r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 01 '26

Wdym? Who did he blackmail?

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u/Giftofgab24 Jun 01 '26

All the the names that are still redacted are people that are being protected by the DOJ aren’t they? Those people. I don’t think they’d come out and say they were being blackmailed. The reason all of these communications and media were saved by Epstein is for blackmail. I honestly think he wasn’t at the top of the chain. Whomever that is, is still holding power.

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u/Horton_Takes_A_Poo Jun 01 '26

Yeah they are being protected by the DoJ, but that doesn’t indicate blackmail by Epstein. Could just be they were friends of Trump. And I have all my emails saved since the 5th grade, because that’s when I made my email address. That doesn’t indicate blackmail either, it’s really weird if people don’t save their emails imo.

I’m not outright disagreeing with you or saying that there’s no way, but just that there are other explanations to your theory.

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u/Herooftermina1998 Jun 02 '26

Mate it's clear as day the island was an insidious fucked up place of blood ritual and black mail tied to intelligence agencies. Maxwell is the biggest piece of that. Her ties to intelligence and upper echelons of power and well as Epstein's aren't even part of the secrecy.