So what’s happening with the epstein files?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/17/us/epstein-files-names-fired-resigned-fallout.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.Ah9b.tGNAMQRE3NAT&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The police didn’t do anything about Jimmy Savile even though they knew what he was doing. Epstein was similar to him.

There are, and always have been a lot of different people covering up for each other.

Some of the photographs and videos in the files are horrific. I would prefer not to think the worst if I could choose but there is too much evidence for it to be anything other than the worst.

How do you know it's true? Seems odd that you know it's true but the police don't have enough evidence to charge anyone.

Nope. It's not illegal to pay for sex and it's not illegal to be paid for sex.

1...the old narrative was that Epstein had a large "client" list, people (all men?) who also sexually abused young females. I've read a lot about how the victims have a long list of specific named men who abused them but they are too afraid to name (no idea if a single word of that sentence is true). The FBI has repeatedly over many years said that there is no evidence to support narrative 1.

2.... the new narrative is that Epstein had "enablers" : people who knew or should have known about his crimes, and didn't challenge/try to stop him. Again, long list of named individuals the victims say they are too afraid to name. All you need to do to be called an enabler is have had a friendly relationship with JE, especially if you're also a wealthy male.

3... As part of the narrative 2, people are being persecuted for being friends with JE before and after he became a convicted criminal. A lot of the potential names in this group are basically now in public domain, because of the big document releases.

4... n UK, people are being investigated for actually passing unauthorised govt. information to Epstein.

Many people are still convinced narrative 1. is true, OP too, I guess.

I wonder if mafioso typos orchestrated JE's apparent suicide. If they were powerful enough to do that, what other awful crimes have they covered up? Revelations about how JE got so rich and if organised crime had a part in his death, those things would be actual news.

There are states in the US that run brothels. It’s not illegal to pay for sex. In the UK it’s illegal to live off immoral earnings (pimp) and it’s illegal to solicit for sex.

They do it because they can. That's it. They believe their money and connections give them licence to do whatsoever they choose with no consequences. And so it proves.

Some of it is true. I used to wish it was fake news.

Rich, powerful men abuse women and children.

Nothing ever changes, and nothing will be done.

Because the rich powerful men are the rich and powerful ones who could do something

They might make a few sacrifices to satisfy the mob.

But otherwise, everything will just roll on.

I’ve said this before but it seems that David Icke was right about some of these things. Namely that there are influential people who kill innocent others as a sacrifice so that they have a prosperous year. Hoi polloi is encouraged to be secular so that this stuff seems far fetched. Even if it’s nonsensical (which it is) that is what they believe. Someone was saying on another thread that Icke is a holocaust denier so he must be wrong about everything but sadly it doesn’t work like that.

I have a family friend who was semi-famous and she partied with P Diddy once. She always said the illuminati rumours were real and I tried to push it to the back of my mind.

As for what we can do about it. I just don’t know.

There's a lot of fake news circulating on social media apparently. I've heard several references here to the idea that they abused or murdered babies and children but I haven't read anything to suggest that that's actually true? Not saying that trafficking, grooming and paying for sex isn't bad enough.

I’m very upset by it all. I used to hope this stuff was conspiracy but some of the things in those files are truly sickening and JE’s vile behaviour was the tip of an ice berg.

What? I thought it was illegal in the UK...

Nothing will happen. Zilch. Nada. The abuse will continue elsewhere. Powerful men will always come out on top.

Three randoms from 3 news sources today found in about 5 minutes. There’s several of these every day, plus of course the on-going protests from the US politicians.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx47k34yqxo

Guardian: Six Sarah Ferguson-linked companies to close after Epstein revelations

NYT: Tom Pritzker, Citing Epstein Connection, Steps Down as Hyatt’s Executive Chairman

I understand it’s galling that only Brits seem to be suffering any real consequences as yet, but it’s a bit daft to say that nothing is happening.

Interesting! Hadn't realised that. It's not illegal in the UK, I just assumed it wasn't in the US too.

It is absolutely illegal to pay for sex in the US.

I don’t see any action, protest, nothing

Really? Do you read newspapers?

The rich and powerful have always ruled as elites. It has always been this way. Only in relatively recent history have we thought that civilisation and democracy in first world countries means something. It doesn’t. The elite are going to get away with whatever they like until the whole system is broken down, which won’t be as too many people fear disruption to their lives on the scale it needs to happen.