Matt Taibbi

Rank 22 of 47

Score 32

You can say that all you want, and it may ultimately be true that Epstein was a sex trafficker. But he’s not a “convicted” sex trafficker and at this point never will be.
I know people don’t care about these distinctions, but if it’s okay to do here, it will happen elsewhere.

Robed Pierre

@JackParsonsLive

In this Tweet, Taibbi loses all credibility himself.

There is clear and convincing evidence in the public record that Epstein was a child r*pist who trafficked children for a transnational kompromat operation.

That operation is connected to more than one Intelligence Agency.

12/29/2025, 2:19:10 PM

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