So the recent thread opened a new line of inquiry:

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1472442

Specifically this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130303075542/http://www.newsmakingnews.com/sexandcapitol7,18,01.htm#article2 Look at article "POWER BROKER SERVED DRUGS, SEX AT PARTIES BUGGED FOR BLACKMAIL," Michael Hedges and Jerry Seper, The Washington Times, June 30, 1989"

Japan was a recent topic in the Podesta emails, specifically an exchange between the brothers regarding a Japanese man contacting him out of the blue around Hastert:

https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1454903

I want to introduce "Craig Spence" into the picture. If you read the article above, he was blackmailing the Japanese left and right.

LOL, Daily Kos because these are Republicans: https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/1/1389654/-Dennis-Hastert-as-the-Tip-of-the-Iceberg

"As you dig into these stories, one singular theory emerges again and again: Sexual deviants and psychos have been groomed for office because they are easier to blackmail and control."

"Once you start that digging, it begins to dawn that something similar has been going on in the US as well. Try Googling "Franklin Scandal" and Craig Spence. Then you could Google the Finders and the reporting done about that creepy CIA-affiliated cult and see where it takes you."

They call it the "Tip of the iceberg"