There were roughly two categories of the rich, famous and powerful people who maintained or built relationships with Jeffrey Epstein after his original arrest and imprisonment.
1. People who were in on it
2. People who had the idea that the whole thing was a non-issue
Where would they have gotten that idea? From the Clinton ally down in Florida who had made a point of throwing the book at Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, but gave Epstein the greatest pass in the world.
Why would anyone have taken a jail sentence seriously when it allowed Epstein to serve in his own private wing where the doors didn’t lock, allowed him to do ‘work release’ in his own office, and jet around where he wanted to go.
And all of that happened because the charges weren’t serious and he was given the softball treatment.
Why did that happen? As I’ve been saying for a decade, ask the Clintons and the Democrat officials who gave him a pass.
Trump’s people fumbled the messaging on this badly. They keep talking in circles rather than boiling this down to the simple issue that the only people in the position to get Epstein that pass were Democrat officials and Clinton allies.
The pass that Epstein got allowed him to return to society and become more influential than ever because his prison sentence was a joke, the charges were hollow and people came away with the impression that he didn’t do anything wrong.
Now any in-depth research would have shown otherwise, but the capsule summary allowed Epstein to build his influence and allowed rich and powerful men to maintain and elevate their association with Epstein. That’s why it all comes down to that original court case and to the Clintons.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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