After child sex trafficker and Trump friend Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers argued for him to be released on bail, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York revealed that Epstein has been engaged in witness tampering through payments to his accomplices:
“'As in the past, within recent months, he paid significant amounts of money to influence individuals who were close to him during the time period charged in this case and who might be witnesses against him at a trial,' prosecutors said.Prosecutors have the names of those accomplices, who will be squeezed to offer testimony against Epstein, likely revealing further evidence of his sex trafficking of minors. Epstein's lawyers wanted their client to be released on bail, secured by his $77 million New York City mansion and his private jet, so that he could await trial out of jail (and presumably skip the country if offered the chance):
Prosecutors said the payments were part of a pattern that stretched back to November 2018, when the Miami Herald started publishing its investigation of Epstein and his 2007 plea deal."
"...prosecutors said his international holdings and wealth mean he’s an extreme flight risk and that he has little to lose by leaving the home and plane behind in exchange for his freedom.Epstein's "business" ventures are the topic of an article in New York Magazine, which theorizes that he could have been running a massive blackmail operation as his source of wealth, obtaining cash from compromised multi-millionaires who had abused minor girls at parties in his New York mansion over the years.
Epstein is often referred to as a billionaire, but the extent of his wealth is murky. Prosecutors said records show he worth more than $500 million and earns $10 million a year."
The sooner he's put away for life the better.
