Jeffrey Epstein | With much influence and money, much is forgiven

The WSJ has the receipts and it shows how Epstein maintained his influence even after pleading guilty to felony prostitution and registering as a sex offender in 2008.

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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently connected new names to Epstein over three articles (here, here & here). The WSJ's latest trove of “thousands of pages of emails and schedules” obtained demonstrates what can be “forgiven” if you have enough money and influence.

The WSJ obtained emails and calendars coordinating meetings and travel from 2013 to 2017, which followed his very public plea deal, where he was charged with felony prostitution and required to register as a sex offender.

The sweetheart plea deal resulted from an arrest and indictment on four counts of unlawful sex with minors (one as young as 14), one count of sexual abuse, procuring a minor for prostitution, and soliciting a prostitute in Palm Beach in 2006.

The FBI ultimately took the case over and began its own investigation nicknamed "Operation Leap Year," resulting in a 53-page indictment in June 2007.

However, due to the feds claiming Epstein "belonged to intelligence," which would lead one to think he was possibly an informant, Epstein was given a sweetheart deal where he pleaded guilty in Florida state court to two felony prostitution charges, served 18 months in prison (which after serving 3.5 months became a joke of a work release program), register as a sex offender, and pay restitution to three dozen victims identified by the FBI.

Epstein served almost 13 months before being released on July 22, 2009, on probation served while on house arrest until August 2010. House arrest included flying on his private jet and going shopping.

He did have to register as a "level three" (high risk of repeat offense) sex offender, which is a lifelong designation. A designation people of influence like CIA Director William Burns, Linkedin Co-founder Reid Hoffman, director Woody Allen, and others had no issues with.

Although, unsurprisingly, Woody Allen gave Epstein a pass, I digress.

That is not all. The timing of meetings and trips with well know philosopher and academic Noam Chomsky and Former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak's coincided with the same period Epstein was publicly accused of sex trafficking by Virginia Giuffre in 2015.

This trove of emails and calendars further demonstrates Epsteins connections and influence. Still, the WSJ points out that it could not verify that every meeting or trip occurred. If you are wondering if any of these names appear in Epstein’s little black book or flight manifests, the answer is no. I checked.