Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein due in court after sex trafficking arrest

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  1. HumbledPi

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    Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein due in court after sex trafficking arrest
    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/07/billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-arrested-on-sex-trafficking-charges.html

    Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a once-secret plea deal, the U.S. government is taking another run at putting the wealthy sex offender behind bars with new sex-trafficking charges that law enforcement officials say involve allegations dating to the early 2000s.

    Epstein, arrested over the weekend, is expected to make his first court appearance on the new charges Monday in New York City. Prosecutors are likely to argue that he is a flight risk and should remain in jail instead of being released on bail pending trial.

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    Most have heard about Jeffrey Epstein but for those who haven't, he was charged in a federal court 12 years ago on charges of sex trafficking in Palm Beach. The billionaire hedge fund mogul, is charged with using his vast network of contacts and associates to bring a constant stream of underage girls to his Manhattan townhouse. He is accused of shuttling the girls between the townhouse and his home in Palm Beach, Fla., paying them in cash and urging them to recruit other underage girls to visit his home.

    Here's where this gets sickeningly ugly. Epstein has long been connected with high-profile figures, including Britain's Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton. Court documents showed that Clinton took at least 26 trips flying aboard Epstein's private jet, known as the "Lolita Express," and apparently ditched his Secret Service detail on some of the excursions. Records showed that Trump may have flown on the jet at least once. Epstein got a 'sweetheart plea deal' in 2008 from current Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta. At that time, Acosta was the Attorney General of Florida.

    Even I, who detests Trump, really don't want to find out that these men, and other 'prominent public figures' (as quoted in a news story) have been directly involved or at least complicit in their silence to child sex trafficking. This feels like a onion about to be peeled revealing a rotten apple at the core.
     
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    It’s gonna go deep I presume. I expect a connection to young Haitian girls, NEXIVM, and sex trafficking across our southern border in New Mexico.
     
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    I see a case of Arkancide in Epstein's future.
     
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    Epstein indictment doesn’t have anything to say about Trump, despite irresponsible media speculation. Lefties sad.
     
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    I think there's many rich, old white guys in the US that have paid for young girls from Mexico but from what I've seen of the women that have surrounded Jeffrey Epstein, they are -- as far as photographs show -- attractive young white women.

    I'd bet my life that there's more than one prominent government official who is absolutely sweating bullets today. Who knows what was seized in his Manhattan mansion? If there's any type of list or 'little black book' of names of women or a clientele list, this just may be the biggest global scandal of the century.
     
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    Neither is Bill Clinton! They're exonerated!
     
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    well it's based on what Trump said

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-tim-obrien_n_5d216df6e4b04c4814154bcb

    “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” - Donald Trump, 2002
     
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    GMA mentioned this morning that former presidents traveled with Epstein. There's only one I know about who traveled to Fantasy Island with Epstein.
     
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    Take them all down! F’n bastards!
     
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    Trump had Epstein banned from his club for hitting on a member's daughter. Bet that just seals the deal for you eh?
     
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    There are two. Manifests show that Clinton flew numerous times, and Bonespurs at least once.
     
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    Something now like 26 times.
     
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    I agree. I don't give a damn whether they're a republican or democrat, whether they're a senator, ex-president or bartender. This case warrants national attention calling for the prosecution and conviction of any man who takes part in sex trafficking. Our society chooses to turn a blind eye to rumors of high powered, financially wealthy men buying under age sex slaves. It's disgusting.

    Would this have happened if a woman was president, or if a woman was the AG of the Southern District of Florida? Maybe so, but it's very doubtful in my opinion.
     
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    link

    would love to see if that was before or after his 2002 quote
     
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    I think several big-name people are going to be ****ed.

    They've earned it.
     
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    GMA said former presidents.
     
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    A sex-trafficking victim claimed she was recruited at Mar-A-Lago by the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

    No doubt that Trump was aware of this sex ring. "I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."
     
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    Trump once said nice things about the rapist Bill Clinton and crooked Hillary. Bet that really means a lot to you too.
     
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    So banning Epstein from the club means Trump was helping him as one poster claimed.
     
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    Decent, wholesome and totally exonerated Bonespurs ?
     
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    Sorry, I edited to add this but ended up quoting myself!

    I really don't give a damn about Bill Clinton and if he was part of this he needs to be indicted and locked up too.
     
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    sounds like slander, you should say "alleged", Trump was accused many times too, even one of his previous wives accused him of rape
     
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    Must be why Trump banned Epstein from the club, to help him. Liberal Logic 101.
     
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    Not according to the raped that told her story for free, didn't accept any money from any outlet to tell it.
     
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    Maybe this is one of the reasons why his republican Congress walks in lock-step with Trump, no matter how much they disagree with him. Blackmail works.
     
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