Is Trump protecting the next Epstein from investigation?

[FlashDangerpants]

Epstein made millions from trafficking underage prostitutes for rich men. In an absolutely and entirely unrelated matter, various extremely rich persons innocently paid vastly above market rates for Epstein's financial services in a whole heap of areas in which he appears to have lacked any specific qualifications. Innocently of course.

Sadly the Trump administration has now ceased cooperation with congressional investigations into the completely innocuous reasons why Leon Black might have paid enormously inflated sums for tax and estate planning that Epstein had no expertise in. Reporting for this is all over the place, here's an example...
https://www.beltway.news/p/trump-admin- ... estigation

What Happened

A four-year congressional investigation into the assets of millionaire financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been stalled indefinitely by the Trump administration, which has revoked access to sensitive documents that had been granted under former President Joe Biden.

The US Senate Finance Committee began its inspection of Epstein’s financial history in 2022, when ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) discovered Wall Street executive and Trump ally Leon Black vastly overpaid Epstein for tax and estate planning services. Further digging revealed that Black had reached a $65 million settlement agreement in 2023 with the US Virgin Islands — home to Epstein’s infamous enclave — in exchange for immunity from an Epstein-related prosecution. Immunity was granted despite prosecutors’ conclusion that “Epstein used the money Black paid him to partially fund his operations in the Virgin Islands.”

“Over the course of the ongoing Finance Committee investigation, my staff have uncovered new evidence, including through review of federal government records, indicating that money paid by Black to Epstein was used to finance Epstein’s sex trafficking operations,” Wyden said. “Major US financial institution failed to do legally required due diligence on the payments.”

JP Morgan Chase settled lawsuits similar to Black’s in 2023 with the US Virgin Islands and Epstein’s alleged victims, where the bank paid over $350 million and admitted no wrongdoing in its failure to disclose 15 years' worth of suspicious activity by its client until after Epstein was arrested.

Is it realistic to suppose that a venture in which so much money was raised and so many rich men serviced hasn't been replaced by some new operation doing exactly the same stuff and rolling in similar amounts of money, probably paid by the same people that paid Epstein?

Is the purpose of this obstruction of justice to protect the new Epstein?

[accelafine]

The fearless defender of womankind strikes again. Shame about all those muslim women though. Perhaps you could put some of that courageous and selfless heroism into defending them when you have time. I'm sure they would be just as grateful and in awe as the rest of us are

[FlashDangerpants]

Your conflict oriented personality disorder is of little interest to me. If you want me to bother to converse with you at all it falls to you to attempt to address the topic at hand.

[accelafine]

On the contrary. I'm in awe of the Great White saviour of womankind

[FlashDangerpants]

Meanwhile, the people who worked with Epstein to move the money around to enable him to traffic a thousand underage prostitutes are still running his estate, fighting to prevent the release of information, and trying to hold onto all that lovely cash they made. And the Trump admin is in it with them.... presumably for some entirely legitimate reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg3RCuns3Go

I ask again. If that much money was made out a child prostitution ring servicing the rich and powerful, who actually believes that there is no replacement, or there were no competitors? If we speak to all the customers, perhaps they can tell us who the next Epstein is.

[accelafine]

Another illiterate who thinks 'underage' is a synonym for 'child'.
Anyone who claims that having consensual sex with a 17 year old (which happens to be below the legal age of consent in some parts of the US) is equal to the rape of toddlers and babies is a liar at best, or something much, much darker.
The rape of someone who is close to the age of consent is rape and not the same crime in the eyes of the law as the rape of a child.
Most are sleazebags, yes, but not all men are sadistic rapers of babies and children.

Has anyone else noticed how paedophiles in the UK are getting non-custodial sentences time and time again, or walking free altogether? It's almost as if people have become desensitised to it and if that isn't the case, then why have judges become so lenient and accommodating to the 'needs' of men who lust after children? It's almost as if people have forgotten what the actual meaning of the word 'paedophile' is (which was never a good word to use anyway, but at least it used to have an almighty stench around it).

Stop pretending to care about these women flasherwithoutunderpants, or that you don't know what a child is. If it didn't involve Trump you wouldn't give it a second thought.

STOP MESSING WITH LANGUAGE

[FlashDangerpants]

Uhm. That was a really weird rant.

[accelafine]

What's weird about it? Weird is people like you messing with language in a way that protects paedophiles, and pretending to care about women. It's offensive and nauseating.

[FlashDangerpants]

Meanwhile, the people who worked with Epstein to move the money around to enable him to traffic a thousand underage prostitutes are still running his estate, fighting to prevent the release of information, and trying to hold onto all that lovely cash they made. And the Trump admin is in it with them.... presumably for some entirely legitimate reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg3RCuns3Go

I ask again. If that much money was made out a child prostitution ring servicing the rich and powerful, who actually believes that there is no replacement, or there were no competitors? If we speak to all the customers, perhaps they can tell us who the next Epstein is.

[accelafine]

Has there ever been a mega rich and powerful man who behaved decently? I doubt it. Trump is a model of decency when you go by 'mega rich and powerful' standards Both he and Epstein were amateurs compared to the likes of saint JFK.

[Martin Peter Clarke]

No.

[Gary Childress]

I think Trump gets ass. He's a stud. Grabs them by the pussy!

Oops. Did I say those things? Maybe people will vote me in as president. I'll totally screw over the country for my own personal profit. You bet! Give me presidential immunity!

[accelafine]

I think Trump gets ass. He's a stud. Grabs them by the pussy!

Oops. Did I say those things? Maybe people will vote me in as president. I'll totally screw over the country for my own personal profit. You bet! Give me presidential immunity!

Just out of curiosity, what is worse for you now, under Trump, than it was not under him? Has anything changed for you?

[Gary Childress]

I think Trump gets ass. He's a stud. Grabs them by the pussy!

Oops. Did I say those things? Maybe people will vote me in as president. I'll totally screw over the country for my own personal profit. You bet! Give me presidential immunity!

Just out of curiosity, what is worse for you now, under Trump, than it was not under him? Has anything changed for you?

Yes. I'm now being led by a man who thinks it's OK to "grab women by the pussy". Oh, and he thinks global climate change is a myth. And pardons criminals if their relatives donate to his political campaign. Should I not expect more from the leader of my country?

[accelafine]

I think Trump gets ass. He's a stud. Grabs them by the pussy!

Oops. Did I say those things? Maybe people will vote me in as president. I'll totally screw over the country for my own personal profit. You bet! Give me presidential immunity!

Just out of curiosity, what is worse for you now, under Trump, than it was not under him? Has anything changed for you?

Yes. I'm now being led by a man who thinks it's OK to "grab women by the pussy". Oh, and he thinks global climate change is a myth. And pardons criminals if their relatives donate to his political campaign. Should I not expect more from the leader of my country?

That's nice, but you haven't answered my question. Another question: how much did emissions reduce under Biden? It's your country, so you should know these things.
So Trump is a ****. Wow. How unusual for a man in power-- or any politician for that matter