[bagster]

Epstein was self-motivated and commissioned a great deal of mischief all on his own initiative.

How could you possibly know that? And not knowing it, why would you say it?

You couldn't be more wrong.

[alloysteel]

Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile well before he was acquainted with Ghislaine Maxwell, a person he first lured into his web, then utilized her to open doors and even more new opportunities. That Ghislaine went on to enlarge and expand her own brand of depravity was only a further consequence, but as it is stated as an axiom of the law, correlation is not causation.