Summary: Author Michael Wolff alleges that Jeffrey Epstein showed him photos of Donald Trump with topless young women at Epstein’s Palm Beach home. Trump’s campaign has denied the claims, calling Wolff a “disgraced” writer. Wolff also expressed skepticism about Epstein’s death, suggesting it was implausible but also questioning the possibility of a cover-up.

  • sepi@piefed.social
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    12 days ago

    “A guy said some dead guy did something he is known for doing, like a lot” has some measure of credibility with the common person on the street.

    You must be one of the special ones.

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      12 days ago

      That’s just confirmation bias. You assume it’s true because it makes sense given other things you know.

      If I make up a fact that you are a technology enthusiast, people can assume it’s true, you are using Lemmy, it makes sense. And it might be true, but it doesn’t change the fact I completely made it up.