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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This meme is wrong: none of the guests would 'pay'. That was the whole scam, Epstein was independently enormously wealthy. It was kompromat that could be later used for political favours, insider information, and power.

Epstein invited the rich and connected to a trip on his plane to New York or the Hamptons or wherever, and during the trip the guests would be plied with drinks and offered 'massage' (or more) by young girls, this could be to feel out how open they would be to further invitations / test their boundaries for people whom he was earning the confidence of.

Those whom he thought had exploitable boundaries to gain leverage over would be invited to his private island, ranch, or apartment which were all reportedly wired for sight and sound in any room guests may use. His Manhattan apartment had 40 rooms including massage rooms, and one room set up just for surveillance. The whole enterprise was all a honeypot.

Epstein's Manhattan apartment was raided by the FBI as part of his trial during Trump's first term in 2019. The FBI "accidentally" bungled the raid by not including the contents of his safe as part of the raid warrant, and had to return the evidence they found & photographed in Epstein's safe (piles of CDs and hard drives) while they waited for an expanded warrant to seize them. Very unsurprisingly when they returned to the safe four days later with warrant all of that data was mysteriously "lost" - ie the likely Kompromat for all the rich and connected, gone. The FBI then pressed Epstein's lawyer and he returned a box of CDs and hard drives (and money, diamonds, jewelry) but the FBI agents said they had no way to confirm that they were the same hard drives and CDs as had been in the safe prior.

So the primary remaining corroborating witness of any accused rape and sexual assault by scores of wealthy and powerful men - now with all the video/photo evidence 'lost' by the FBI - was Epstein himself.

He was found dead by suicide less than three weeks later. All under Trump and his hand-picked department of justice head and FBI chief.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/12/07/evidence-jeffrey-epsteins-safe-went-missing-fbi-raid-court-hears/

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago

One of them is even the president now

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trump and the GOP will call those people the real victims.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Another witch hunt!

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Arrested??? They haven't even had their names exposed!

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Or even just their teeth kicked in!

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago

Weird that Epstein committed suicide just before he was let go due to lack of evidence.

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 8 points 2 days ago

I guess you forgot about the Panama Papers.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would assume the web is broad, and deeply entwined with very powerful people, and everyone knows everyone else is probably going to have a dead-man switch with whatever blackmail they have, and that'll set off dead-man dominos.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

Two things:

  • Dead-man Dominos is a great band name

  • This is a "trickle down economics" situation that could actually work.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'd hate to possibly find out otherwise, but I'd guess that pedophiles are a minority. Imagine it's their religion

Hey, it's me again. I realized my comment is poorly written and can be interpreted in horrific ways. I meant to imagine that these pedophiles are part of some pedophile religion that conflicts with Christian values and then treat them with the same impunity we've treated many other religions. But then I remembered how we treat religions in this country and realized that would be absolutely ushered in by the current climate. I hate this comment now. I'm downvoting myself. Fuck me and my ideas.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Make a religion where you have to rape a child daily or your God will send you to hell. Then claim freedom of religion in court. Unlimited child fucking unlocked.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would make my religion shutting down this thread.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

That's a great religion, I'll help.

[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

We would hope not many people are, right? I feel like there are a lot more than we realize, unfortunately.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

White rich people don't get arrested if it can be avoided.

Nonwhite rich people (including Jewish folk) do get arrested and even convicted. If they're well liked they get their sentence commuted due to a technicality.

[–] telllos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The reason is always money and power. It's crazy.

[–] ACbHrhMJ@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago