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April Karns's avatar

THANK YOU AARON for keeping this in the forefront and not letting the distraction noise cover it up.

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Laurel Yatsko's avatar

I completely agree with April. This needs to be addressed openly, no names scrubbed. It's no political. In a time of rampant corruption, this information is moral imperative.

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Patrick Tobler's avatar

Fuck Trump, Epstein, Maxwell, and all MAGA sycophants!!!

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Maria K.'s avatar

With a rusty shredder....

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

I still don’t think she committed suicide , she was a fighter and a mother , Epsteins butler in Paris says she was murdered !

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Maria K.'s avatar

I am wondering about this too... Her family initially accepted the verdict of suicide and then.... considered what she was like in life - and all that fighting, the tremendous battle she had put up - and started wondering. Wondering if someone had gotten to her to shut her up.

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Carrie's avatar

Maria, I believe this completely. Throughout history, women have been subjected to violence and oppression. These women are in danger.

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Shirley Eads's avatar

After hearing her brother and sister-in-law speak, I don't think she committed suicide either. Being a mother and a fighter, and willing to stand up to the rapists, I think she was silenced. I also think the women who spoke on the Capitol steps the other day, need to have body guards before we hear they "committed suicide".

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Cheryl Boedicker's avatar

I don’t believe Epstein committed suicide either. He was murdered! No doubt in my mind! Dudes like that just don’t kill themselves!

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Shirley Eads's avatar

Same....I saw an interview with his brother who also said he believes he was murdered. He also talked about the video of Epstein's cell and how minutes of it was missing and lest we forget...who was in the White House then?????

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

Absolutely ! He was another narcissist and he was sure to be let out with in a week ( he we go again ) his Paris butler said he was murdered ! Not sure where I read or heard about the Paris butler but I bet he has a whole lot more information!

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Cheryl Boedicker's avatar

I totally agree, Shirley! As soon as they said they’d write up their own lists, I thought the same as you. But they could shut them up by threatening to hurt or kill their kids & other family members. Jeepers, you can’t make this stuff up! What a movie it would make!

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Shirley Eads's avatar

A horror movie!!

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Carrie's avatar

Shirley, this is the most important and valid observation that could've been made. Thank you.

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Kathy Fielding's avatar

Thank you Aaron for giving this interview. It is heart wrenching.

EPSTEIN FILES

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

I truly believe someone did her in , years ago I had a friend who committed suicide , upon examination the hand writing on her note wasn’t hers and she had that personality that was strong , so it was changed from suicide to homicide ! And an insurance company was involved !

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Cheryl Boedicker's avatar

I agree, Sharon! The appalling thing is this is still going on. Why is the Left Hook the only media outlet to cover the FBI sex-trafficking sting in Los Vegas. They caught an Israeli Cyber Security official ( one of 8 people) soliciting an underage female for sex. The man caught, was Tom Alexandrovich. He was allowed to pay bail ($10,000) walk out the door & return to Israel. On top of that, we find out that the Trump administration has hired an Israeli cyber security company to spy all of us, documented, undocumented & citizens. Connection or coincidence? IMHO, I think he was hustled home before anyone could dig into his background. This happened on Aug 6 or 8th and since then, crickets. This sting, remember, was about child sex trafficking via the internet used for making arrangements to meet these girls. Aaron, please investigate!!

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

Yes this one definitely needs investigation !!

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Nancy's avatar

NOT SUICIDE! MURDER! Her father said "Somebody got to her..." Virginia knew things yet to be revealed. She encouraged other survivors to come forward. Rich, powerful people stood to lose everything. IMHO...one of them had her murdered!

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Cheryl Boedicker's avatar

Well, it’s a shame Virginia did not write a book of her own & put a copy in a safe deposit box with instructions: “to be opened in case something happens to me & given to ………… ( fill in with names of independent media) In fact, all the Epstein victims should do this!

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

I believe she was the most valuable witness , she was one of the first in Palm Beach to go to the police , the AG at the time was none other than Pam Biondi

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Michelle G's avatar

...agreed

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Jennifer Jordan's avatar

The story about the school bus accident is bizarre as well. Also, photos that were shared of her in the hospital were recycled photos from older situations. If you look at her IG and then news stories of her most recent accident, you’ll notice photos used from years ago. It definitely doesn’t add up. So thankful she was strong enough to stand up against this monster. She opened the door for so many others to walk through.

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

Netflix had a great documentary on the whole subject “ Jeffrey Epstein Filthy Rich “

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

Quentin Tarantino movie for sure !

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Linda Baldassare's avatar

Absolutely Right !!

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Sharon Golden's avatar

Their stories must be told!

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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

If it’s heavy to read, think what it must have been like to live it.

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Cecile Wendlandt's avatar

We must always thank the victims

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Maria K.'s avatar

What really makes this rough is - this is just ONE group of these monsters. How many more are out there? There are millions of us living in the world with this burden, and our assailants walking free, because nobody wants to cause trouble... or damage somebody's reputation.... or some other lame excuse...

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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

That’s right. Because some monster-man’s reputation weighs more any number of female lives.

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M Franco's avatar

Thank you to Virginia's family for picking up the fight where she left off. When you're hurting so badly, the easiest thing is to retreat. Her family, however, is choosing the harder, but more impactful road to get justice for survivors and those, like Virginia, who succumbed to the fight. Thank you, too, Aaron, for keeping this issue alive and for your compassionate interviewing and treatment of this grieving family. It all brought me to tears.

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Sandra Wallace's avatar

Indeed, and we must stand with these survival sisters in solidarity. If they can stand up, with so much courage against intimidation and fright mongering, then so can we.

Latest example - how they didn't stop telling their stories, in the face of Trump's Ignoramus flyby stunt.

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Barbara Shields's avatar

Thank you for trying to help the families that have been destroyed by all these evil doers

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Christine B Lewis's avatar

Thank you for the interview with Virginia Giuffre’s family!

I’m so touch and heartbroken 💔

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James Cassidy's avatar

Onward!!!!!!!

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Kayleigh Williams's avatar

The largest scandal of our time and more than half the country is on the wrong side of history.

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Monique's avatar

This sex trafficking has been going on for a really really long time, and still does as we speak

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Kayleigh Williams's avatar

You are correct, but with this administration we are seeing it ten fold with the illegal removal of US citizens labeled as illegal immigrants which is human trafficking and it has been reported of the abuse including sexual abuse of those who are being swept off the streets and being shipped off to where nobody knows and refused due process which leads to many people being deported who should not have been. This administration particularly is trying to cover up a huge sex trafficking scandal unlike we have ever seen before. Unfortunately, there will always be human trafficking but that doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye from this.

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WisconsinZebra's avatar

And just before coming here the DOJ is trying to get people to believe they are working hard on that issue while one of their employees has just been exposed for what they are deleting dem/liberal names! He thought he was on a date?!

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Caroline Kenner's avatar

Monique, my "like" is agreement with your statement, not approval.

Sexual abuse and the trafficking of young women has been going on throughout human history. It's tragic, even horrific.

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Kay Dev's avatar

Speaking of sex trafficking, whatever happened to the investigation into Matt Gaetz?

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Janie Perkins's avatar

Not quite half but around 30%. On paper only 31% of Americans voted for the sex trafficking criminal pedophile. Even that number is in question with Elon helping him “win”. Also, as soon as his ridiculous bs started impacting MAGA, many of them turned on him. They couldn’t care less what he does to others, though. It’s depressing this is who they are.

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Kaitlin's avatar

You can so clearly tell they don’t believe she committed suicide. I hope that she gets the justice she deserves someday!

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Kristin's avatar

I also find it hard to believe that she committed suicide.

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maureenflorida's avatar

Thank you for airing this!

WE should ALL remember these young girls were NOT YOUNG WOMEN….

THEY WERE KIDS!!!!!!!

AND THEY WERE GROOMED & ATTACKED BY ARROGANT PEDOPHILES!

NAME THE PEDOPHILES.

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Bill Salvo's avatar

“Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” is scheduled for release October 21. It is the memoir of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/24/us/virginia-giuffre-memoir-jeffery-epstein

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Chris Lane's avatar

Thank you so much for your hard work!

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Casey McFann's avatar

Aaron Parnas… I’ve been listening to your Substack for several months now. I’ve found great substance in your character to push forward with truthful journalism. But I discovered a new aspect of your reporting. You have demonstrated such deep compassion for the survivor sisters of the Epstein coverup. Thank you for helping keep this story alive and getting louder.

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Chris hughes's avatar

I have to ask

Was a autopsy done? Was it suicide or murder to look like a suicide?

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