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LuckyCharms

(21,921 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:04 PM 6 hrs ago

There is just too much smoke for the Epstein Files to be insignificant.

I listened to Sascha Riley's story last night. It shook me to my core. Is it entirely true? I reserve judgement. But I think at least some of it is exactly true.

Couple that with the foot dragging on releasing the files, and I think the following...

I think there was an enormous trafficking operation that Trump, not Epstein, was in charge of. I think Trump was the boss, with Epstein as an underling.

I think it wasn't only sex. It was murder and torture.

And I think that the nation would be shocked to hear the details.

And I think THAT is at the VERY CORE of what has happened to this country in the last ten or so years.

I think THAT is what is causing all of this bullshit.

And I think that several high ranking people in all branches of government are shitting themselves, because they're involved.

Just my opinion...there's too much smoke. Something horrible happened, and it changed this country forever.

https://substack.com/inbox/post/184279636

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There is just too much smoke for the Epstein Files to be insignificant. (Original Post) LuckyCharms 6 hrs ago OP
I agree with every point. FalloutShelter 5 hrs ago #1
Banks would do anything for money, Dan 5 hrs ago #3
AI Video enid602 4 hrs ago #8
Drip...drip...drip FalloutShelter 4 hrs ago #9
The way this has played out, I'm becoming more and more convinced that Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #2
His story fits in with the rumors that nobody says outloud. Blue Full Moon 5 hrs ago #4
Yup. LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago #5
"They need to take cadaver dogs to Epstein's island." Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #7
Oh that reminds me to Google "Trump Epstein" again Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #6
Absolutely. If there were nothing there, the papers would've been released. nt TBF 3 hrs ago #10
I am glad you picked up on the story that Trump was central to SR's account... Hugin 3 hrs ago #11
MURDER? vapor2 3 hrs ago #12
Wonder if this is what my sister was talking about this morning? ms.pamela 3 hrs ago #13
I've only gleaned a few details of Sasha Riley's account, but it correlates with Gaugamela 3 hrs ago #14

FalloutShelter

(14,199 posts)
1. I agree with every point.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:29 PM
5 hrs ago

Makes double sense of the “secret server” in Trump Tower.
Maybe thats why the monster at 1600 is always taunting us with “Russia,!Russia, Russia” because that is the very least of it. The server was the money transfers for the most deprived acts imaginable and this is why no American banks would touch Trump?

Maybe?🤔

Dan

(4,992 posts)
3. Banks would do anything for money,
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:32 PM
5 hrs ago

but they couldn't trust Trump to pay them back.

Agreed with everything else - except Trump being the boss - he is too stupid and lacks impulse controls. If I had to guess who was in charge of the operations, my money on the Russians.

enid602

(9,619 posts)
8. AI Video
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:24 PM
4 hrs ago

Two weeks ago I found a very suspicious AI video on YouTube. I see them all the time, and don’t pay much attention to them. This AI video claimed that Congress was finally able to get copies of Deutsche Bank’s records relating to all of Trump’s business with the Bank. the video claimed that there are 2 1/2 BILLION USD in suspicious wire transfers that were deposited to Trump Organization accounts up to and during Trump 2.0. It claimed that half of the suspicious deposits (each has a ‘suspicious deposit’ flag provided by German bank auditors) came from Epstein related entities, and the other half were received from Russian entities. Congress supposedly confirmed with the IRS that deposits received by Trump’s offshore entities were never reported on Trump Organization tax declarations, and that the IRS is owed $500 million in back taxes, interest and penalties.

A couple of nights ago MSNOW was talking about Deutsche Bank and the $500 BILLION IN BACK TAXES, so I’m wondering now if the AI video is perhaps actually factual.

Wiz Imp

(9,043 posts)
2. The way this has played out, I'm becoming more and more convinced that
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:32 PM
5 hrs ago

some things such as Sascha Wiley detailed almost surely took place even if his accounting may not be 100% reliable (we don't know how credible it is yet). Obviously, none of it has been completely verified yet, so we will see if any proof of any of the claims surfaces.

https://lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find
From Lisa Noelle Voldeng's Substack:

Among them, I spoke to folks at Senator Wyden’s office, and the House Oversight Committee Democrat’s Office. I contacted the HOCDO office on September 4, 2025, and followed up by sending documents, including Sascha’s testimony, to their whistleblower account. During September 19, 2025, Sascha and I conducted a meeting with House Oversight Committee Democrat Office aides, upon their review of my documents. We expressed our extreme concerns that Trump and conspirators were attempting to escalate criminal activity globally, imminently. We also told them to swiftly obtain critical copies of evidence, before the United States government shutdown. Among such evidence, copies of a circa 2010 report (and attendant child pornography material) stored in the permanent records of a United States military base. The records detail the court-martial of a soldier that Sascha served with. The soldier was caught with child pornography that included films of Sascha and one of the trafficking victims, Samantha, who was later murdered because of the film’s popularity. The film was produced within the Trump/Epstein and associated enterprises, several years earlier. Please see Part 2 section “bullet of case background” for my overview, and audio files A through F for Sascha’s description of related incidents.


https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/sascha-sasha-riley-testimony-audio-interview-lisa-noelle-voldeng-substack-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-jim-jordan-article-153443473
According to the testimony summary, Riley claims he is willing to testify against several well-known individuals, including President Donald Trump, Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

These claims are presented as allegations only, currently circulating through social media posts, interviews, and a Substack publication, not through official indictments or verified court records.

Evidence Claims Mentioned
The publisher asserts that supporting material exists, including:

-Pornographic films and videos
-CPS and FBI reports related to William Kyle Riley (WKR), who is alleged to have trafficked Sascha
-A military report involving a court-martial linked to child pornography
-Documents said to be obtainable via FOIA requests
It is also claimed that some evidence has been suppressed and that corroborative materials are meant to support what the publisher calls “truthful testimony.”


Then there is this from Threads:

Post by @aiskeydontplayskey
View on Threads


/what-i-have-personally-confirmed-william-kyle-riley-is-a-yr-old-helicopter
Some key pieces of this long thread:
What i have personally confirmed:
1. William Kyle Riley is a 76 yr old helicopter pilot living in Georgia who graduated from Troy University in Alabama.
2. “William Riley” is recommended by Epstein directly in a released email.
3. “Bill Riley” is mentioned several times in testimony from the manager of Epstein’s Palm Beach compound.
4. A little silly, but on FB, the second person in William Riley’s following list is Lindsey Graham.
@saschabarros

10. William Kyle Riley, pilot from Georgia who follows Lindsey Graham on FB and father of Sacha Riley was a licensed Private Investigator in Georgia. Why does a decorated pilot also need to be a secret PI?

Umm… this is a big one
8. “Bill Riley” is mentioned in this article from 2015. He’s referred to as a “private investigator” hired by Alan Dershowitz to *stalk and discredit* an Epstein victim. Two other names mentioned are “Steve Kiraly” and attorney “Roy Black”

To summarize what I’m confident of so far: Sascha Barros aka William Sascha Riley is related to William Kyle Riley who lives in Georgia and is a helicopter pilot (and follows Lindsey Graham on FB.)
There is a least one Bill Riley who worked for Epstein doing nasty work like stalking and discrediting victims, but I don’t know if it’s Sascha’s Bill Riley.

Blue Full Moon

(3,190 posts)
4. His story fits in with the rumors that nobody says outloud.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:34 PM
5 hrs ago

They need to take cadaver dogs to Epstein's island.

LuckyCharms

(21,921 posts)
5. Yup.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:37 PM
5 hrs ago

If Mr. Riley is being untruthful, then he's doing a damn good job of it, because he is convincing.

And I don't think he's being paid, because there is no amount of money in the world that most people would accept, knowing that they are putting a bullseye on their head.

Hugin

(37,463 posts)
11. I am glad you picked up on the story that Trump was central to SR's account...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:06 PM
3 hrs ago

And not Epstein independently of me. I noticed that too. I still believe the core of the two sex slavers falling out was that Epstein recognized that Trump was a loose impulsive cannon whose extreme behavior threatened the entire syndicate.

After hearing SR’s account. I really don’t know if I can stomach any more of the Republicans and mass media covering for the horrors that occurred and you know we only have the slightest inkling at this point.

We should no longer refer to Trump as a Pedophile. There’s no phile about him. He’s a pedocidal maniac. Homicide is to Trump as fire is to an arsonist.

ms.pamela

(78 posts)
13. Wonder if this is what my sister was talking about this morning?
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:08 PM
3 hrs ago

She was in tears telling me about something she saw on Bluesky concerning a young man who was victimized by trump and others. This occurred at times in Tennessee I believe. I will tell you a true story that occurred in the 1970's. A person I knew was a police officer for a city in Tennessee then. A young woman had escaped some Satanic cult that was operating in Kentucky. She feared for her life, human sacrifice was part of the horrible things that happened there and the people doing these things were high up in the government and business world. Well, this person quit being a police officer after hearing this because they were so terrified.

Gaugamela

(3,258 posts)
14. I've only gleaned a few details of Sasha Riley's account, but it correlates with
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 08:13 PM
3 hrs ago

some of the details in this document in the DOJ’s Epstein files: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00037900.pdf

I expect that the files also contain evidence of financial crimes, like extortion and money laundering.

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