"Powerful" Epstein Accomplices Named by Congressmen Appear To Be Ordinary New Yorkers
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Two crusading U.S. Congressmen, Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, released the names of six men they claimed were "powerful" people tied to Epstein. But no clear evidence ties them to the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker.

The Guardian.

Two crusading U.S. Congressmen, Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, released the names of six men they claimed were “powerful” people tied to Epstein. But no clear evidence ties them to the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker.

Well… This is getting weirder everyday.

  • grindemup@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 days ago

    Soliciting a minor wouldn’t be considered as sex trafficking though, be would it? I agree though that this is a heinously cowardly description of the man…

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      81·
      2 days ago

      Posthumously, ghislane Maxwell was found guilty of conspiring WITH JEFFERY EPSTEIN to

      conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor to participate in illegal sex acts, sex trafficking conspiracy, and sex trafficking of a minor.

      • grindemup@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 day ago

        Well yeah, OP was nitpicking the word “accused” rather than “convicted” when he was not, in fact, a convicted sex trafficker. Words matter, accuracy matters, especially these days…