[bagster]

It’s looking more and more like this was an intelligence operation, gathering blackmail material on key people.

Duh.

What took you so long?

Possible Epstein was a puppet [not the main person(s) of interest]?
Financed by who or what [F] entities?
1. [Primary] gather blackmail on elected pols, dignitaries, royalty, hollywood influencers, wall street and other financial top level players, other high profile industry specific people, etc.
2. Feed an addiction [controllable]
Maxwell family background?
Robert Maxwell history [intel, agency, wealth, [CLAS 1-99]]?
Sometimes it's the people in the background that are of greater significance.

[RatRipper]

I just wonder if Soros had his filthy hands on this. It sounds like something he would enthusiastically support. And his name noticeably absent. After all, he is the preeminent evil creep in the entire world . . . IHMO.