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by tablespoon 1798 days ago
> He died under suspicious circumstances before he could testify against powerful people against whom he likely had devastatingly compromising information.

You're speaking like that's almost certainty, which is little more than speculation.

The more reasonable assumption is that he knew he was ruined, his life was essentially over, and became suicidal because of his lack of a future. If he had real dirt on anyone, it's quite possible that they were just other forgettable rich dudes like himself with no significant power or influence.
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atatatat 1798 days ago
> just other forgettable rich dudes

Bells didn't start going off until this part of your comment.

No.

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tablespoon 1798 days ago
> Bells didn't start going off until this part of your comment.

How so? Jeffrey Epstein was rich, but that was about it. What kind of power or importance did he have? AFAIK, he only got rich by leeching off other even richer dudes. I'm sure most of his friends were the same. Not exactly the kind of people who I think would resort to murder (of a guy in solitary in a maximum security prison), or could pull it off and leave barely a trace if they tried.

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timcambrant 1798 days ago
”Maximum security prison” - which is rather the regular security jail where he had been taken off suicide watch, and whose camera system, which was covering his corridor, was out of order. Plus the guards didn’t really seem to pay much attention.
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mrguyorama 1798 days ago
>been taken off suicide watch, and whose camera system, which was covering his corridor, was out of order. Plus the guards didn’t really seem to pay much attention.

The problem is that those are way more common in american prisons than you would hope. Meaning we can't really know whether epstein was executed or just allowed to die by an apathetic and malevolent prison system.

That doesn't excuse the absolute lack of effort by Barr and Garland to try to find anything out.

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tablespoon 1798 days ago
> ”Maximum security prison” - which is rather the regular security jail

IIRC, he was in a SHU, which is closer to the former than the latter.

> where he had been taken off suicide watch, and whose camera system, which was covering his corridor, was out of order. Plus the guards didn’t really seem to pay much attention.

That's definitely conspiracy theory fodder, but little more than that.

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void_mint 1797 days ago
> That's definitely conspiracy theory fodder, but little more than that.

A common trend in this thread seems to be labeling speculation as "conspiracy theory", seemingly to get out of having to justify one form of speculation is more valid than another.

Why are statements-of-fact "conspiracy theory fodder"?

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tablespoon 1797 days ago
> Why are statements-of-fact "conspiracy theory fodder"?

Conspiracy theory fodder are facts that offer no evidence of a conspiracy, but that the conspiracy-prone can't help but use as springboards for baseless speculation about one.

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atatatat 1798 days ago
You may have missed the various bits of the story that make it apparent that he was an intelligence asset, and connected to others.
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