I assume Moore’s inappropriate comments were discovered while he was running. I remember when first hearing out this thinking it was rich for a party to be pointing a finger over a comment almost 40 years ago when they have mountains of their own scandals of a sexual nature under their belt. I’m not even going into successful culture changing efforts of the Left and their promotion of homosexuality and transgenderism, not just its acceptance. Excuse me more leaving out animals and select 60’s hippies and their child wives. Many on the Left seem to have very broad views on what is acceptable on human sexuality, but they seem to use any inappropriate comment as a sort of smokescreen in an attempt to cover their own escapades. Don’t get me wrong, voters should know details of someone’s past to be able to make informed decisions on those who may be representing them. All I ask for is the playing field to be consistently level for all citizens, including politicians and other prominent persons both in the media and in the courtrooms. In addition, the laws regarding age of consent should be uniform by necessity. The idea one can cross state lines or international borders to sex with a child legally is outrageous and encourages behavior that creates more victims. Abuse can have negative effects for a lifetime. A lot of substance abuse and depression is the immediate or delayed result of being molested as a child. It needs to be drilled in everyone’s head that sex with a child is not ok, at anytime, or in any location. It would be helpful if our cartoons, sitcoms, and news media were consistently supportive of this ideal, but somehow we know the 1st amendment would be brought up. We need to focus as a society on what’s most important. If it is not our children, then we will inevitably and painfully travel towards obscurity. Edit: Should have Moore withdrawn from the race? Probably. He was successful in marrying a prominent woman and raising a family. At that point, given no crimes were actually committed, could Moore be redeemable? Let the voters decide seems to be the best course. The Party could have also sponsored someone else.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein Jeffrey Epstein Read in another language Watch this page Edit Jeffrey Edward Epstein (born January 20, 1953) is an American financier, philanthropist, and registered sex offender.[1]Epstein began his career at the investment bank Bear Stearns, before forming his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. He lives in the United States Virgin Islands. Jeffrey Epstein Epstein's mugshot, 2006 Born Jeffrey Edward Epstein January 20, 1953(age 66) New York City, New York, U.S. Education Cooper Union New York University Occupation Financier Owner, Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation Criminal charge Sex offender Criminal penalty 13 months (2008) Criminal status Under arrest In 2008, Epstein was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in "custody with work release", which meant he was allowed to spend 16 hours a day outside of prison.[2] Epstein was arrested again on July 6, 2019, for sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York.[3][4] Contents Early life Epstein was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Coney Island. Epstein's father worked for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. After graduating from Lafayette High School in 1969,[5][6] he attended classes at Cooper Union and dropped out in 1971.[7] He later attended the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, but left without receiving a degree.[6] Jeffrey's younger brother Mark Epstein graduated from Cooper Union's School of Art in 1976 and has been involved in real estate as the owner of Ossa Properties.[8][9] Career Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975.[6] In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Stearns,[6] where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax strategies.[6] Proving successful in his financial career, Epstein became a limited partner at Bear Stearns in 1980.[6][8] In 1982, Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co., managing the assets of clients with more than US$1 billion in net worth. In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and, for tax advantages, based it on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.[6] In 2003, Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine. Other bidders were advertising executive Donny Deutsch, investor Nelson Peltz, media mogul and New York Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, and (then) film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investment banker, who paid $55 million.[10] In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine founded by Maer Roshan. Epstein and Zuckerman were equal partners in the venture. Roshan, as its editor-in-chief, retained a small ownership stake.[11] Criminal proceedings Initial developments (2005–06) In March 2005, a woman contacted Florida's Palm Beach Police Department and alleged that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Epstein's mansion by an older girl. There she was allegedly paid $300 to strip and massage Epstein.[12] She had allegedly undressed, but left the encounter wearing her underwear.[13] Police began an 11-month undercover investigation of Epstein, followed by a search of his home. The Federal Bureau of Investigation also became involved in the investigation.[14]Subsequently, the police alleged that Epstein had paid several escorts to perform sexual acts on him. Interviews with five alleged victims and 17 witnesses under oath, a high school transcript and other items found in Epstein's trash and home allegedly showed that some of the girls involved were under 18.[15] The police search of Epstein's home found large numbers of photos of girls throughout the house, some of whom the police had interviewed in the course of their investigation.[13] The International Business Times reported that papers filed in a 2006 lawsuit alleged that Epstein installed concealed cameras in numerous places on his property to record sexual activity with underage girls by prominent people for criminal purposes, such as blackmail.[16] Epstein allegedly "lent" girls to powerful people to ingratiate himself with them and also to gain possible blackmail information.[14] In 2015, evidence came to light that one of the powerful men at Epstein's mansion may have been Prince Andrew, Duke of York.[14] A former employee told the police that Epstein would receive massages three times a day.[13]Eventually the FBI received accounts from 36 girls whose allegations of molestation by Epstein included overlapping details.[14] The investigation resulted in a 53-page federal indictment. Alexander Acosta, then the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, agreed to a plea deal in which the government agreed to grant immunity from all federal criminal charges to Epstein, along with four co-conspirators and any unnamed “potential co-conspirators”. The deal halted the investigation and sealed the indictment. Epstein agreed to plead guilty to state prostitution charges, register as a sex offender, and pay restitution to three dozen victims identified by the FBI.[17] The Guardian said, "Despite this, the US government eventually agreed to allow Epstein to plead guilty to just one count of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl under Florida state law. ... Epstein agreed not to contest civil claims brought by the 40 women identified by the FBI, but escaped a prosecution that could have seen him jailed for the rest of his life."[14] In May 2006, Palm Beach police filed a probable cause affidavit saying that Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sex with minors and one molestation count.[13][18] His team of defense lawyers included Gerald Lefcourt, Alan Dershowitz, and later Ken Starr.[12] After the federal government agreed to charging Epstein on one count under state law, the prosecution convened a grand jury. Then chief of Palm Beach police Michael Reiter later wrote to State Attorney Barry Krischer to complain of the state's "highly unusual" conduct and asked him to remove himself from the case.[12] The grand jury returned a single charge of felony solicitation of prostitution,[19] to which Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 2006.[20] Conviction and sentencing (2008–11) In June 2008, after Epstein pleaded guilty to a single state charge of soliciting prostitution from girls as young as 14,[21] he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Instead of being sent to state prison like the majority of sex offenders convicted in Florida, Epstein was housed in a private wing of the Palm Beach County stockade. He was able to hire his own security detail and was allowed "work release" to his downtown office for up to 12 hours a day six days a week.[22] He served 13 months before being released for a year of probation. While on probation he was allowed numerous trips on his corporate jet to his homes in Manhattan and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[23] At release, he was registered in New York State as a level three (high risk of reoffense) sex offender, a lifelong designation.[24][25] Epstein has been a registered sex offender since 2008.[1] Reactions The immunity agreement and his lenient treatment were the subject of ongoing controversy. The Palm Beach police chief accused the state of giving him preferential treatment,[12] and the Miami Herald said U.S. Attorney Acosta gave Epstein "the deal of a lifetime".[17] After the accusations became public, several persons and institutions returned donations that they had received from Epstein, including Eliot Spitzer, Bill Richardson,[26] and the Palm Beach Police Department.[15] Harvard University announced it would not return any money.[26] Various charitable donations that Epstein had made to finance children's education were also questioned.[21] On June 18, 2010, Epstein's former house manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, was sentenced to 18 months' incarceration after being convicted on an obstruction charge for failing to turn over to police, and subsequently trying to sell, a journal in which he had recorded Epstein's activities. FBI Special Agent Christina Pryor reviewed the material and agreed it was information "that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the case, including names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims".[27][28] Lawsuits The case was scheduled to be examined in court in December 2018 as part of a state civil lawsuit by attorney Bradley Edwards against Epstein. The trial was expected to provide victims with their first opportunity to make their accusations publicly. However, the case was settled on the first day of the trial, with Epstein apologizing to Edwards; other terms of the settlement were confidential.[29] An additional long-running lawsuit is pending in federal court, aimed at vacating the federal plea agreement on the grounds that it violated victims' rights.[29] On April 7, 2015, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that the allegations made by alleged victim Virginia Roberts against Prince Andrew had no bearing on the lawsuit by alleged victims seeking to reopen Epstein's non-prosecution plea agreement with the federal government; the judge ordered that allegation to be struck from the record.[30]Judge Marra made no ruling as to whether claims by Roberts are true or false. There was an effort to add Roberts and another woman as plaintiffs to that case.[31] Marra specifically said that Roberts may later give evidence when the case comes to court.[32] Other civil lawsuits On February 6, 2008, an anonymous Virginia woman filed a $50 million civil lawsuit[33] in federal court against Epstein, alleging that when she was a 16-year-old minor in 2004–2005, she was "recruited to give Epstein a massage". She claims she was taken to his mansion, where he exposed himself and had sexual intercourse with her, and paid her $200 immediately afterward.[19] A similar $50 million suit was filed in March 2008 by a different woman, who was represented by the same lawyer.[34] These and several similar lawsuits were dismissed.[35] All other lawsuits have been settled by Epstein out of court.[36] Epstein has made many out-of-court settlements with alleged victims and, as of January 2015, some cases remain open.[35] A December 30, 2014 federal civil suit was filed in Florida against the United States for violations of the Crime Victims' Rights Act by the Department of Justice's agreement to Epstein's limited 2008 plea; the suit also accuses Alan Dershowitz of sexually abusing a minor provided by Epstein.[37] (See Two Jane Does v. United States.) The allegations against Dershowitz were stricken by the judge and eliminated from the case because he said they were outside the intent of the suit to re-open the plea agreement.[30][38] A document filed in court alleges that Epstein ran a "sexual abuse ring", and lent underage girls to "prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders".[39] A federal lawsuit filed in California in April 2016 against Epstein and Donald Trump by a California woman alleged the men sexually assaulted her at a series of parties at Epstein's Manhattan home in 1994, when she was 13 years of age. The suit was dismissed by a federal judge in May 2016 because it didn't raise valid claims under federal law. The woman filed another federal suit in New York in June 2016, but it was withdrawn three months later, apparently without being served on the defendants. A third federal suit was filed in New York in September 2016. The two latter suits included affidavits by an anonymous witness who attested to the accusations in the suits, and an anonymous person who declared the plaintiff had told him/her about the assaults at the time they occurred. The plaintiff, who had filed anonymously as Jane Doe, was scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles press conference six days before the 2016 election, but abruptly canceled the event; her lawyer Lisa Bloom asserted the woman had received threats. The suit was dropped on November 4, 2016.It was later learned that Hillary Clinton donors gave $500,000 to Lisa Bloom to fund women who would accuse Trump. They were unsucessful. Trump attorney Alan Garten flatly denied the allegations, while Epstein declined to comment.[40][41][42][43][44] In January 2015, a 31-year-old American woman, Virginia Roberts, who is later known as Virginia Giuffre,[45] alleged in a sworn affidavit that at the age of 17, she had been held as a sex slave by Epstein. She further alleged that he had trafficked her to several people, including Prince Andrew and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz. Roberts also claimed that Epstein and others had physically and sexually abused her.[46] Roberts alleged that the FBI may have been involved in a cover-up.[47] She said she had served as Epstein's sex slave from 1999 to 2002 and had recruited other under-age girls.[48] Prince Andrew, Epstein, and Dershowitz all denied having had sex with Roberts. Dershowitz took legal action over the allegations.[49][50][51] A diary purported to belong to Roberts was published online.[52][53] Epstein entered an out-of-court settlement with Roberts, as he has done in several other lawsuits.[14] The BBC television series Panorama planned an investigation of the scandal.[54] As of 2016 these claims had not been tested in any court of law.[55] Appeals in 2019 On February 21, 2019, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Kenneth Marra said federal prosecutors violated the law by failing to notify victims before they allowed him to plead guilty to only the Florida offense. The judge left open what the possible remedy could be.[56] On March 11, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit gave parties one week to provide good cause as to why the summary judgement and case documents should remain under seal, without which they would be unsealed on March 19, 2019.[57][58] Trafficking charges US v. Jeffrey Epstein indictment[59] On July 6, 2019, Epstein was arrested once more on sex trafficking charges. Court documents allege that at least 40 underage girls were brought into Epstein's mansion for sexual encounters. As of July 6, 2019, prosecutors with the Public Corruption Unit of the Southern District of New York plan to charge him with sex trafficking and conspiracy to traffic minors for sex.[3][4][60]Epstein was arrested at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. According to witnesses and sources, about a dozen FBI agents broke down the door to Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse with search warrants.[61] Judge Kenneth Marra is currently deciding whether the non-prosecution agreement that protected Epstein from the more serious charges should still stand.[62] Epstein owned a private Boeing 727 jet and traveled in it frequently, logging "600 flying hours a year (...) usually with guests on board".[63] Epstein's plane has been nicknamed the "LolitaExpress" by media due to his conviction and the accusations of sexual involvement with underage girls made against him.[6][64][65][66] Personal life Previous longterm girlfriends associated with Epstein are publishing heir Ghislaine Maxwell, theatrical producer Paula Heil Fisher, and a former Miss Sweden Eva Andersson Dubin.[8] Maxwell was implicated by several of Epstein's accusers as serving as a 'madam' to recruit underage girls in addition to once being Epstein's girlfriend. Other close associates of Epstein are pilot Nadia Marcinkova and Sarah Kellen (Vickers), wife of NASCAR driver Brian Vickers.[67] Epstein was a longtime acquaintance of Prince Andrew and Tom Barrack,[68] and has attended parties with numerous celebrities, such as Donald Trump,[69] Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulos, and Woody Allen.[70] In September 2002, Epstein flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private jet. According to flight records, Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's plane 26 times. He flew without Secret Sevice at lest 5 times.[64] In a flattering profile of Epstein in New Yorker Magazine in 2002, Democratic Senate leader George Mitchell said of Epstein "I would certainly call him a friend and a supporter.” Donald Trump remarked "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side." At the time Epstein was on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation and Trilateral Commission with such notables as Henry Kissinger and Larry Summers. He was also a major donor to Harvard University.[71] Residences Epstein's New York home is reputedly the largest private residence in Manhattan;[14] it previously housed the Birch Wathen Lenox School. The 50,000-square-foot (4,600-square-meter), nine-story mansion is just off Fifth Avenue and overlooks the Frick Collection. The financier's other properties include a villa in Palm Beach, Florida; an apartment in Paris; a 10,000-acre (40 km2) ranch with a hilltop mansion in Stanley, New Mexico;[72][12] and a private island near Saint Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands called Little Saint James, which includes a mansion and guest houses. Science philanthropy In 2000, Epstein established the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which funds science research and education. 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Brown, Julie K. (November 28, 2018). "Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break". Miami Herald. Brown, Julie K. (November 28, 2018). "Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark". Miami Herald. Brown, Julie K.; Albright, Aaron (November 28, 2018). "He was over 50. They were little girls. Their stories were almost identical. The evidence was substantial". Miami Herald. Brown, Julie K. (November 28, 2018). "For years, Jeffrey Epstein abused teen girls, police say. A timeline of his case". Miami Herald. Brown, Julie K. (November 28, 2018). "How the Miami Herald investigated Jeffrey Epstein—and his many enablers". Miami Herald. Edelman, Susan; Vincent, Isabel (December 1, 2018). "Manhattan DA sided with pedophile billionaire after botching investigation". New York Post. Coaston, Jane; North, Anna (December 4, 2018). "Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who is friends with Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, explained". Vox.
Here is an example, right here, of someone on the Southern District's legal team who would be motivated to find stuff on Trump: YA THINK MAYBE ???? CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIITE UP. James Comey’s daughter named to Jeffrey Epstein prosecution team https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/comeys-daughter-named-to-epstein-prosecution-team
Epstein Claims Immunity; Prosecutors Say "Extremely Concerning" Images Seized https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero)
Some color from the victim's side. See underlined links for a deeper look. https://www.rutherford.org/publicat...h_children_has_become_big_business_in_america
And this is not a conflict of interest or the appearance of one? Isn’t James Comey under investigation? It is likely there are many prominent people on both sides caught up in this, just like the DC prostitution scandal where two prostitutes “hung” themselves before they were to testify. The prostitutes said they were going to name many prominent politicians. Apparently the court has a list with these names, but the court will not release it to the public. Until politicians are held accountable for their crimes, they will continue to infest the DC Swamp and may cause voters to seek alternatives in fringe candidates such as AOC. The criminal political establishment needs to go. Now. It is interesting billionaires seem to be dropping like flys either through scandal or death. I wonder if the socialists are behind this? If so, it would be a testament to their deep thinking and capabilities. Billionaire Donald T. Sterling was accused of racism via a voice recording of him by his girlfriend and was forced to sell his basketball team, the LA Clippers. Billionaire Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots got caught in a prostitution sting. Billionaire Donald Trump is facing heat over Stormy Daniels. Billionaire Chris Cline, major Trump political donor, dies in a helicopter crash. Although this probably is just an accident. Jeffry Epstein, billionaire, faces new criminal charges over sex trafficking of minors. Harvey Weinstein, political donor to Obama, gets honorable mention in spite of his his paltry 1/4 billion net worth for the 80 woman who came forward. Tough spot for Democrats on this and their stated position of “Being the defenders of woman’s rights”. No matter what arguments they try to make in am attempt to spin this one, it falls pathetically flat, like their justification for going after Kavanaugh with their obvious false accuser or their continued support of Smollett’s fake hate crime report. Or maybe the war between political parties escalated to now include regular billionaire casualties. Michael Jackson faced plenty of heat from Conservatives and Prince did a Moore or Trump In 1990, when he saw 16-year-old dancer Mayte García standing outside of his tour bus, and he said to Rosie Gaines, "There's my future wife." Let’s put the point right between the eyes of the “Privileged”: Underaged girls are off limits. Period.
This is not just about Donald Trump. This is about Democrats attempting to protecting their own by using a corrupt prosecutor who is biologically related to disgraced James Comey, who will fumble charges against Democratic politicians and donors while concentrating her resources on Republicans politicians and their donors. What ever happened to the term “Special Council”, where both parties agree on a prosecutor? The American people should not have to tolerate another conflict of interest like we saw in the Mueller Investigation.