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Why You Might Not Want to Believe Michael Baden on Epstein’s Death (nymag.com)
coldtea 1591 days ago [-]
The post could be more shallow, but it would have to try hard...

A demotion 40+ years ago (which could have happened for whatever political reasons or intra-department vendettas), and a short firing 38 years ago based on what he said in an interview which was misconstrued and was recalled.

He might be good or bad at his job, but the article has zero substance.

pytester 1591 days ago [-]
Now I'm suspicious that some person or group of people with a controlling interest in nymag.com was involved in the pedophile ring.
sarcasmatwork 1591 days ago [-]
It's an opinion, leave it at that. We all know Epstein was murdered.
jacobcohen11 1591 days ago [-]
We don't "know" for sure. Please don't speak for me or anyone else with an unconfirmed conspiracy answer.
nabdab 1591 days ago [-]
At this point the claim that he committed suicide seems more like an unconfirmed conspiracy theory.
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droithomme 1591 days ago [-]
A guy who has a passing resemblance to Epstein, but who has verifiably different ears than Epstein, was murdered by strangulation after being given the Epstein signature haircut.

The status and whereabouts of Epstein at present is unknown.

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api 1591 days ago [-]
I wouldn't say we know but I have suspected since day one for many stupidly obvious reasons. I don't think Michael Baden adds anything one way or the other. He's just exposure-trolling.

I remember predicting his death when he went to prison for the second time. I wasn't even surprised. The list of people who would have wanted Epstein dead is so long it's hard to even speculate on whodunit. It's like the movie Clue where every single guest has a motive. The assumption of many is that it was our government at some level but it also could have been anyone with the ability to bribe a bunch of people to get certain things to happen in that jail... and that's a long list. NYC's jails (and that one in particular from what I hear) are known to be corrupt.

My personal suspicion is that Epstein was merely a front man running a blackmail / racketeering / financial fraud operation for a larger organized crime and/or intelligence network, and that this network had him killed to ensure that he wouldn't "roll" on higher ups.

droithomme 1591 days ago [-]
> a larger organized crime and/or intelligence network

Well US Attorney Jim Acosta is reported to have said that he was told to drop the Epstein case by the Bush administration because Epstein was an "intelligence asset". An intelligence asset for who though. Presumably the US government, but Epstein's pimp sidearm Ghislaine Maxwell's father Robert Maxwell (also a billionaire playboy who died suspiciously) was an actual Mossad asset also engaged in sexual blackmail of politicians and power players, as well as arms-trafficking.

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