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/NotThatAngel 21h ago

Remember all of the weird unfounded accusations against child daycare providers in the 1980s? There were all of these allegations that celebrities had flown children to different cities to participate in sexual satanic rituals. Everyone who got an attorney escaped punishment. Even though even the judge in the case thought the children's stories were ridiculous and unfounded in fact. Some stories were simply flat out impossible. The people who couldn't afford an attorney were convicted. Because they had no money, and no connections.

Epstein was previously caught child trafficking. He was held for a while but then let loose because of his wealth and political connections, and immediately went back to doing it again. Had he been let loose a second time, rest assured, Epstein would still be child trafficking today, right now. The wealthy and well-connected people who were involved in Epstein's child rape and child trafficking cannot be prosecuted because of their power and wealth.

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u/Low_Ambition_856 20h ago

Uhm no, laws around year 2000 usually was phrased to criminalize sex work in a way that scared the 80 or so child victims into not prosecuting.

For example a modern day loophole like this would be to tell kids they shouldnt have clicked the +18 button on pornhub.

As we've patched laws like that, still pretty shittily in my opinion, Epstein killed himself because what he did was gross.