I’ve had enough of reading things

By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians

All I want is the truth

Just give me some truth

– John Lennon

Lennon was singing about Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon’s coverups. Huge at the time. A national upheaval. But today, Watergate feels almost quaint.

The coverup of our century is the Jeffrey Epstein case.

This pedophilia scandal seems like it should’ve ensnared dozens — if not hundreds — of the rich and powerful. And yet … it didn’t. Despite common-sense facts staring us in the face. The Epstein uproar didn’t start under Donald Trump, but one way or another, he now owns it.

Epstein first hit American awareness in 2005, when Palm Beach police investigated him after a mother accused him of molesting her 14-year-old daughter. Later, the FBI identified at least 36 underage victims. No small number.

In 2007, facing federal charges, Epstein struck a plea deal any other pedophile would’ve accepted castration to get: 13 months in jail with generous work-release privileges. The deal also granted immunity to unnamed co-conspirators. It trampled over victims’ rights — and justice itself.

Who did Epstein know that allowed such judicial magic? In 2020, a judge ruled the plea deal violated victims’ rights.

After “serving” his sentence, Epstein returned to New York and resumed flying with the world’s rich and famous to his notorious “Pleasure Island.” A brash, unrepentant move. Anyone else........

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