Nearly a week after the death of child sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, every shred of evidence to emerge only makes his supposed suicide look even more suspicious. But let’s not go crazy with the conspiracy theories.
The fraud financier’s autopsy revealed that his alleged death by hanging by bed sheet – a sheet he ought not have had, just two weeks after a previous suicide attempt – broke multiple neck bones, including his hyoid bone, which breaks more often during strangulation than suicide. The Manhattan Correctional Center hasn’t just failed to produce of a video of Epstein’s death but also of any guard even approaching him, and “key people” including the union representing the Federal Bureau of Prisons employees, aren’t cooperating with the flailing FBI probe into the matter.
Epstein’s suicide seemed sketchy from the get-go, and at this point, it would be conspiratorial not to be asking questions. But that involves following the facts, not just whatever wild ideas are out there. Contrary to politically charged pondering on Twitter, both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump seem to be guilty only of choosing a bad friend.
Given the allegations of sexual misconduct and assault levied against both presidents, reporters have rightly looked into the ties between the two and Epstein, who carefully cultivated a circle of elite and powerful friends. There are no indications that either man actually joined in Epstein’s deviancy or had any reason to shut him up.
Clinton likely lied in his public statement that he had only flown on Epstein’s infamous “Lolita Express” plane four times while records indicate that he did so six times, and despite the fact that he maintains he never visited Epstein’s Little St. James Island, premier Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre stated multiple times under penalty of perjury that she saw him there. But she also crucially insists that she never saw or knew of Clinton cavorting with any of the girls trafficked by Epstein.
Likewise, Trump disturbingly once joked that Epstein preferred beautiful women “on the younger side” and publicly socialized with him, but the evidence pinning Trump to the sex trafficking ring is mostly exculpatory. Roberts, who worked at Mar-a-Lago when Epstein’s ring recruited her, insists she never saw Trump engage with the “girls” or visit any of his residences. Most significantly, Trump reportedly kicked Epstein out of his club for his inappropriate behavior towards underage girls.
So when videos like these emerge, I’m less inclined to see a Trump slyly teasing a guy who procured children for him, and more inclined to see the Trump we already know exists: a womanizer, not a pedophile.
Trump supporter I am genuinely curious what your take on this video clip is? pic.twitter.com/xvaEBKjA0q
— Ethan Klein (@h3h3productions) August 16, 2019
Similarly, of all the horrible crimes Clinton stands accused of, not one rumor or old piece of Arkansan folklore points towards Clinton abusing underage girls, just adult women. You’d expect to have heard something like that.
And besides, if Hillary couldn’t find Wisconsin on a map, what makes us believe that she could stage a suicide?
After all, Epstein’s circle traversed the globe. Who knows how many heads of state feared he had dirt on them?
Still, no stone should remain unturned in this investigation. The public is right to be riled up that not one but two of our presidents were friends with such a monster. But it’s important that we follow the facts, and right now, they don’t point to reason to seriously suspect wrongdoing – at least on this front – by Clinton or Trump.
