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richard schrader's avatar

Great piece Nina -- Epstein, like Giuliani until alcoholism overwhelmed him, could surgically target the weakness of others+used bullying and blackmail to assert themselves.

JE's ties to the Saudi Prince deserve closer attention imo.

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Robert Jaffee's avatar

Epstein aside, Melania Trump obtained US citizenship on a visa reserved for immigrants with "extraordinary ability" and "sustained national and international acclaim",

The EB-1 is in theory reserved for people who are highly acclaimed in their field - the government cites Pulitzer, Oscar, and Olympic winners as examples - as well as respected academic researchers and multinational executives.

Melania hasn’t remotely acquired an extraordinary skill set; looks aren’t skills. She wasn’t even making enough money as a model to support herself when she came here.

So technically, she illegally obtained her EB-1 Visa (like hitting a jackpot), and then hit the jackpot a second time by getting a green card and eventually US citizenship.

Ironically, when she came here, she like millions of other women from the Soviet Union, tried to escape the life of tyrant’s and kleptocrats, yet married a man who would try to turn this nation into the very thing she tried to escape from.

Irony truly is a bitch..:)

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