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    1 day ago

    Is this literally true?

    I know he’s been a creep forever (and a felon, and a racist, and…), but I don’t remember literal statutory rape.

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      8 hours ago

      Ah yes, downvoting somebody because he uses critical thinking and questions statements on the all truthful internet.

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        23 hours ago

        There’s plenty of solid arguments we could make against him, especially about his predatory behavior, but I don’t think this should be one of them.

        The claim is muddy at best.

        And if a fence-sitter actually follows up on it, this is the kind of thing that could be used as an excuse for them to go full-MAGA.

        Recent claims that new documents prove the validity of the Johnson claims are false, because these documents are from 2016 and have nothing to do with what have become known as the “Epstein docs.”

        Viral claims that Trump has a history of sexually assaulting children first emerged with the Johnson lawsuits in 2016. Pictures of court documents related to the case have lent perceived credibility to additional unsourced claims of child abuse that followed, and memes frequently combine the two claims.

        Such claims are not new, come with several red flags and originated with an aggressive push by a serial fabulist.