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Democrats release Epstein docs with Musk, Thiel, Bannon and Prince Andrew mentions (www.independent.co.uk)

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Roughly six pages from more than 8,500 documents provided by Epstein’s estate to Democratic members on the House Oversight Committee include meeting schedules appearing to show appointments with Bannon and venture capitalist Peter Thiel during Donald Trump’s first term in office.

The documents also mention Musk joining a potential trip to Epstein’s island in 2014.

Prince Andrew also is listed in the documents as a passenger on Epstein’s aircraft, with financial disclosures provided to the committee suggesting evidence of payments from Epstein to an individual listed as “Andrew.”

His appointment with Bannon in 2019 was just months before Epstein was federally charged with trafficking and sexually abusing dozens of minors. Epstein pleaded not guilty and was found dead in a jail cell in New York in August 2019.

His appointment with Bannon in 2019 was just months before Epstein was federally charged with trafficking and sexually abusing dozens of minors. Epstein pleaded not guilty and was found dead in a jail cell in New York in August 2019.

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's completely false. There's no video of it bouncing off his vest. There's a video that shows a shockwave hitting the front of his shirt, along with a different video showing a shockwave causing a similar effect to the back of his shirt too. In the video, it does not appear that he is wearing a vest.

There are videos of a vapor trail coming from Charlie's right a frame before he was killed though. The hole we saw looks a lot more like an exit wound from a smaller caliber rifle. It was certainly not a 30-06.

A 30-06 round is pretty much 2x the size of a 5.56 round (what an AR-15 uses). It would have been insanely loud, people would have turned their heads to see where it came from, and Charlie's head would have been blown up. It wouldn't have been the hole with blood that we saw if it were a 30-06. 30-06 is meant for taking out Elk and Grizzly Bears.

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I agree with you on the size thing, maybe we saw different videos, in the one I saw however a small projectile which appeared to strick the front of his vest and bounce upwards into his neck, I am also basing this on memory, there is something extremely odd about this