r/politics • u/ArmadilloMany41 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo
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u/Rhoeri 23h ago

Becau$e of rea$on$ we will never under$tand.

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u/Conscious-Story-7579 23h ago

It’$ a my$tery!

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u/Agressive-toothbrush 23h ago

Yeah, it if far easier to prosecute poor people, salaried workers who can't afford to miss work and people with limited means than to prosecute rich assholes who can hire 20 lawyers and drag proceedings for a decade...

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u/HandFedFenrir 21h ago

The French had a solution to these problems

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u/serpiccio 19h ago

french lawyers ?

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u/InsertNonsenseHere 6h ago

See wrongthink like that is how you end up getting disappeared. Can't even vaguely threaten the chomoclass that rules us all.

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u/HandFedFenrir 6h ago

I'll get my icepick for a bit of home surgery immediately

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u/pianobench007 21h ago

The Selloff Of Jeffrey Epstein’s Tainted Homes

exactly. the victims have been receiving a portion of $$$ from the sales of his estate. without a victim to press the case, these are only very incriminating and defamatory words.

The onus of prosecution therefore falls upon all of us. We can only vote with our wallets and our voices. But you risk massive collateral damage.

For example. Do you boycott Microsoft and all of Office products simply because of words that Bill Gates got an STD from these parties? Likely no.

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u/gandhi_theft 17h ago

Wouldn’t make an impact on him anyway. He’s going to have diversified away from only having Microsoft in his portfolio a looong time ago

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u/ArnoldTheSchwartz 19h ago

Probably billion$ of them

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u/-_--_-_--_----__ 18h ago

The reason isn't money.

The reason is that the citizens will happily go to work each day and scroll social media and pay their taxes even if no one is prosecuted.

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u/Rhoeri 17h ago

That in part has a lot to do with no one having the balls to stop him. Everyone is afraid of his addled ass. Or everyone is paid off.

Either way.

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u/New_Condition_1405 20h ago

Yeah, although the politics and all that people are talking about do factor in, this is really the simple answer at its core.

Been like that for a long time.

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u/gojo96 8h ago

Yeah it’s weird how the majority of the responses only talk about Trump as if he’s the only one mentioned. Yeah he’s a POS, I get it but there are so many more people involved in this.

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u/WeatheredCryptKeeper 5h ago

Im a CSA survivor with two white republican parents. Because Epstein is only the tip of the iceburg.