Epstein Shockwave

[Brad Sallows]

Trump and Epstein fell out on 2004 over a real estate deal. Trying to pain Trump as the morall center of gravity is a flawed argument.

Almost no-one is trying to paint Trump as the moral centre of gravity.

The question is not whether Trump takes advantage of women. The question is whether Trump took advantage of children. Accusations are easy. Something that might resemble evidence is hard.

The taint is always descending on Trump and landing on other people. The scandal is following the same arc as "Russian Collusion". People who want to believe act as though there is something remaining to be found even though people highly motivated to get Trump had control of government (and thus the files) and a lot of time to find something, and found nothing sufficient. They've settled for a lot of lesser ineffectual meaningless shots, some creating collateral damage.

A few people have decided that whatever evidence exists so far is enough for them to decide to withdraw from public life. The file releases are having approximately the effect of all-is-known messages from anonymous sources. A few people - victims and innocents - have had their privacy invaded.

 

[daftandbarmy]

This is what I wanted!


Tracking the firings, resignations and other impacts from the Epstein files

A former prince was stripped of his title and arrested. Ambassadors have been sacked and also arrested. One of America’s most prominent lawyers plans to resign; another stepped down as the head of a major New York law firm. At least one CEO resigned as a result of his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted on Florida state charges of soliciting prostitution of a minor in a controversial 2008 plea deal.

Even after his conviction, Epstein maintained relationships with some of the world’s elite in business, government, academia and entertainment — until his arrest in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/epstein-files-impact-fallout-investigation-vis