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Joyce T. SMITH's avatar

The expertise and integrity of this OP, Mr. Karem, is much appreciated.

Thank you.

L.D.Michaels's avatar

EPSTEIN'S GO-BETWEEN WITH PUTIN HOSPITALIZED AFTER ALLEGED SUICIDE ATTEMPT

This Emphasizes Even Further Need For the DOJ To Release ALL Epstein Files UNREDACTED

On November 23, 2025 I sent out a post which included the fact that in 2018, during Trump’s first term, Epstein, who was facing financial difficulties with the Russian banks, reached out to former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland. Epstein asked Jagland to “suggest to Putin that Russia’s Foreign Minister could get insight into Trump by talking to me (Epstein )” and that Russia’s Ambassador to the U.N. had already consulted with Epstein to better “understand Trump”.

At a minimum, the clear implication of all of this was that Epstein was seeking to use Jagland as a go-between to enable Epstein to pass along information about Trump to Putin, which Epstein obviously believed would benefit both him and Putin

Today, the British media giant, The Mirror, reported that: “Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalised after an alleged ‘suicide attempt’ on Tuesday, February 24, just a few days after he was charged with serious corruption offences linked to his association with paedophile Epstein. Jagland was charged with ‘gross corruption’ after newly released documents appeared to reveal a transactional relationship between the ex-PM and the convicted paedophile between 2011 and 2018. Some Norwegian outlets have reported a suicide attempt but the high-profile statesman’s legal team has insisted he was rushed to hospital due to extreme stress instead of a deliberate act.”

The speculation is rampant in the European media as to whether Jagland’s sudden hospitalization is due to a suicide attempt or, as his lawyers claim, extreme stress.

Certainly, one cannot discount the prospect that given the fact that “Jagland and Epstein maintained a close relationship from 2011 to 2019”(per Wikipedia’s research), Jagland’s involvement with and knowledge about Epstein may not have been limited to questionable financial transactions.

It also seems inconceivable that when Epstein asked Jagland to serve as a go-between with Putin, that Jagland had no idea of what Epstein intended to pass along to Putin.

This development should intensify Congress’ efforts to demand that the DOJ comply with the law, that was signed by Trump, requiring them to disclose ALL of the Epstein files, UNREDACTED.

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The walls are closing in on Donnie. He can and will continue to lie, to cheat, to fabricate his so-called achievements, but the fact of the matter is that he has literally stolen millions from common Americans via tariffs and other taxes, that never saw the US Treasury, and was deposited into his family accounts, and Epstein will haunt him into his grave. Even Epstein himself thought Trump was unbalanced and a nut. Of that, Jeffrey was correct. His statements of "exonerated" are so untrue, they are laughable. Shameless, bordering on insane Bondi can do what she wants with the redactions, the withholding of documents, but the truth will come out, as it usually does. Donnie is running scared, bigly, and will eventually fail. He can screw around all he wants with the midterms, redistricting, the machines, the threats, etc etc etc, but the huge fact that he likes to ignore is that the Constitution is crystal clear about who runs elections, and the one institution and the one person in this country who DO NOT run them are the federal government and the president. States and counties run them, and he knows this, as he has always known this little fact of American life. He will never get around that with his phony executive orders, accusations, and criminal behavior. In the end, the people will speak, and although he will claim "fraud", there will be no fraud, and he will go down, and his downfall will be calamitous for the MAGA movement, for him, for his family, for his sycophants. Can't wait.

Velovixen's avatar

About the decrease in crime: I remember that, in the mid 80s, then-Governor Mario Cuomo gave a talk at the Society for Ethical Culture. At that time, crime was at all-time high levels. Cuomo predicted that in a decade or so, a long-term decrease in crime, especially the violent crime, would commence. And he said it would have nothing to do with anything he or any other politician did. Rather, declining birth rafes would mean a smaller cohort of 15-to-24-year-old males, who commit the vast majority of crimes.

I wish I had a video or transcript of tnat talk.

Jean Gleason's avatar

Someone who is incapable of admitting he is wrong is incapable of fixing anything.

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