Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo

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  1. OddlyFactual1512 on

    The people most deserving of prison are the law enforcement and prosecutors that corruptly swept it under the rug. The AG isn’t going to prosecute herself.

  2. brain_overclocked on

    >The release of millions of documents on the Jeffrey Epstein case has not resulted in the arrest of any of the rich and powerful whose names crop up in the files.

    >The BBC’s chief North America correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue, takes a look at why figures in business, entertainment and politics may feel the danger has largely passed.

    Not here certainly, but maybe overseas:

    * [X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo)

    >The French offices of Elon Musk’s X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.

    * [Poland to investigate Epstein files for potential Polish victims](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/poland-investigate-epstein-files-potential-polish-victims-129850229)

    >Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Polish authorities would analyze the recently published Jeffrey Epstein documents to seek any potential Polish victims.

    >“We cannot allow that any of the cases involving abuse of Polish children by the network of pedophiles and the organizer of this satanic circle, Mr. Epstein, be treated lightly,” Tusk said, referring to the financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused underage girls at his homes in the U.S.

    But here in the States? The Pedo Admin is in control:

    [‘Disheartening’: US justice department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/justice-department-cuts-child-sex-trafficking)

    >The US Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of sex crimes against children under the Trump administration, which limits their ability to carry out this work.

    >Major cuts include the cancelation of 2025 National Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation, due to be held in Washington DC in June. The conference is an annual event that provides technical training to prosecutors, state and federal law enforcement officers on investigating online crimes against children.

    Federal prosecutors are now operating under new “austerity” measures, put into place by the justice department, creating roadblocks to prosecuting alleged child predators, sources said.

    [Revealed: Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-human-trafficking-programs-cut)

    >The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, a Guardian investigation has found.

    >The sweeping retreat threatens to negate decades of progress in the drive to prevent sexual slavery, forced labor and child sexual exploitation, according to legal experts, former government officials and anti-trafficking advocates. They say the administration’s moves are impeding efforts to prosecute perpetrators and protect survivors in the United States and around the world.

    [Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children](https://newrepublic.com/post/205719/ice-cbp-agents-alleged-sex-crimes-children)

    >ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual and violent criminal histories in recent years, according to a report published Monday by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance with research from the Pacific Antifascist Collective.

    >At least 20 of those individuals committed offenses with underage victims, according to the report.

    >The 30 listed individuals have been charged with a wide litany of crimes, including gunpoint sexual assault, child sex trafficking, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, torture, kidnapping, sexual abuse of a minor, and possession and production of child sexual abuse materials.

    >Their transgressions occurred between 2015 and 2025, with the bulk of abuse happening within the last two years.

    [Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/dhs-agents-reassigned.html)

    >Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators.

    And federal efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished with investigators reassigned to help staff deportation efforts.

    [Which are the 66 global organisations the US is leaving under Trump?](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/8/which-are-the-66-global-organisations-the-us-is-leaving-under-trump)

    >* Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict
    * Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
    * Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children

    [The Trump Administration’s War on Children](https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse#:~:text=And%20funding%20for%20investigating%20child%20sexual%20abuse,Office%20of%20Juvenile%20Justice%20and%20Delinquency%20Prevention.)

    >And funding for investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against children; responding to reports of missing children; and preventing youth violence has been withdrawn indefinitely.

  3. Because America loves money and power more than it loves the children who were victimized by monsters.

  4. ObtuseGoose7363 on

    Because nobody wants to ask the question “What happens when we have to lock up our president for rape and sex trafficking?”

    And more importantly “What happens when he refuses to go to prison?”

  5. Eastern-Rabbit-3696 on

    Pam covered for him during her stint as AG in Florida she’s not gonna implicate herself

  6. swiftfoot_hiker on

    Because the real sanctuary city are the rich and powerful, they will protect themselves at all costs.

    How someone like Bondi as a woman can sitback and protect these men is beyond my comprehension, knowing what the victims went through.

  7. They killed the ringleader, extorted one main accomplice, put another major player in the Oval Office and escaped justice.

    Starting to realize the billionaires put him in office to do this above all else.

  8. They’re too rich to suffer consequences for their actions.

    This is why money in politics is always a horrible idea.

  9. CumSluts4Jesus on

    The real and boring answer to this is that most of this “evidence” isn’t actionable. The vast majority of these wealthy and truly evil people also aren’t stupid. Saying coded stuff (or even pretty blatant stuff) over emails is just not strong evidence in a court of law. Even photos of these creeps with minors isn’t unless there’s something illegal happening in the photo, which, again, they’re not stupid so this is unlikely? Can any reasonable person clearly see that these are truly evil people who SHOULD die? Yes. But the only justice you’re going to get is in the court of public opinion. Ruin these people’s lives as best as you can.

  10. “We’ve investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrong doing. Case closed.”

  11. This is a disappointing answer, but so far there is no evidence that meets the standard necessary to present in court as part of a prosecution. Aside from the two people already prosecuted of course.

  12. Laws are for little people.

    >The release of millions of documents on the Jeffrey Epstein case has not resulted in the arrest of any of the rich and powerful whose names crop up in the files.

  13. Swimming_Cover_9686 on

    Because the United States of America is profoundly institutionally corrupt with a distracted weak minded populace.

  14. AG William Barr made sure the most incriminating evidence never made the light of day. Not sure why he doesn’t have to answer for any of those decisions

  15. That we know of, there are no smoking guns. They likely exist, but have been redacted. All we have are emails saying x was here or y was coming to the island.

  16. At MINIMUM Kash Patel should be charged with perjury for their false testimony stating that all of the trafficked children were for Epstein alone.

  17. Beneficial_Land_3783 on

    Nothing will ever happen. Billionaires doing billionaire shit and never pay for their actions.

  18. AltruisticHopes on

    Only poor people get prosecuted.

    Poor people didn’t go to Epsteins Island

    No-one gets prosecuted

  19. TeflonBillyPrime on

    This is going to be the Panama Papers all over again.  We find out the rich and powerful and up to no good and everyone shrugs their shoulders. 

  20. Remember all of the weird unfounded accusations against child daycare providers in the 1980s? There were all of these allegations that celebrities had flown children to different cities to participate in sexual satanic rituals. Everyone who got an attorney escaped punishment. Even though even the judge in the case thought the children’s stories were ridiculous and unfounded in fact. Some stories were simply flat out impossible. The people who couldn’t afford an attorney were convicted. Because they had no money, and no connections.

    Epstein was previously caught child trafficking. He was held for a while but then let loose because of his wealth and political connections, and immediately went back to doing it again. Had he been let loose a second time, rest assured, Epstein would still be child trafficking today, right now. The wealthy and well-connected people who were involved in Epstein’s child rape and child trafficking cannot be prosecuted because of their power and wealth.

  21. Oh theyll try to send Bill and Hillary to jail, mark my words. Plus any democrat donor they can find.