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I think the fact that many don't real that this was an elaborate blackmail operation often clouds people's ability to understand what happened. The fact that ab

I think the fact that many don't real that this was an elaborate blackmail operation often clouds people's ability to understand what happened. The fact that abused his resources just shows he was exactly the only type of person who can run such blackmail operation.

TillE 7y ago
That's a piece of it, but if it were just blackmail Epstein wouldn't have a fraction of the connections he actually did. The whole thing makes more sense if you assume Epstein wasn't truly in charge of anything. He was the manager, not the owner. It's a pretty safe bet that few if any of the blackmail tapes will ever surface, partly because of this.
- qwerty456127 7y ago
  What did he actually manage then? Taking the risks associated with joining such an operation just to fuck teen girls or anybody smells bullshit.
  - AndrewBissell 7y ago
    He was handed hundreds of millions of dollars in personal wealth (probably either blackmailed or proceeds from money laundering or both) and decades of legal impunity to indulge his predatory urges. Up until the end he probably thought he was untouchable, or he wouldn't have flown back from Paris to be arrested at Teterboro airport in the first place. It's not hard to understand why he took this "bargain." I'm sure the intelligence agencies who helped set it up even put some twisted "it's your patriotic duty" spin on it.