• mhague@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Most of the names will be innocent people and victims. All of them will be sent death threats and harassed because people will consider them pedophiles. People can’t understand two things at once (Epstein was a socialite and a child trafficker) and they don’t know what being an associate of Epstein implies. There’s good reasons to keep the list private from the masses.

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      It’s funny that those people will be threatened, but people we know have been involved in bribery at the highest levels of our government are not.

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        11 months ago

        It must be funny, otherwise where’d all these tears on my cheeks come from!? 😂

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      Not sure how true this is given:

      Anyone who did not successfully fight to keep their name out of the civil case could see their name become public – including Epstein’s victims, co-conspirators and innocent associates.

      I imagine anyone who was innocent and an associate had the money to hire the right lawyers to remove themselves.

      I also imagine those who should be on it, also won’t be.

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        I imagine anyone who was innocent and an associate had the money to hire the right lawyers to remove themselves.

        Epstein was incredibly well connected, so this statement is dubious at best.

        I also imagine those who should be on it, also won’t be.

        This is correct. 0% of people “associated” with Epstein have any evidence against them of his crimes, or they’d have been charged as co-conspirators.

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        And everyone is mystified how groups like the Roman Catholic Church were able to suppress stories of child raise and trafficking for quite literally over a thousand years. Seriously a document was found from before the first crusades talking about it.

        The crime doesn’t go to criminal trial because the family is bribed and threatened. Then it is in civil matter and the records get sealed. Priest goes and rapes another kid. Rinse lather repeat.

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      11 months ago

      6th amendment of the US Constitution cuts both ways. People have the right to observe what the government is doing in criminal cases. If the US government is refusing to let the public know what is going on during these procedures the possibility of corruption goes from low to almost certain.

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      11 months ago

      The judge stated some names will be redacted as they were victims. I also doubt someone would interact with Epstein several times and not know. He wasn’t even trying to hide it.