"Recent document and photograph releases from the ongoing investigation into the life of Jeffrey Epstein have produced little new information about his crimes, but they have filled out the ever-growing roster of his notable associates: Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Noam Chomsky, Donald Trump, and many more. The steady drip of investigative proceeds has brought about a remarkable degree of cross-partisan condemnation."
"The entire Epstein story is hellish from top to bottom, an almost-Gothic tale of the appalling deference society pays to the rich and powerful. At the lowest rung of this inferno is Epstein himself, always amused or impassive in photographs, a blithe and shallow cipher of a man. His main hobbies appear to have been defrauding people and having sex, which is empty and fleeting enough in its own right."
Recent document and photograph releases from the ongoing investigation produced little new information about Epstein's crimes but expanded the roster of his notable associates. The steady flow of revelations has produced broad cross-partisan condemnation and a tendency to equate mere acquaintance with complicity in his abuses. Epstein benefited from societal deference to wealth and power and cultivated transactional, superficial relationships for mutual enablement rather than genuine friendship. He repeatedly offended against minors, driven by a persistent, malevolent fixation. Ghislaine Maxwell acted as his procuress and, according to victims' testimony, sometimes participated actively in the abuse.
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