Opinion
Editor’s Note: This particular story was popular at the time it originally made the news and is circulating again a second time for the important and applicable message that’s relevant today.
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is behind bars today, facing federal charges for sex trafficking. This arrest, comes after Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown revealed that the current Labor Secretary Alex Acosta reportedly gave Epstein a sweetheart deal when he was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida more than a decade ago.
Attorney David Boies, who represents two of Epstein’s accusers, says that “it’s been a long time coming — it’s been too long coming. It is an important step towards getting justice for the many victims of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise.”
He adds that he and his clients — Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Sarah Ransome — hope that “prosecutors will not stop with Mr. Epstein because there were many other people who participated with him and made the sex trafficking possible.”
Epstein has been connected to Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew, and famed attorney Alan Dershowitz.
Of course both sides wanted to use this case to blame the other side.
The Democrats were quick to pounce on one kind quote President Donald Trump gave about Epstein before his nefarious activities were known.
“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” he said when he was just a real estate developer in New York City and not the president.
What is probably forgotten is the fact that President Trump decided to part ways with Epstein well before he was arrested!
From the Federalist Paper:
“Epstein was barred from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., ‘because Epstein sexually assaulted an underage girl at the club,, according to court documents,’” The Washington Post reported.
“I learned through a source that Trump banned Epstein from his Maralago [Mar-A- Lago] Club in West Palm Beach because Epstein sexually assaulted an underage girl at the club,” Fort Lauderdale lawyer Bradley Edwards’ said.
Democrats stealthily avoided any mention of former President Bill Clinton.
If those who have been on this story for years are to be believed — and I put quite some stock in their words because they have dug extremely deep — the fallout from this arrest could be huge. For example, Epstein is (or was) on friendly terms with Bill Clinton and British Prince Andrew.