US Shamed by Trump's Epstein Protection as Europe Takes Swift Action
In yet another shameful blow to the US under Donald Trump's leadership, France 24 reports the Epstein fallout is "confined to Europe" while prominent figures in the US are "largely immune."
“There’s a real disconnect between what is going on in Europe and the lack of consequences that these rich and powerful people are seeing in the United States.”
In yet another shameful blow to the US under Donald Trump’s leadership, France 24 reports the Epstein fallout is “confined to Europe” while prominent figures in the US are “largely immune.”
Speaking with France 24, human rights lawyer Reid Brody suggested Ghislaine Maxwell likely made a deal with Donald Trump’s former lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, evidenced by her transfer to a more comfortable prison. He highlighted the outrage in the U.S. over redacted names in Epstein-related documents and the lack of consequences for powerful individuals compared to Europe.
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“We see tech billionaires, finance titans, real estate moguls, politicians all emailing Epstein, asking to go to his island well after he was convicted of pedophilia. And you know, these are the people running the country. I mean, we’re talking about cabinet secretaries, Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Bill Gates,” Brody said.
“You asked about the outrage in the US, and there is a lot of outrage. But you know what is, what is really interesting contrast here has been, how, how the fallout has been so different on both sides of the Atlantic.”
“You know, in Europe, senior figures have been, have resigned, been forced out. Peter Mandelson resigning from the Lords and Jack Lang in France, stepping down from the Arab World Institute, senior diplomats in Norway and Slovakia. I mean, you were just reporting on Keir Starmer being on the ropes. He didn’t even know Epstein,” Brody continued.
“But in the United States, there have been very few consequences for the prominent officials have surfaced,” the human rights lawyer pointed out. “Let’s take US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, he said publicly on a podcast a couple of years ago that after visiting Epstein’s house, when he saw a massage table in the house, and Epstein put his face close to Lutnick’s face and said, ‘I could get the right kind of massages.’ Lutnick said, ‘I am never going to this man’s house again.’ He said this publicly. He said ‘I decided I would never see this man again.’ Now we know that Lutnick accepted an invitation to visit Epstein’s private island. He was apparently engaged in business ventures with him.”
“So there’s a real disconnect between what is going on in Europe and the lack of consequences that these rich and powerful people are seeing in the United States.”
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Europe has already seen resignations and forced removals of senior figures named in the files (e.g., ministers, diplomats). European governments and institutions have moved to investigate and publicly censure implicated officials, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said to be in trouble over Epstein when he never even met him.
