The Jeffrey Epstein Case
Chris Hedges has a superb show on the case of Jeffrey Epstein:
Donald Trump, along with other “luminaries” like Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, is deeply implicated in the pedophilia ring run by Jeffrey Epstein. Naturally, there will be no accountability for their actions. Epstein, of course, was most likely executed in his prison cell (the cameras mysteriously didn’t work; the guards mysteriously disappeared).
Trump promised accountability through his attorney general, Pam Bondi. Now, Trump is saying there’s nothing to see here, folks. That attitude has produced dissent within the MAGA ranks, even as Trump says he doesn’t need the dissenters while blaming the Democrats (!) for the Epstein coverup.
As Nick Bryant says in the interview above, Kompromat is nothing new in DC politics. It goes back to the founders and Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, if not before then. Compromised people, of course, are easily controlled through blackmail. Rumor has it the Mossad may be involved, but who knows?
Interestingly, Democrats have been largely silent on Trump’s problems here. The reason is obvious: pedophilia is bipartisan in DC, as are coverups.
As one person quipped on YouTube, there are more than 1000 victims here (mainly underage girls/teens), two pimps, and zero clients. Epstein’s pedophilia ring lasted more than 25 years, but the only people punished were Epstein himself (executed in prison) and Ghislaine Maxwell (20-year prison term, mainly for child sex trafficking). It’s likely she was told to keep her mouth shut for preferential treatment (e.g. she lives in a dormitory rather than being confined to a prison cell).
As Nick Bryant notes in the interview, if the victims seek compensation, they have to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) stating they can’t name names of their clients. Evidence suggests as well that some victims were as young as ten, if not younger.
Whether Trump and Bondi can continue to suppress this case remains to be seen. One thing is certain: Trump has not come to drain the swamp—he is the swamp.
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Yecch…
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It’s a terrific interview that should hold anyone’s attention. Historically, what have supremely powerful men done? They have had harems or employed other means to get as many women as they can. Clearly it is something that absolute male power claims as a right. As Bryant mentions, sex, arrogance and power go together.
I think it is instructive to note Trump’s comment about Epstein and women, “he likes them young” Them, as in objects, as in “I like my eggs over easy”
Trump hits the bottom for American elected officials in our history. He doesn’t even put on a show of respect for anyone. Trash talk comes easily and daily as he continually praises himself. He is filled with rage and is using the power of his office to punish.
He bumbled around in his first term. Now he is on an agenda set by others (Project 2025). What he has done only shows that for all the good intentions of the founders in designing a legal framework for the US, it is moot with a captive Congress and SC. We the people are helpless before his power until we can vote him out or turn over Congress. The SC is lost for some years to come, now only a torture chamber for Kagan, Jackson and Sotomayor.
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