The “leaked texts” in question are messages obtained and reviewed by The New York Times regarding their 2022 arrest in Romania.

“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre [sic] on top of things,” Andrew Tate wrote in a message to “someone close to him,” according to the Times. “Ive been told ill be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami.”

Mockler also noted Paul Ingrassia, who serves in the Trump administration as the general counsel of the General Services Administration, has represented the Tate brothers as their attorney.

“You may remember Paul Ingrassia from his leaked texts last year in which he said he has a ‘Nazi streak’ and uses old slurs,” Mockler wrote.

“[Vice President] JD Vance still follows the Tate brothers on Twitter. Barron is friends [with] them. All of this happened after Andrew admitted to being a pimp on camera. This is the Republican Party now. I’m a young dude who loves America, and hates seeing it hijacked by these hateful, abusive, degenerates.”

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    Extradited back to the US.

    Trump pardons them.

    After an appropriate donation, of course.

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    Okay all I’m getting from this is that Tate is trying to groom Barron trump - being a pimp, and given how he boasts about it here - it comes across as actual sexual grooming rather than the somewhat more acceptable political radicalisation grooming

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      … no, dude. They were using the connection with him to avoid legal charges and shit. Also, they’re fucking Barron because he’s closet gay like a lot of Republicans. Trump only fucked Barron until he was 12, that’s the age where boys get too old for him. After that he started leasing him out to other closeted gay, racist pimps.

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    Should have voted for someone else but you didn’t because that person wasn’t old as fuck and didn’t have a penis so good luck with all the dumpster fires that STILL haven’t hit the fan and baby there are still a looot waiting in the shadows smoldering and waiting.

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      I’d say that’s true for the upper Republicans, but the lower ones don’t believe the upper ones are and we’re just making this shit up. Except for the youth pastors, it’s always the youth pastors.

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        I actually don’t think all of them are in disbelief; suspect a lot of republicans are either indifferent to pedophilia/rape or fantasize about it themselves

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    It’s a huge sex trafficking ring that even includes hip hop and the sociopath class. The blacked part of the Epstein files is what will make you all lose faith in humanity.

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      “Look, Barron! Daddy found you your very own “Epstein”! Soon you’ll have your own children to rape, just like Daddy did.” - Trump, probably.

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        Wow. I never thought about the job vacancy created when Epstein was arrested. It’s not like the billionaire class stopped with the rape.

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          So long as the demand exists and there is enough money behind that demand, eventually someone will step up to fulfill it. Taking down the Epsteins of the world does little to alleviate the harm, so long as the rapists they enable don’t end up in the ditch next to them.

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            Who’s getting killed? I thought most were getting cabinet positions or government contracts.

            Maxwell was even moved to a nicer prison and given better treatment.

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              I think OP is referring to that model agent in France who just died and had ties to Epstein.

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                Brunel, Epstein’s elderly business partner. The on paper owner of MC2 modeling.

                Yeah, he killed himself. That one doesn’t even have some doubt. The French bastard had even talked his way out of awaiting trial in prison, but fucked up and got thrown back in, then killed himself rather than rot for the rest of his natural life.

                That was years ago.

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      I know you are being sarcastic, but really it’s probably that someone’s gotta pick up where Epstein left off. I find it impossible to believe that all the Epstein class just stopped abusing children and magically weren’t pedos anymore once Epstein got caught. There’s probably been a new “Epstein” for years now it’s just that we don’t know who it is, just like how Epstein was completely under the radar (at least from the publics perspective) for half of his life. And probably one of the biggest reasons people are still trying to hide it. Because a lot of the people involved are probably still involved although with a different person.

      Edit: I also highly doubt that the Tate’s are really even that high up in this sex trafficking operation. They’re just recruiters.

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      Trump in league with sex offenders?! I’m shocked and chagrinned.

      I just don’t get it - why would Sleepy Joe Biden do this??

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    Stop with the nonsense headlines. Nothing here looks bad for Trump in terms of any impact to him.

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      Bingo.

      We live under the control of a fascist regime. Nothing is going to happen to them until they are removed from power.

      I’m not saying this shouldn’t be reported, but the headline stating it looks bad for them means nothing. It doesn’t look bad for them because it won’t be bad for them.

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      Idk, the tates demonstrating that trump was doing favors for them is pretty fucking bad. Especially when trump followed through.

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        “Fake news, I’ve never talked to any of them, this is the first time I’ve heard of them.”

        And poof it’s all better for him. Tomorrow we’re in the next news cycle and everyone is talking about the next fucked up thing.

        We’ve been doing this for a fucking decade now. He’s been proven in court to be a rapist and felonious election fraudster and hasn’t had any political consequences because of it. If you think doing Andrew Tate a favor is going to cause any real problems for him I’ve got a bridge to sell you in New York.

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          He did lose to Biden, he paid Jean Carrol and he was impeached a bunch of times. He’s also going to go down in history as the worst president the US has ever had. It’s not equal to his crimes, but he has suffered some.

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            The only thing you listed that actually impacts him is the $5 million payment. But that’s nothing to him now.

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              Losing to Biden hurt his pride, losing to carrol hurt his wallet and being thought of as the worst president hurts his pride. Why do you think he’s trying to do the arch and the kennedy center? His time is closing down, he’s trying to fix his legacy. I think you don’t understand that those are the 2 things that matter most to him, his own form of pride and money.

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          I think the only consequence he’s actually suffered is having to pay his rape victim $5 million years after the verdict. And after all the grifting corruption that’s just pocket change.

          So yeah, basically no consequences.

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        Bad to who? It’s only bad to the people who already hate trump. To people who don’t care about trump this wont move the needle, and to people who like trump this might actually make them like him more

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    Mockler also noted Paul Ingrassia, who serves in the Trump administration as the general counsel of the General Services Administration, has represented the Tate brothers as their attorney.

    “You may remember Paul Ingrassia from his leaked texts last year in which he said he has a ‘Nazi streak’ and uses old slurs,” Mockler wrote.

    “[Vice President] JD Vance still follows the Tate brothers on Twitter. Barron is friends [with] them. All of this happened after Andrew admitted to being a pimp on camera. This is the Republican Party now. I’m a young dude who loves America, and hates seeing it hijacked by these hateful, abusive, degenerates.”

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    He’s a convicted rapist who figures prominently in the Epstein Files. This is nothing in comparison.