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Videos
Good news from the Broken News team today as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is officially over.
No one powerful is involved in any way whatsoever, and there’s nothing more to report after years of ‘hearsay, conjecture, rumours and verified hard evidence’, the reputable media outlet reports.
Those named in the stories can now be confirmed as ‘not nonces’ and simply forgetful.
Dique Windohs has more…
Epstein scandal 'now over'
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Facing Alex Horne over the table-tennis table