now owned by American Media, CEO is David Pecker, close Trump friend. Same guy who put out Cruz sex scandal in National Enquirer.

Looks like Epstein's ownership of Radar from 2004 faded away a long time ago. The old players who started it are gone, no longer involved.

So that connection might not be what we thought it was.

Radar Online is extremely PRO-TRUMP.

Some sources:

[link to radaronline.com]

[link to radaronline.com]

Last Edited by Bill_Davis_1 on 04/29/2016 03:32 AM