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Jeffrey Epstein’s A-list pals rush to distance themselves
nyPOST ^ | 7/10/2019 | Bruce Golding

Posted on 07/10/2019 8:37:57 PM PDT by bitt

Jeffrey Epstein carefully cultivated a circle of prestigious and powerful friends by exploiting the aura of money and mystery that surrounded him — but the hint of a dark side was always there.

Now, in the wake of his blockbuster arrest on child sex trafficking charges, some of those high-flying former pals may be quaking in their boots.

During a news conference Monday announcing Epstein’s indictment, Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman dramatically pointed to the suspect’s mug shot on a poster, and the FBI’s New York chief, William Sweeney Jr., urged anyone who has been “victimized” or “has additional information” on the multimillionaire financier to immediately call the feds.

But the appeal was not just meant for victims of the convicted pedophile, former Justice Department prosecutor Bradley Simon said Tuesday. The underlying message, he said, is: Call us before we come a-calling on you.

“If there are people out there who facilitated or participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, they would probably be well-advised to seek counsel, and for their counsel to make overtures to the US attorney,” said Simon, now co-chair of the white-collar criminal defense practice at Phillips Nizer.

“Earlier is better than later in these types of cases.”

Epstein, 66, rose from middle-class origins in Coney Island to amass a fortune that includes a $77 million Upper East Side townhouse, a $12 million estate in Palm Beach, Fla., a 7,500-acre ranch in New Mexico and a private island — called “Little St. James” — in the US Virgin Islands, which he claims as his primary residence.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
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To: bitt

Dershowitz said he kept his underwear on at all times during the massages. Yieks!!! The super rich are just weird.


21 posted on 07/10/2019 9:26:13 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Bob434

Of course they knew. Why would he put his perversion on display (and flying underage girls to a private island is a pretty clear signal as to what is going on) unless he knew he could trust his travelling companions? He knew they either tacitly approved or shared his perversion. So it is safe to say every single one of his travelling buddies is just as guilty as he is. Sure, nothing has been proven in a court of law - yet. But the preponderance of circumstantial evidence is convincing.


22 posted on 07/10/2019 9:36:22 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: bitt

I may be going out on a limb here, I’m guessing that Epstein won’t live to see 1 January 2020.


23 posted on 07/10/2019 9:49:49 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: TigerClaws

BTTT


24 posted on 07/10/2019 9:58:16 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: bigbob
I highly doubt this pervert stopped his perversions and cleaned up his act once he was convicted and served time over a decade ago. He's STILL doing it but may just be more careful now about who he lets in on the "action". Old dogs don't learn new tricks...ya hear that Billy C???
25 posted on 07/10/2019 10:58:09 PM PDT by boatbums (semper reformanda secundum verbum dei)
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To: bitt

This is going to be fun to watch.


26 posted on 07/10/2019 11:09:32 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: DarthVader

>> This is going to be fun to watch.

Somehow they always seem to avoid the guillotine.

I have low expectations.


27 posted on 07/10/2019 11:14:42 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: bitt

“How were they SUPPOSED to know..?”

You wrote a frigging book about it!!... How is that a secret??


28 posted on 07/10/2019 11:21:37 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: Gene Eric

You don’t sit where several of us do who know what’s going on. Frankly we don’t care what individuals on our side thinks or says at this point as we are engaged in the business at hand. The negativity is meaningless. This has been planned for a long time and is being driven by very committed Patriots who fully understand whats at stake.


29 posted on 07/10/2019 11:25:55 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: altura

Didn’t he co-write a book with Bill Clinton? If so, then he is way more than slimy.


30 posted on 07/10/2019 11:28:15 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: napscoordinator

Why did Dershowitz even bring this up? Was this part of testimony or something?


31 posted on 07/10/2019 11:30:34 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ThunderSleeps

And with Kevin Spacey among the “guests”, he probably didn’t just procure young girls for them, either. Disgusting how easily children are used, abused and discarded in this world!


32 posted on 07/10/2019 11:35:39 PM PDT by boatbums (semper reformanda secundum verbum dei)
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To: DarthVader

Happy to defer to your insights — seriously.

But if I’m mistaken, I understand Comey’s daughter @ SDNY is involved in the prosecution.

I’m not saying this isn’t going anywhere, but the creepy elites have a long history of getting away with murder.


33 posted on 07/10/2019 11:35:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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But if I’m not mistaken....

34 posted on 07/10/2019 11:36:51 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: DarthVader

What’s your take on why the media isn’t puzzled or even questioning as to why this is coming out now when this was common knowledge to a lot of us here on FR for YEARS? Will the other shoe drop making the media complicit in this whole ordeal in keeping this hush-hush?


35 posted on 07/10/2019 11:37:20 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Gene Eric

So Fing what. She is here today and will be gone tomorrow.


36 posted on 07/10/2019 11:37:29 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Blue Highway

They are shell shocked and really don’t know what to say or do. This is a run away freight train with so much against them, and they are scared $%&t! I would liken this situation to the end of The Godfather episode #1 when Michael Corleone takes care of all the family business.


37 posted on 07/10/2019 11:41:47 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: DarthVader

Let’s hope this is a pre-cursor to the justice that will be coming for the perpetrators that tried to sink Trump by spying on him and smearing him with the whole Russia collusion thing. The way the Epstein thing unravels, I hope the same for the Russia gate thing starting with Mueller’s testimony.


38 posted on 07/10/2019 11:47:14 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: DarthVader

If you have nothing tangible to add, then don’t bust my balls for doubting the “legal process” that no less than looks away from the serious Constitutional crimes affecting the Presidency — our President.

FRegards.


39 posted on 07/10/2019 11:50:23 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: TigerClaws
Will be interesting to see who else gets indicted. Bill Clinton would be a scalp that’d launch a prosecutor to national stature - if they don’t get Arkancided.

These two fossils are living on barrowed time. I believe they are both very ill. Their days of threatening and murdering their opponents is fast coming to an end.

40 posted on 07/10/2019 11:52:15 PM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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