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I don't believe you responded cjbprime's point here at all. To make it 100% clear: the most sympathetic reading of Minksy's defense seems highly implausible: t
by pryce 7y ago
I don't believe you responded cjbprime's point here at all.
To make it 100% clear: the most sympathetic reading of Minksy's defense seems highly implausible: that he noticed and objected to prostituion of girls on Epsteins island in 2002 and subsequently, after Epstein's public conviction for trafficking girls and after encountering prostitution on Epstein's private island the first time, he still decided to host a different conference on Epstein's private island, this time in 2011.
The reading of this accusation is: if we allow that Minsky decided prostitution on Epstein's private island objectionable the first time, we are forced to ask how objectionable that could really be given that: it can't have mattered to him enough to go to a different venue for his 2011 conference.
Other relevant factors include how close Minsky and Epstein were. I believe Minsky's name and contact details appear in Epstein's black book; which certainly doesn't establish guilt, but should equally certainly justify at least some amount of suspicion.
- joewee 7y agoHe was never convicted of trafficking. And there are no public records that indicate attendees of his events were aware that women were being paid or forced to have sex with attendees. At least try to convict the dead man with facts and not innuendo.
- pryce 7y agoI'm talking about Epstein's 2008 conviction after the in-all-likelihood corrupt plea deal, not his pending 2019 trial.
- ryacko 7y agoThe fact pattern for the plea agreement would lead one to conclude that Epstein could have been convicted for trafficking, and there certainly were rumors. It seems as if Epstein and his associates took everything rather lightly, which is something that the criminal justice system does not reward?
- joewee 7y agoWe are just now learning facts, many testimonies were sealed. Even the plea agreement was kept from the victims. Many victims are just now becoming aware of the existence of other complaints. Yes he did terrible things, but the full extent wasn’t clear to most people, including the media who continued to interview him after his conviction.
- ryacko 7y agoEpstein’s plea agreement is something Epstein had access to, he could have provided it to others on request. Epstein’s crimes being something others didn’t care about seems even more extraordinary when the worst crime in high society seems to be associating with Trump, at least according to Dershowitz. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/alan-dershowitz-marthas-vineyard.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/alan-dershowitz-martha... Please don’t be so dense.