Posted on 07/07/2019 5:08:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
Jeffrey Epstein has been a name floated in MeToo era, but as some have noted, has largely escaped accountability for the heinous allegations that have been lobbed against him. He's been accused of molesting and trafficking underage girls for years. The man is well connected, with ties to British royalty, former President Bill Clinton, and President Trump. Clinton faced scrutiny for taking chartered flights on Epstein’s jet (via Fox News):
Former President Bill Clinton was a much more frequent flyer on a registered sex offender’s infamous jet than previously reported, with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the “Lolita Express” -- even apparently ditching his Secret Service detail for at least five of the flights, according to records obtained by FoxNews.com.
Clinton’s presence aboard Jeffrey Epstein’s Boeing 727 on 11 occasions has been reported, but flight logs show the number is more than double that, and trips between 2001 and 2003 included extended junkets around the world with Epstein and fellow passengers identified on manifests by their initials or first names, including “Tatiana.” The tricked-out jet earned its Nabakov-inspired nickname because it was reportedly outfitted with a bed where passengers had group sex with young girls.
“Bill Clinton … associated with a man like Jeffrey Epstein, who everyone in New York, certainly within his inner circles, knew was a pedophile,” said Conchita Sarnoff, of the Washington, D.C. based non-profit Alliance to Rescue Victims of Trafficking, and author of a book on the Epstein case called "TrafficKing." “Why would a former president associate with a man like that?”
BREAKING: @CBSMiami has learned that Jeffrey Epstein was arrested late this afternoon at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey after his private jet landed there from Paris. He was taken into custody by federal agents.— Jim DeFede (@DeFede) July 7, 2019
A source familiar with the case told @CBSMiami , Epstein was arrested under a sealed indictment out of @SDNYnews, charged with one count of sex trafficking and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. A bond hearing is set for Monday in New York. @CBSMiami— Jim DeFede (@DeFede) July 7, 2019
BREAKING: A source also told @CBSMiami federal agents were at Epstein's Noew York home executing a search warrant.
Epstein's arrest follows a series of groundbreaking stories by @MiamiHerald's @jkbjournalist that started last November.— Jim DeFede (@DeFede) July 7, 2019
Breaking: Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New York on Monday.
A big score for SDNY. https://t.co/HPyCb9dLj1— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) July 7, 2019
Epstein escaped serious federal charges on his alleged proclivities in 2007, but it seems the chickens have come home to roost. He was arrested for trafficking underage girls yesterday and will appear in court Monday. The Miami Herald had a three-part series on how Epstein used his connections and his wealth to escape accountability. The man is a billionaire former hedge fund manager with ties to some of the most powerful people in the world and access to platinum status-level defense lawyers. Yeah, I could see how he got his golden ticket back then. Not so much now. The Daily Beast also reported on Epstein’s past activities as well (via Daily Beast):
Jeffrey Epstein was arrested for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New York on Monday, according to three law enforcement sources. Saturday's arrest by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force comes about 12 years after the 66-year-old financier essentially got a slap on the wrist for allegedly molesting dozens of underage girls in Florida.
For more than a decade, Epstein’s alleged abuse of minors has been the subject of lawsuits brought by victims, investigations by local and federal authorities, and exposés in the press. But despite the attention cast on his alleged sex crimes, the hedge-funder has managed to avoid any meaningful jail time, let alone federal charges.
The new indictment—which, according to two sources, will be unsealed Monday in Manhattan federal court—will reportedly allege that Epstein sexually exploited dozens of underage girls in a now-familiar scheme: paying them cash for "massages" and then molesting or sexually abusing them in his Upper East Side mansion or his palatial residence in Palm Beach. Epstein will be charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors—which could put him away for a maximum of 45 years. The case is being handled by the Public Corruption Unit of the Southern District of New York, with assistance from the district's human-trafficking officials and the FBI.
Several of the billionaire's employees and associates allegedly recruited the girls for Epstein's abuse, and some victims eventually became recruiters themselves, according to law enforcement. The girls were as young as 14, and Epstein knew they were underage, according to details of the arrest and indictment shared by two officials.
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“It’s been a long time coming—it’s been too long coming,” said attorney David Boies, who represents Epstein accusers Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Sarah Ransome. “It is an important step towards getting justice for the many victims of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise.
“We hope that prosecutors will not stop with Mr. Epstein because there were many other people who participated with him and made the sex trafficking possible," he told The Daily Beast.
In an era where #MeToo has toppled powerful men, Epstein’s name was largely absent from the national conversation, until the Miami Herald published a three-part series on how his wealth, power and influence shielded him from federal prosecution. For years, The Daily Beast has reported on Epstein’s alleged abuse, and his easy jail sentence and soft treatment by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which ultimately scrapped a 53-page indictment against Epstein. An earlier version of Epstein’s plea deal included a 10-year federal sentence—before his star-studded lawyers threatened to go to trial in a case prosecutors feared was unwinnable, in part because Epstein’s team dredged up dirt on the victims, including social media posts indicating drug use.
More will be revealed on Monday.
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2. A former federal prosecutor texts how unusual it was that Epstein was arrested on a Saturday. But noted that the feds like to take advantage of airport departures and arrivals for arrests. Epstein landed in NYC on an international flight today and was taken into custody— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) July 7, 2019
3. The same former federal prosecutor made note of this detail in the @thedailybeast scoop: that this case has been overseen by the public corruption unit in the SDNY office. Highly unusual for a sex trafficking case to be handled by PCU. ??— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) July 7, 2019
4. Also they note that the fact that the indictment won’t be unsealed until Monday is also unusual and COULD indicate that there’s a second defendant in this case.— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) July 7, 2019
5. Also remember that last week a federal appeals court in NY ordered the unsealing of up to 2,000 documents related to Epstein.
cc: @KlasfeldReports https://t.co/1WBRMoAHz3— Yashar Ali ?? (@yashar) July 7, 2019
Filmmaker and author Mike Cernovich, who recently won a case to unseal court documents related to child sex trafficking charges against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, today hailed the victory as a historic win for independent citizen journalism.
“This victory shows that Andrew Breitbart’s spirit is alive and well,” said Cernovich in a comment to Breitbart News.
“The lawsuit to unseal the Jeff Epstein records came from a citizen journalist and was ignored by the D.C. media class. Never back down and never give up.”
On the evening of July 6, just three days after a judge ordered the unsealing of the court records, Epstein was finally arrested in New York on allegations of child sex trafficking.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/06/cernovich-jeffrey-epstein-win-andrew-breitbart/
Too many high profile and well-connected people involved in this to ever see convictions (UNLESS Trump is pushing for prosecution to clean America’s house).
And btw, Mueller was head of the FBI at the time of Epstein’s first sentencing, and the feds were strangely slow in prosecuting the case (and gave him a fantastic sweetheart deal in which he only served weekends in confinement).
I’m not getting my hopes up yet, though; I’ll believe real prosecutions happen when I see them.
Anyone else wondering if Epstein is a Deep State asset....?
You can bet this worm is for open borders. It’s all about the cheeldrun.
Epstein kicked out of Mar-a-lago
SEX CASE ‘VICTIMS’ LINING UP
https://pagesix.com/2007/10/15/sex-case-victims-lining-up/
From 2007
A lawyer for several of the underage girls in the earlier case says Trump wasn’t involved.
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Edwards, the lawyer for Roberts and about 10 other Jane Does, said that after he served Trump with the subpoena in 2009, Trump immediately contacted him.
“During the conversation, Mr. Trump was open and forthright,” Edwards said. “I cannot discuss the substance of the conversation. But I will say that it was obvious to me that he was in no way involved in any untoward activity.”
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The above from here:
The Salacious Ammo Even Donald Trump Won’t Use in a Fight Against Hillary Clinton
No Mueller style investigation to get to the Clinton’s? You know they would but here nothing... so kabuki theater
If they do not cull the Clinton’s and Obama’s to the bench, you know, Mueller impeachment and obstruction style...
Arkancide could be in Epstein‘s future.
The political scumbags in NY Cuomo, new AG lap dog lattisha james, Nadler, Bloomberg are all gunning for Trump. We all know all evidence to Russian collusion and the soft coup went right to Hillary who they protected and created a narrative with the media for 2 years that it was Trump. Seems like they arrested Epstein to protect him and use him against trump
Remember Jeb, Her Thighness, and Biden all got “special” condolence cards at Bush’s funeral? Can you imagine? “So sorry for your loss” on a card signed by Trump with “better luck next time!” LOL.
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Trump tossed him out of Mar-a-Lago
Epstein was trying to pickup girls at the club
But Donald Trump’s name was mentioned. That’s good for another two year’s worth of investigation and innuendo.
This is the Federal district attorney bringing the charges. Trump is technically his boss, not Cuomo.
These are federal prosecutors. Part of Trump’s and Bill Barr’s world.
And ANYONE who was involved SHOULD BE INDICTED!.....ain’t gonna be good for slick Willy!
Will he do the Demonrats bidding to save himself - damn straight he would!!!
I expect nothing substantial to happen to him. Additionally, he will get to keep his wealth and will move to a european country to live out his life in luxury.
JoMa
To me the BIG QUESTION is what does this do for Hillary’s plan to be riding into the Democrat Convention next year, naked, on her white stallion, to be the ‘consensus candidate’ to end a hopeless brokered convention (thanks to her people feeding nasty material against anyone climbing in the polls)?*
I think her future path to the White House may not go exactly as planned with this hanging over her husband.
*I promised a guy Friday night to only mention this visual in the mornings.
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