Before Jeffrey Epstein was arrested by the FBI on charges of human trafficking on July 6th 2019 at New Jersey airport, Epstein had successfully avoided the full consequences of the law for his long history of crimes thanks to two very appeasing Prosecutors: both of these former prosecutors were then rewarded with a public post by President Donald Trump.
The first time Jeffrey Epstein was arrested was in March 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida. The parents of a 14 year-old child reported to the police that her daughter was molested by Epstein at his mansion in Palm Beach. In 2006 the police in Florida recommended felony charges but the Attorney for the Southern District of Florida intervened in 2007 and struck a plea deal with Epstein. In 2008 Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Court to two counts of soliciting prostitution, and one involving a minor after striking a plea deal with Attorney Alexander Acosta. He received a prison sentence of just 18 months for which he served 13 months and the criminal investigation about him was closed. The Attorney-General made a plea deal without consulting his victims.
Alexander Acosta was eventually appointed as Secretary of Labor in 2017 during the first Trump Administration. In 2019, a federal court ruled that his plea agreement with Jeffrey Epstein had violated the rights of the victims and the plea deal was cancelled. Alexander Acosta resigned from his cabinet post in reaction to the Court’s sentence. He had previously excused his plea deal with Epstein by blaming it on the authorities who, according to him, told him that “Epstein belonged to the intelligence”. There’s no evidence about Acosta’s claims and he never revealed the alleged individuals who told him to close Epstein’s case.
Between 2011 and 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was covered up by another Attorney-General. After Epstein’s plea deal in 2008, his victims started filing civil suits against the Department of Justice for striking a plea deal with Epstein. Meanwhile, during the case, evidence against Epstein began emerging publicly, including lists of individuals who joined him on his private jet called the “Lolita Express”, en route to his private island.
Despite his plea deal, Jeffrey Epstein was liable for a new criminal investigation against the emergence of new evidence, crimes committed after 2005 and crimes committed against other victims. The then Attorney-General of Florida, Pam Bondi, did not open a new investigation on Jeffrey Epstein despite new victims and new evidence emerging in public thanks to civil suits filed against the DOJ. Compare Pam Bondi’s inaction with that of the current Attorney-General of Florida who immediately opened an investigation against Andrew Tate over human trafficking as soon as complaints against him were filed. Pam Bondi has been appointed as the US Attorney-General under this Donald Trump Administration. Upon entering office in her new role, she said in an interview with Fox News that she has Jeffrey Epstein’s client list on her desk and that it would be released after a review.
In 2024, Donald Trump promised to release Epstein’s files, but yesterday’s announcement by the Department of Justice stating that Jeffrey Epstein’s client list did not exist was met with widespread skepticism. The current FBI director, Kash Patel, had previously stated that the FBI were concealing Jeffrey Epstein’s client list from the public. When asked about Jeffrey Epstein recently, the FBI Director said that “Epstein’s case not in his lane”.
President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were close friends and Donald Trump travelled with Jeffrey Epstein to his private island on “The Lolita Express” several times. Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate and convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, is currently serving a prison sentence after being found guilty on multiple federal charges, including sex trafficking of minors. Donald Trump said that she was hsi friend and wished her well.
Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10th 2019 and was reportedly killed by suicide. The Department of Justice has released footage of what supposedly shows Jefrrey Epstein’s cell in clear view and proving no one entered his cell. The surveillance footage released by the Department of Justice does not show Jeffrey Epstein’s cell itself, capturing only the hallway outside his tier’s entryway, and it is unclear if it covers all possible entrances. Previously, the authorities stated that the footage was not available due to technical errors.
Website Editor
Historian and Publisher
Leave a Reply