Bloomberg is starting to ask the question, "How has the US political class dodged accountability for involvement with Epstein whereas Europeans haven't?"
Below is an excerpt from Bloomberg's morning email, "Balance of Power"
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The shock on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s face as he was pictured being driven away
from a police station — on his 66th birthday — captured the mood of panic reverberating through establishment circles worldwide.
Politicians, business leaders, members of academia, and
now British royalty have been swept up in the fallout from the Epstein files.
The surprise is that US politics has so far been spared from a similar reckoning, despite known ties to the disgraced financier.
President Donald Trump’s decision to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein seven years after his death in a New York jail cell was made grudgingly.
While being named is no indication of wrongdoing, the trove of documents, emails and pictures has exposed how
people in positions of power were not just willing, but extremely keen to associate with Epstein even after his conviction for child sex offenses.
The scandal has swept up current and former
politicians from Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, the UK and France. The files also show that Epstein tried to
court Vladimir Putin in Russia.
As yet, the US political class is unaffected, despite links going all the way to the president. Trump dismisses his onetime friendship with Epstein, saying they fell out decades ago.
Mountbatten-Windsor, center, after leaving police custody yesterday.
Photographer: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
Whether his supporters accept that explanation is another thing.
Trump’s White House is the first truly online presidency, with bizarre AI videos, announcements made on the president’s Truth Social platform, his embrace of right-wing influencers and an administration packed with members who flood Elon Musk’s X with content.
He’s been more than happy to appeal to online conspiracy theorists to help his agenda: Remember Trump’s repetition of falsehoods that Haitian immigrants were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
The same base is in an Epstein frenzy, demanding ever more.
With the net tightening, Trump just ordered the release of
government documents on aliens.
— Alan Crawford
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At least one credible media outlet is asking the right questions.