One more point re- the Epstein case:

[snot]

Most informed observers believe that Epstein's operation was tolerated for as long as it was because he was amassing info that could be used to blackmail important people into doing or going along with things that they wouldn't otherwise have done or gone along with – potentially treasonously.

If that's true, and there's plenty of reason to be concerned about the possibility, we need not only to prosecute the abusers but also to re-examine which decisions they may have been blackmailed into – and perhaps most importantly, we need to know whether Epstein was the sole blackmailer or whether others were involved, and if so, prosecute all the blackmailers – whether affiliated with our own intel agencies or anyone else.

[Irish_Dem]

1. This assumes that no prosecutors, judges, law enforcement were involved in the crimes.

Who have a vested interest in keeping it all buried.

[sop]

4. Alex Acosta for one.

[AntiFascist]

7. Acosta should be brought to Congress to testify under oath...

about whether someone actually told him that Epstein was "intelligence" and "above his paygrade" and who it was that told him that.

[snot]

6. So much the more reason

not to let all this get shoved under a carpet.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes but this case keeps getting buried over and over again.

When Epstein was killed, it was over.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I hope we have that problem. /nt

[Uncle Joe]

3. That would've been a logical form of insurance for him

Thanks for the thread snot

[snot]

8. Moreover, if info incriminating powerful figures remains secret and in the hands of any blackmailers,

it will probably continue to be used for corrupt purposes.

We cannot afford not to aggressively cut this cancer out.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. As an aside, could it be possible that TSF is desperate, not so much to avoid

accountability with Epstein, but rather to procure that Epstein client list for his own purposes of blackmail? Roy Cohn taught him the benefits of leverage when you have solid evidence for the purposes of manipulation of others via blackmail.

[mopinko]

11. his fbi raided the island when jeffy was arrested.

and afaik, no 1 has ever seen any of that evidence.

[snot]

18. Exactly.

Allowing the dirt to remain secret (if it exists, and the way the evidence has been handled suggests it does) in ANYONE's hands means that we're trusting that person or entity not to use it ––– I hope we're not that naive.

[paulkienitz]

12. The big mystery about Epstein has always been how big the blackmail operation might be,

and whether he was a lone gunman or working on behalf of some agency or agencies.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Pull every thread.

Unravel the carpet.

[Jarqui]

14. This allegedly went on for many years with many young girls

Beyond Epstein - MeidasTouch uncovered more from 1991 beauty pageants, etc

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of constantly recruiting girls for years.

With so many young girls assaulted/abused, how are they keeping this so quiet. A few have spoken up but with that many, you'd think more would come forward over time.

Law enforcement must know so much more.

The corruption must run very wide and deep.

[snot]

19. Several have been bought off with secret settlements in lawsuits,

while the most assertive of them, Virginia Giuffre, "suicided" at age 41.

One might assume that others were bought off without having gotten to the point of filing suit.

[womanofthehills]

15. Around 150 women were paid around a million each

Out of Jeffrey’s compensation fund estate. Around another 100 didn’t qualify for compensation.

I bet a keep quiet clause was in there.

[Bread and Circuses]

16. Find out who ordered the ' hit ' on Epstein and you'll have all the pieces to the puzzle.

[Be Leave On]

17. Chris Hedges interviews Nick Bryant

In this hour-long video, Chris Hedges interviews Nick Bryant, who is the journalist and author who first published Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “black book” in 2015 as well as Epstein’s flight logs.

https://popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-report-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-and-sexual-blackmail-networks/

[snot]

20. Hedges is brilliant; one of several of our best journalists/commentators

who have been pushed out of the MSM (e.g., Seymour Hersch, John Pilger, Aaron Mate...).

Hedges was the NYT's Middle East Bureau chief, among his many other accomplishments, but was pushed out after he criticized the 2003 invasion of Iraq in a college commencement speech.