The issue is that Epstein used these connections to the rich, powerful, and influential to further his rape of children, and when he was investigated to get off

The issue is that Epstein used these connections to the rich, powerful, and influential to further his rape of children, and when he was investigated to get off with a very, very light sentence. Thus people who accepted his money and palled around with him provided cover for him. When people are offering money, the temptation is to not dig deeply and look away. Hopefully, this treatment of Epstein’s associates will serve as a lesson to people to not totaled gifts blindly and enable predators.