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wnylib

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75. I do not EVER minimize sex crimes
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 11:21 AM
Feb 23

Last edited Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:00 PM - Edit history (1)

I have been an advocate for domestic violence and rape survivors. I have been in hospitals with them while they were examined with a rape kit. I have been in courtrooms when survivors of domestic violence and of rape testified.

I got involved in doing that because I am a domestic violence survivor who faced death threats and 5 actual attempts. To this day, I don't know how I survived and got out alive, since the threats and attempts continued - got worse - after I left him. I have had nightmares over it. But I also had supportive help from friends.

When I was 20 and a close friend was 19, my friend was kidnapped by an escaped felon when she was shopping, taken to another state and raped multiple times. She managed to escape and called police who ridiculed her accusations, claiming that she made it all up. She called her parents, who contacted the FBI. The FBI verified the description of her attacker as a wanted man. When he was caught, she had to relive it in testimony. Meantime, the police who had ridiculed her released to the media their beliefs about her complaint. That version was broadcast and printed along with her name and address. Her father got retractions by threatening to sue. Her employer fired her.

So, no, I do not EVER minimize accusations of sexual assault or violence.

It is true that allegations from multiple survivors make allegations more credible. Not proof, but definitely credible. Definitely calls for an investigation in which Trump would have to answer questions under oath. That is what I have been advocating for. Why do you then claim that I am minimizing accusations?

You said that there have been hundreds of accusations. I might be missing some things in the news, but I have heard that Trump's name appears over a thousand times in the Epstein files. But only two actual accusations have been found as far as I know. I think that more accusations could turn up in an investigation.

So why are you minimizing the need for an investigation since that is what I am advocating for while you accuse me of minimizing the accusations?


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Pam Bondi is being paid a LOT of money to turn away from this. Safe as Milk Feb 22 #8
Degenerate Donnie is more like it Wicked Blue Feb 22 #10
Yes, I noticed her name. niyad Feb 22 #16
Remember in 2013 Trump paid Bondi $25,000 to drop her investigation... CaptainTruth Feb 22 #17
Well, princess vankkka confirmed pedodaddy is a predator on tv. Justice matters. Feb 22 #18
This is a new one on me! ShazzieB Feb 22 #23
We need MSM reporting on this stuff for the dam to break. KS Toronado Feb 22 #33
That is definitely a problem. ShazzieB Feb 22 #50
On Howard Stern (there were no live audience, my bad) video: Justice matters. Feb 22 #54
Thank you! ShazzieB Feb 23 #63
That was... weird! ShazzieB Feb 24 #79
About hoping that this breaks open soon, wnylib Feb 22 #55
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I read one worse earlier. Trigger warning.... mercuryblues Feb 22 #25
They all knew even if they didn't touch any underage girls. They are accessories after the fact. ChicagoTeamster Feb 22 #26
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Call them bdamomma Feb 23 #76
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Ladies and gentlemen, presenting THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Kablooie Feb 22 #35
Congressional Republicans have already seen this. usonian Feb 22 #36
Remember, this is tip line info. is there any actual corroboration from any other source? Callie1979 Feb 22 #37
go here bdamomma Feb 22 #44
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I was 13 when Donald Trump raped me and Ghislaine Maxwell was there. Nuff said. Botany Feb 22 #39
Much as I detest Trump, accusations alone are not enough for legal action yet. wnylib Feb 22 #58
We don't have to have enough evidence against *rump for a conviction questionseverything Feb 23 #64
I am not suggesting enough evidence to convict him of crime wnylib Feb 23 #65
There are literally thousands of pages collaborating his illegal actions questionseverything Feb 23 #67
I DO NOT defend Trump. There is a vast difference wnylib Feb 23 #68
Comparing one accusation against literally hundreds of accusations is again minimizing *rumps illegal actions questionseverything Feb 23 #72
I do not EVER minimize sex crimes wnylib Feb 23 #75
Hideious! The depravity of some people! electric_blue68 Feb 22 #41
I understand the pedophiles and co-conspirators don't want to be exposed Buddyzbuddy Feb 22 #42
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Sorry if I'm being dense but do we have corroboration MadameButterfly Feb 22 #47
Good question. The document in the OP is.... reACTIONary Feb 22 #53
Good points. It would not surprise me if the wnylib Feb 22 #59
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