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renate

(13,776 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:59 PM Jan 2020

Am I the only one who didn't know that Starr, as well as Dershowitz, got Epstein his cushy sentence?

I knew about the Dershowitz-Epstein connection, but I didn't know that Starr had something to do with it too. And he's not even ashamed of it! I'm glad Trump can't get a better class of people to be on his side, but it's just shocking that the POTUS has to sink so low.

Epstein died in prison last year after being indicted on charges of sex trafficking. Although he died before being convicted of the alleged crimes leading to the most recent charges, the prominent businessman had previously in 2008 managed to get a plea deal from prosecutors in Florida for related charges, which Dershowitz and Starr helped him secure. Starr has since defended the lenient prosecution his former client Epstein received in Florida.

https://www.newsweek.com/msnbc-host-calls-out-trumps-impeachment-legal-team-being-associated-pedophile-epstein-1483098

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renate

(13,776 posts)
4. the chutzpah of this guy... trying to get a president impeached for lying about a BJ
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:13 PM
Jan 2020

And then protecting a child rapist and keeping him in the community. He didn't have to do that. Was his motivation just money? Or what?

And then, for the nasty icing on top of the disgusting cake, defending a president whose abuse of power violated the Constitution and, not just that, led to Ukrainian deaths... deaths of real people. How can he even look at his nasty smushy face in the mirror?

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
3. It didn't matter. He still got the death penalty.
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:10 PM
Jan 2020

This comforts me. By the time all the Trumpsters are dead and gone, there won't be any room in hell for me.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
10. I agree. When I typed that, nobody could see my tongue boring a hole in my cheek.
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 07:41 PM
Jan 2020

It was Trump pretending to be all the dictators he admires.

KT2000

(20,577 posts)
5. that is so sickening
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:13 PM
Jan 2020

the manner in which Starr speaks reeks of a prissy holier than thou type of person. In reality he dove into the sexual aspects of the Clinton case and then helped out Epstein. He did not seem to care about the sexual assaults at Baylor.

This guy has to have some skeletons in his closet - there is something just not right with him.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,243 posts)
8. Good Post - Rec. to shine a light on these cockroaches. Alan "I-kept-my-underwear-on" Dershowitz
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:29 PM
Jan 2020

was an Epstein "client" and his attorney. How about Bondi? Did she play apart of Epstein's cushy sentence when she was GA in Florida? or did she "just" accept a donation (bribe) from Trump to "handle" his fraudulent university? I know she was friendly to the scientologists in exchange for their donations.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
9. I didn't know about it either
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jan 2020

I assume it was hushed up somewhat. The fewer people knew the easier it was to do.

Epstein must have felt pretty damn cocky having influential friends in such high places. But it all caught up to him didn’t it?

It ain’t over till it’s over. And it’s over for him. Let’s see how Starr ends his days.


Opel_Justwax

(230 posts)
11. Don't blame the attorney for their clients actions.
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 09:41 PM
Jan 2020

Remember Hillary Clinton got a child rapist off from criminal charges. Lawyers simply protect the rights of their clients.

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