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cilla4progress

(26,496 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:59 PM Tuesday

Who's following the Sascha Riley case?

Sascha Riley, a decorated Iraq war veteran, has come forward with detailed allegations about child trafficking and abuse within the Epstein network. Journalist Lisa Noelle Volding has published his full testimony.

Check out Voldeng's substack.

Lisa Noelle Voldeng (@lvoldeng): " JEDI ALERT: One of the male victims I'm helping fought back after Trump had another victim murdered in front of him. Trump raped him right after, and he fought back by kicking a tent stake into Trump's anus. Trump was airlifted out of the location, and retaliated weeks later b…" https://share.google/7xweDzHM6sGMA9nTl

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Who's following the Sascha Riley case? (Original Post) cilla4progress Tuesday OP
*raises hand* LuckyCharms Tuesday #1
What are your thoughts? cilla4progress Tuesday #3
Well... LuckyCharms Tuesday #5
When he speaks of having to take his friend his voice gets shaky and teary. Clouds Passing Tuesday #12
The thing is... LuckyCharms Tuesday #14
I think it would be helpful if someone started at the beginning to tell us who all the involved hlthe2b Tuesday #2
Yes! cilla4progress Tuesday #4
Someone of a higher rank informed him... LuckyCharms Tuesday #6
That's a good start. Thanks! hlthe2b Tuesday #7
Yw cilla4progress Tuesday #9
"Sascha is supposedly testifying before House oversight committee today." citation? WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #13
Sorry, yeah... cilla4progress Tuesday #17
Today I heard that Sen. Wyden is investigating cilla4progress 7 hrs ago #19
OMG! Clouds Passing Tuesday #8
Credible cilla4progress Tuesday #10
It's the worst thing I've ever listened to. LuckyCharms Tuesday #11
I agree!!!! tavernier Tuesday #15
I read it today, I thought it was BS CT. then I thought about it a little more Autumn Tuesday #16
a live boy and a dead girl? rampartd Tuesday #18
Listened to most of the first audio... DET 6 hrs ago #20
just posted something, toward top DoBW 6 hrs ago #21

LuckyCharms

(21,956 posts)
5. Well...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:13 PM
Tuesday

I posted elsewhere that he is believable. He talks like a person who is telling the truth.

Now, I might be fooling myself. So I'm thinking: what motivation would he have to lie?

Money?

I don't think so, because he is putting a target on his head, no matter where in the world he relocates to.

His interview is very detailed, and his anger rises when speaking of Biggs. That sounds real to me.

I've been fooled before, but I'll tell you, I don't see what would motivate him to lie.

Clouds Passing

(7,079 posts)
12. When he speaks of having to take his friend his voice gets shaky and teary.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:27 PM
Tuesday

They all pushed him too far esp dumpy.

LuckyCharms

(21,956 posts)
14. The thing is...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:32 PM
Tuesday

if the things he said are indeed true, it's enough to cause a person to question humanity. It's enough to make you want to live on another planet.

i keep asking myself...why would he lie? Why would he put himself at risk by lying?

The answer I keep coming up with is: He wouldn't.

hlthe2b

(112,907 posts)
2. I think it would be helpful if someone started at the beginning to tell us who all the involved
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:04 PM
Tuesday

actually are. I keep seeing links to audio files I don't have time right now to listen to and even if I did, I don't know who is who and how they "mesh" with each other contextually.

Can you just give us an overview--starting at the beginning?

cilla4progress

(26,496 posts)
4. Yes!
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:11 PM
Tuesday

Riley is an Army vet - decorated, I believe. Served in combat early 2000s.

He alleges he was trafficked in the Epstein ring and the most heinous and horrid of crimes by those involved, including murder. Seems his story is just coming out.

You can also Google him

LuckyCharms

(21,956 posts)
6. Someone of a higher rank informed him...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:16 PM
Tuesday

that another soldier was caught in possession of a child porn tape, and that a person in the tape looked a lot like Riley probably looked when he was younger.

cilla4progress

(26,496 posts)
9. Yw
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:24 PM
Tuesday

It's so outrageous I don't know whether to believe it.

Sascha is supposedly testifying before House oversight committee today.

Perpetrator names I've read include Jim Jordan, Clarence Thomas, Lindsay Graham, trump.

cilla4progress

(26,496 posts)
19. Today I heard that Sen. Wyden is investigating
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 06:46 PM
7 hrs ago

along with a select House subcommittee
.
My source: Instagram. I know... I did hear Don Lemon bring it up today - asked his guest if he'd heard of it. He had not. No verification yet, but blowing up on the internet.

LuckyCharms

(21,956 posts)
11. It's the worst thing I've ever listened to.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:25 PM
Tuesday

I pulled my trash can close to me, because I thought I was going to puke.

tavernier

(14,289 posts)
15. I agree!!!!
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:09 PM
Tuesday

Although I have to admit that I almost cheered when he kicked the wooden pole that put the pig in the hospital. But that was enough. I had to stop reading after that.

Autumn

(48,768 posts)
16. I read it today, I thought it was BS CT. then I thought about it a little more
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:11 PM
Tuesday

When I saw the names I thought it makes sense. Why else would so many of a party in power decide to resign? Why does an entire party sit back and watch while a corrupt pig destroys the country and our standing in the world.
This is the only thing that I see could make them do that.

DET

(2,376 posts)
20. Listened to most of the first audio...
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 07:33 PM
6 hrs ago

Until I couldn’t take it anymore. I had no idea there was this much depravity in the world. It’s truly shocking. I hope someone is investigating. If this doesn’t take him down, nothing will.

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