Lessons from Epstein non-investigation continue to resonate

What a gift it would be if Americans learned justice was still possible.

More than three years after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest and alleged suicide it requires no opinion poll to know that few Americans believe the story of the international sex trafficking ring orchestrated by Epstein and his alleged “co-accomplices” will ever be fully told. 

More specifically, many Americans believe that most (if not all) of the key questions regarding the case will remain unanswered. For example …

• How many Epstein “associates” actually received sexual “services” from underage girls?

• Why did “investigators never interview even one of Epstein’s clients, associates or “Johns”?

• Were any of these individuals blackmailed, extorted or in any way compromised?

• Did employees within agencies of the U.S. government turn a blind eye to Epstein’s activities?

• Was Epstein, in fact, “intelligence” and, if so, on whose orders was Alex Acosta allegedly told to leave Epstein alone?

* Did Epstein continue his sex-trafficking operation even after being released from jail in 2009? If so, how was this possible?

* Where did Epstein receive the money to fund his operation, including the acquisition of the largest private residence in Manhattan, two secluded private islands in the Virgin Islands, a secluded “ranch” in New Mexico, two large jets and a helicopter?

* Why, for years, did the “watchdog” press display no interest in a scandal that, if fully told, could (until Covid) have qualified as the “story of the century,”  a story that might implicate many more powerful people and government agencies than Watergate?

• Pertinent facts surrounding Epstein’s death, ruled a suicide, have also yet to be disclosed. One unanswered question: How was it possible an inmate who may have possessed “dirt” on the most powerful people in the world could be left alone in his cell?

A Cross-section of World Leaders Could Have Been Implicated

The Epstein story was not another prosaic scandal-of-the-week. The number of individuals who could have been involved, or who might have worked to cover-up its existence, almost certainly dwarfs the number implicated in Watergate.

The list of those who might have some knowledge of Epstein’s criminal enterprise includes former presidents, ex-prime ministers, Justice Department officials, State Department officials, FBI agents, employees of domestic and international intelligence agencies, state prosecutors, local law enforcement, politicians, ex-politicians, lobbyists, titans of industry and finance, CEOs, attorneys, accountants, banks and bankers, celebrities, academics, scientists, political operatives and executives within the Fourth Estate.

As mentioned above, years after Epstein’s arrest and death, I’ve still seen no indication authorities ever questioned even ONE of  Epstein’s many “associates,” especially those who may have had sexual contact with girls recruited and groomed by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Perhaps authorities concluded it’s better to not know. Perhaps they realized if they interview one suspected “John,” they would have had to interview every potential “John.” if this number ended up being massive, and included a Who’s Who of our society, important illusions about society’s leaders and our system of justice could be shattered.

In short, at least in the opinion of many, the public will never learn how massively corrupt our system of justice may be, and if a privileged class is in fact held to a different standard of justice, and/or is protected by the powers that be.

Nor will the public learn how prurient, immoral and brazen a cross-section of the world’s elite may be.

Once upon a time, the number Americans who believed justice would ultimately prevail in a case like Epstein’s would probably have filled a good-sized nation. Today, the number who posses this conviction might fill a medium-sized city.

The Epstein Cover-up was Business as Usual

… Other Examples of Justice Not Pursued

Citizens who doubt the full story of the Epstein saga will ever be revealed have little trouble citing stories that explain their metastasizing skepticism.

Regarding Covid topics, some of us believe practically every element of the official narrative is a lie. It would take me a thousand words to itemize all of the Covid scandals we know will never be fully investigated.

But off-limits Covid scandals and off-limits elements of the Epstein saga seem to be par for the course in a world where the administration of justice is no longer an essential government function.

Indeed, it seems the real goal of our government has now become protecting the guilty. Our government now specializes in concocting complicated schemes to make sure certain people don’t face authentic justice.

For example, plenty of people did notice when Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman suffered no adverse consequences following the gruesome murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a murder many people believe the prince ordered.

Recently, a few more prominent voices have posited that the FBI is working to spike investigations that would implicate powerful figures in crimes.

The Hunter Biden laptop story is perhaps the most obvious example of a “law enforcement” agency that now seems to be just as interested in making sure laws are not enforced.

We shall see if anything substantial happens with this “investigation” … although you can include me in the group who’d be stunned if this occurs. After all, this is the same agency that could have easily given the world the real story on the Epstein sex-trafficking and blackmail scheme but decided to take a pass on that project.

I still remember the narrative that Syria President Bashar al-Assad “gassed his own people” - a highly questionable proposition to many - which nonetheless was widely accepted as truth, at least by intelligence agencies and a press corps that increasingly accepts official pronouncements as incontrovertible.

The aggressive prosecution (persecution) of Julian Assange is another story that disturbs at least some citizens. The fact so few members of the mainstream press have rallied to Assange’s defense has only deepened the depression of one-time idealists.

And these examples do not include one of the more dubious government narratives of recent decades, the assertion Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, official disinformation that ultimately caused the death and suffering of millions of people.

Cynics could also point to an investigation that, unlike several of the above examples, did receive incessant press coverage - the story that Russia somehow “rigged” or “hacked” a U.S. presidential election, a conclusion accepted as gospel by most in the mainstream press and every Democrat office holder, but viewed as preposterous by millions of Americans.

Trust in our Trusted Officials is Evaporating

In these and other cases, a growing number of citizens have come to believe that official “investigations” and “official findings” are either a sham or intentionally omit details which do not support the desired meme.

It’s within this context that millions of Americans have latched onto the growing conviction that our government (and press corp) have become more interested in concealing truths than exposing them.

At its core, the Epstein case (and many other examples) reveal that government prosecutors, investigators and the “watchdog press” lack the courage and integrity to expose sordid truths that would reveal embarrassing truths about our government and its sycophant partners.

With the Epstein non-investigation, Americans learned the true objective of Justice Department officials is Protecting the rich and powerful from the consequences of their behavior.

Many Americans have become increasingly convinced authorities will not do the right thing, especially in matters that might expose corruption within our own government and the rich, well-connected and powerful classes.

This Christmas season my prayer is that a ray of sunshine pierces the shadow of cynicism that’s spread across our country.

What a wonderful gift it would be if American citizens could see just one example where our system of justice could still be trusted.