I personally can't stand Eric Swalwell, but the idea that EVERY DEMOCRAT would instantly renounce him, and demand he exit the race of which he's been front-runner, without doing a shred of due diligence to verify anything, just reflects an ongoing disease endemic to the party

He allegedly asked an adult woman to perform a sex act, and then she allegedly performed the sex act? OK

She contemporaneously believed (as an adult woman) that she was an "equal party" to the relationship, and any resulting sexual acts, but then revised the nature of the experience years later -- and by coincidence, when he was the leading Democratic candidate for governor? OK

Epstein "survivor" Anouska De Georgiou, then age 31, emails Jeffrey while he's incarcerated in Florida and offers to come visit and/or send him pics of herself. "Seriously though sweetheart, if I can do anything let me know." Later received $3.25 million from the Epstein estate

In 2011, Anouska De Georgiou, then age 34, emails Jeffrey to let him know she's in New York and would like to visit. Sadly, he's in Paris that week. By 2021, she's a "trafficking" victim and key government witness against Maxwell. By 2025, she's a "survivor" on the media circuit

In 2022, Anouska De Georgiou explained that she finally realized she was a "survivor" in her 40s -- after undergoing intense, years-long "deprogramming" therapy

https://x.com/mtracey/status/1949952144309620929

Interesting redaction. "Victim" Nadia Bjorlin, an actress on "Days of Our Lives," sent a headshot to Epstein. She testified in the Maxwell trial; this was a government exhibit. DOJ redacts not only her face, but the caption she wrote: "To Jeffrey -- Thanks for rocking my world"

In November 2020, Nadia Bjorlin received $5 million (tax free) from the Epstein Estate. She had hired a personal injury lawyer who advised that it would "help her case" if she helped the government prosecute Maxwell. Bjorlin was a longtime Soap Opera actress during this period

Another image shows the full note Nadia Bjorlin wrote (as an adult) to Epstein. "Thanks for rocking my world! You're the best!!!"

Truly craven statement from Netanyahu today, blaming the Australian government for the attack because of its recent "call for a Palestinian state." Which was mostly an empty symbolic gesture anyway, but for Netanyahu, it can somehow be causally connected to a random mass shooting

What's the scenario whereby the perpetrators were impelled to carry out this attack by the government's call for a Palestinian state? They likely never even heard about it, because it was so inconsequential, and even if they did, would've probably discounted it as meaningless

The former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, has been on a global media tour with a Palestinian counterpart promoting their latest (very anodyne) proposal for the creation of a Palestinian state. So why not blame him for fueling the anti-semitism that causes these attacks

This is what happens if you dare to ask the most gently critical questions about the media and Epstein

mtracey.net/p/epstein-medi…

Basically what happened here is a person hailed as one of the media's foremost "experts" on Epstein (CNN, MSNBC, etc.) couldn't handle a few incredibly mild questions, accused me of being an agent of Dershowitz, and then prematurely terminated the stream. Video in article above

The episode was emblematic of how impossible it is to have any reasonable public discussion of this issue. Asking simple factual questions leads to wild accusations. Those wedded to the popular narrative never expect to be challenged at all -- they're in a cocoon of reaffirmation

There's so much wrong with this "Meet the Press" clip, it's incredible. The "victim" whose harrowing testimony Kristen Welker quotes from is Anouska De Georgiou, a British model, actress, and reality TV show contestant who was preposterously allowed to testify in the Maxwell trial under the fake name "Kate," even though Anouska De Georgiou had already made numerous public statements and media appearances about her purported experiences with Epstein, including an NBC News interview.

The judge ultimately instructed jurors that they could not convict Maxwell on the basis of any sexual contact "Kate" claimed to have with Epstein, as none of this alleged contact would have been illegal under the charges brought by the government. It was certainly never close to established at trial that "rape" or "sexual assault" was perpetrated on this person, despite her dramatic claims at the subsequent sentencing hearing (quoted by Welker) which were not subject to cross-examination.

Anouska De Georgiou, aka "Kate," maintained contact with Epstein into her 20s and 30s. The idea that her story constitutes illicit "sex trafficking," much less pedophilic sex trafficking, is simply ridiculous. And yet Welker reads off this searing quote to a TV audience that will never receive any additional context.

Speaker Mike Johnson's claim that there are "probably a thousand" victims of Epstein also makes absolutely no sense, and is nowhere close to established by any credible evidence. It derives from the FBI/DOJ memo earlier this month, which does not provide any articulated basis for the claimed figure of "one thousand" victims, and appears to conflate Epstein's alleged possession of commercial pornography (legal) with child sex abuse, collapsing it all into one amorphous category of "victims."

Throwing around that huge, wildly unsubstantiated number is a perfect way to keep the public hysteria going.

Another interesting part of Anouska De Georgiou's "victim impact statement" that Kristen Welker chose to omit from her reading on Meet the Press is De Georgiou claiming to have undergone "deprogramming" in her "mind and body" in her 40s. Whatever exactly that's supposed to mean

In 2008, when she was around 30, Anouska De Georgiou emailed Epstein while he was incarcerated in Florida, offering to send him photos of herself. In 2010, she dated David Hasselhoff. In 2011, she again initiated emails with Epstein, asking to visit and stay with him in New York