IN WASHINGTON DC – Americans awoke on Thursday to learn the stunning news about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
An ocean away, a country without a written constitution had begun the process of holding the wealthy and powerful to account for their alleged actions. But here in America, top Trump officials made it clear this week that accountability might never even be ignited by a White House that is riding roughshod over the checks and balances that are enshrined in black and white in the much-vaunted US constitution.
As the King issued a statement saying “the law must take its course”, Virginia Guiffre’s family was describing Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest as a “first step towards accountability”, and America’s breakfast TV shows were relaying the latest fast-moving developments to their viewers.
Simultaneously, in the White House, President Donald Trump was preparing for a busy day convening a meeting of his Board of Peace, and travelling to Georgia to promote his stewardship of the economy with local business leaders. He has absolutely no need to wonder when the American cousins of Inspector Knacker might start rolling into the White House driveway in unmarked cars.
To be sure, some significant figures in America have already taken a modest fall over their damaging communications with Epstein revealed by the Department of Justice’s release of three million documents this month.
Andrew and Trump in 2019 in London during the US President’s three-day state visit to the UK (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Former Obama-era White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler has lost her multi-million dollar perch at investment bank Goldman Sachs. Brad Karp resigned as chairman of powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss. David Ross, art museum and curator, parted company with The School of Visual Arts in New York. The hotel magnate Thomas Pritzker stepped down as executive chairman of Hyatt. Even Deepak Chopra (“Epstein’s favourite guru”) has found himself ensnared in the net and is battling to limit reputational damage to his upscale self-help brand. There is no suggestion that appearing in the files implies any criminal wrongdoing.
But none of those Americans find themselves in the spotlight of any criminal investigations relating to their conduct. Neither does Trump, nor any figures in his inner circle.
Trump with his now wife Melania, Jeffrey Epstein and his madam, the now-convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida in 1997 (Photo: Davidoff Studios/Getty).Democrats and dissident Republicans like Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky allege that a full-scale cover-up is under way, as the Department of Justice refuses to release an additional three million documents that remain hidden from the American public. The Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Deputy, Todd Blanche (who just happens to be Trump’s former personal lawyer), argue the documents must be withheld to protect victims of Epstein’s crimes, and the sanctity of ongoing investigations.
But on Wednesday, Trump’s own FBI Director Kash Patel inadvertently revealed the extent to which the traditional – but not constitutionally guaranteed – independence of the Department of Justice and its various investigative arms have been incinerated by Trump.
Appearing on a podcast hosted by Dan Bongino (who just happens to be Patel’s former deputy at the Bureau), the FBI Director proudly described Trump as the key decision-maker in leading the activities of the FBI, the CIA and other law enforcement agencies on a daily basis. “What the President doesn’t get enough credit for is that he’s the one who directs the intelligence in the daily briefing, to set the priorities for this FBI to act,” he proclaimed.
Fully understanding that Trump’s Department of Justice is completely in thrall to the President and will not be authorising any investigation of his conduct, top Democrats are urging the American media to look into unproven allegations contained within the Epstein files.
Police officers guard the entrance to the Royal estate in Sandringham on Thursday after Andrew’s arrest (Pic: AP)Referring to a series of tips provided by the public – many of them second-hand and some without any contact information for investigators to pursue – Congressman Ted Lieu of California suggested this month that the job must fall to the Fourth Estate to do some digging.
“Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times”, he told reporters on Capitol Hill. He described allegations in the files as “highly disturbing” and added: So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
In a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, Lieu cited an unclassified FBI document containing claims from an anonymous man who alleged that, while working as a driver in 1995, he overheard Trump phoning someone called “Jeffrey,” and discussed “abusing some girl”. The document said the man later met a young girl, who alleged she was raped by Trump and Epstein. The man claimed that authorities later found the girl dead with her head “blown off”.
The veracity of these claims is unclear and Trump has not been accused of any criminal behaviour related to minors or Epstein. Trump denies all accusations of impropriety, claiming that his friendship with the sex-trafficking financier ended in the mid-2000s, and that “I was not a fan of his”.
So confident is Trump of his own position, that he claimed the Epstein files “not only…absolve me, but it’s the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left”. But the process of absolution, in its theological context, requires both contrition and confession by penitents.
There is no indication that Trump will ever permit circumstances that place him in that position. Unless and until Democrats get their hands on the levers and instruments of American power, he does not need to fear the Epstein walls closing in.
Hence then, the article about the epstein net is closing in on everyone but trump was published today ( ) and is available on inews ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( The Epstein net is closing in on everyone but Trump )
Also on site :
- ‘Tournament of Champions’ Season 7 Bracket Revealed: Here Are the Official Matchups
- Gary Borman, Keith Urban’s Longtime Manager, Announces Retirement & Closure of Borman Entertainment After 50 Years
- Person injured in apartment fire in Irvine