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It was never the majority of the federal government knowing about it and gaslighting the public.
Didn't have to be, though, now did it?
Just the ones in the right place at the right time. You don't need to have an entire organization on board to control and minimize the risks. That is why, for example, Epstein targeted as many politicians as he has. He wasn't catering to their every whim because it was profitable, it was protection.
Not just politicians, either. Leaders in agencies, the people in the right places at the right time. So that when it finally came to it, he got that sweetheart deal where he basically just used Club Fed as a hotel. And you'll notice that Maxwell is getting the same treatment?
And yet now they do anyway, which is a difference, which is my point.
Didn't that guy end up dead in prison?
only after public pressure got his sentencing to be reviewed and he proved to be a liability, yes.
Before that happened, though, he was quietly given a plea deal that basically saw him leaving Club Fed for work while basically just sleeping there. for a child predator as vile as he was... well. it was far from uncomfortable. he plead out to a relatively minor crime in exchange for immunity form prosecution for federal crimes, as well.
once it entered widestream public consciousness, that definitely changed and people like, uh, trump, needed him dead.