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The first case against Epstein was "resolved" under the Bush Admin and the second, where Maxwell received her sentence, was under the Trump admin before being sealed by the courts until late 2023.
I think more importantly is that WE knew. We all knew. "TrafficKing: The Jeffrey Epstein Case" Book by Conchita Sarnoff we published in 2015, we knew all of this and the American public still elected this piece of shit Donald Trump, who we knew was his friend, president.
If we had a functional democracy, then the opposition party would have made Epstein a major figure in the presidential elections.
The Democratic Party had three opportunities - 2016, 2020, 2024 - when they should have been shouting "Epstein" from every podium, instead they brushed it under the rug.
The reality is we didn't "all" know. Ask any random person on the street, they've never heard of TrafficKing or Julie K Brown or even Virginia Giuffre. It is easy to blame individual voters for their ignorance, but it makes much more sense to view this as an institutional failure.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
If you're not American you have known for a long time that this is America.