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Jeffrey Epstein, a Billionaire Friend of Presidents Trump & Clinton, Arrested for Sex Trafficking
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Published on Jul 8, 2019
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually assaulting underage girls for more than a decade, will appear in federal court today in Manhattan on sex trafficking charges. He was arrested on Saturday for allegedly running a sex trafficking operation by luring underage girls as young as 14 years old to his mansion in Manhattan. Epstein was previously accused of molesting and trafficking dozens of underage girls in Florida, but he ended up serving just 13 months in county jail after the U.S. prosecutor in Florida, Alexander Acosta, cut what’s been described as “one of the most lenient deals for a serial child sex offender in history.” The plea deal allowed Epstein to avoid a federal trial and possible life in prison, and effectively ended an FBI probe into the case. Acosta is now Donald Trump’s labor secretary. Epstein has counted Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton among his friends. We speak with Vicky Ward, an investigative journalist who profiled Jeffrey Epstein for Vanity Fair in 2003 in a piece headlined “The Talented Mr. Epstein.” The magazine’s editor at the time, Graydon Carter, cut out the testimonies of two young women Epstein allegedly molested who had spoken to Ward on the record. Ward later wrote about the incident for The Daily Beast in an article headlined “I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.”
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Dee Mir
Dee Mir
2 days ago
Bout time. This country is flooded w individuals like Epstein.
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Brian Holcomb
Brian Holcomb
2 days ago
My guess is Epstein hooked powerful men up with underage girls and then blackmailed them after engaging in illegal activity with them.
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roger Brownfield
roger Brownfield
2 days ago (edited)
With Acosta serving as a sex crime prosecutor who needs a defense attorney? Why did Trump appoint Acosta to his cabinet?
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Peace Beuponyou
Peace Beuponyou
2 days ago
For the past 10 years or more this story about the Lolita express has been out and now FBI is pursuing?! 10 Years of young girls being abused by these monsters and yet people still want to vote for these monsters and their wives as leaders of this country. I am glad Epstein is finally going to see a jail cell and hopefully all the pigs that flew with him!!! We need to vote in people who know what it is like to be of the 99 percent of us and can be the voice of the voiceless. Sorry to be so adamant but I love this World and good people. The evil ones need to know we out number them and this behavior is unacceptable!! They are NOT above the law. Peace to all.
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Ruben Gutierrez
Ruben Gutierrez
2 days ago
It's more than just Epstein participating in these kinds of crimes!
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Kira Barsmith
Kira Barsmith
2 days ago
Our society rewards and protects psychopaths.
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mihai grigoriu
mihai grigoriu
2 days ago
"Honorable alexander acosta"-what a contradiction... Finally, they got the sick bastard! I wonder why now, what's behind?
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Trisha Hopkins
Trisha Hopkins
2 days ago
About time this predator went to proper jail and not just "Barbie" jail
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Quit Quasar
Quit Quasar
2 days ago
Right around that time Epstein was getting that 13 month deal I was being sentenced to two years for driving on a suspended license 3 times in Florida. Of course I'm one of the working poor
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King Jon Targaryen I
King Jon Targaryen I
2 days ago
Wow look at that huh? These wealthy dudes are psychos and insiders trading why am I not surprised
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likklej8
likklej8
2 days ago
Why are so many of these mega rich men paedophilic?
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Rukhsana Khan
Rukhsana Khan
2 days ago
Any less than rikers for life would be a travesty
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Dutch Pink
Dutch Pink
2 days ago
I’m still not convinced that justice will be done, I hope it does and takes the others down too
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Gary Esposito
Gary Esposito
2 days ago
Ironic and sadly pathetic how power ends up in the hands of sociopaths and in turn ruins the existence of any hope for humanity.
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Nancy Mesek
Nancy Mesek
2 days ago
Can we go after Acosta too, please?
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Hugh Smith
Hugh Smith
2 days ago
Okay I will say it. His a Mossad Agent and his business is black mail
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Nicholas Santos
Nicholas Santos
2 days ago (edited)
MY fellow Americans prepare yourself for another miscarriage of Justice, this SOB is untouchable by association
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Craig Daniels
Craig Daniels
2 days ago
So this guy provides underage girls to rich dudes, either knowingly or unknowingly, and then blackmails them. Sound about right?
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Steven William Bayless Parks
Steven William Bayless Parks
2 days ago
The law, ethics, morality are all a joke to the 1%.
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Dean Jones
Dean Jones
2 days ago
This vile evil goes on ALL AROUND THE WORLD. However, nothing lasts forever.
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