I cant answer that question. My personal belief is that blackmail has always been used. Especially blackmailing Congress and other politicians including Presidents.
I absolutely believe Epstein was some sort of access agent at a minimum. Why wouldnt he be? Look at how many people have tried to cover this up starting with Bush Administration.
Of course, I would like the whole show to be exposed but I also recognize that it could bring some very painful destabilization.
My view is that the blackmail was not just of elected officials—but of big donors who had major influence with those officials.
In addition the blackmail ring was definitely international—one of the Epstein operations was in Paris, France.
We have not heard that much about the French operations—hopefully we will learn more shortly.
How so?
If we intelligence agency acting as corruptly as the mafia, those responsible should be to justice and measures taken to assure that kind of blackmail doesn't happen again.
It's one thing, potentially, to blackmail those from other countries and quite another blackmail US politicians and public officials. The latter is totally unacceptable.