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> Is there a legitimate reason so few people have been charged in the case of Epstein? Given the probably reluctance of most victims to come forward, active concealment by (apparently) multiple large banks (Deutsche Bank was sued and settled with New York, and now JP Morgan by USVI), investigators getting proof beyond a reasonable doubt even if there aren’t powerful people with law enforcement connections with an int…
Why are we pussy footing around this? This affair has all the hallmarks of a state level blackmail operation run by CIA and Mossad. ("law enforcement" is a rather amusing label for spook agencies.)
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It's a bit weird to refer to the attorney general of the USVI as "the government", that's something you'd generally associate with the federal government. Not only that, said AG was apparently fired by the USVI government for bringing this suit, probably because the premise is fairly ridiculous https://viconsortium.com/vi-government/virgin-islands-attorn...
> It's a bit weird to refer to the attorney general of the USVI as "the government", that's something you'd generally associate with the federal government. People have different experiences, of course, but I'm confident that it's commonplace - and correct - to refer to any such party as "the government". Ask an attorney.
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> It's a bit weird to refer to the attorney general of the USVI as "the government", that's something you'd generally associate with the federal government. People have different experiences, of course, but I'm confident that it's commonplace - and correct - to refer to any such party as "the government". Ask an attorney.
It is rather unusual to refer to USVI as just "the government" if you're anywhere outside of the USVI.
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And lawyers get a sizable commission on whatever damages are awarded. Litigating against deep-pocketed parties is an industry.
The attorney general does not work on commission.
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It is rather unusual to refer to USVI as just "the government" if you're anywhere outside of the USVI.
Hmm ... in any state or locality, the same terminology is used. And how often does anyone anywhere refer to the USVI attorney general? I doubt it's common enough for there to be a norm.
Within the locality maybe, and not necessarily even then. State AGs bring suits all the time, how many news articles can you find referring to those suits as the government suing someone? I think none.
These are typical examples
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-eric-trump-dodg...
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/environment...
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/11/01/ag-fergu...
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-business/ellison-sues-t...
Sometimes you might refer to "the state" (Which USVI isn't, so that doesn't make sense), but generally you will speak of the AG by either their name or "New York AG".
> And how often does anyone anywhere refer to the USVI attorney general?
If you search news.google.com for "epstein jp morgan", you will find that they generally do so every time. Even local USVI news don't speak of "the government".
Besides, this is USVI litigating in federal court. In that context USVI obviously can not be "the government", even if they might be in USVI courts.
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The attorney general does not work on commission.
Is it confirmed that she's not hiring any law firms to assist in the litigation?
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There's literally a black book with names in it, as well as flight records. There is plenty of evidence here to get started on a charge without the banks or victims cooperating.
Epstein was not some cartoon super-villain whose every endeavor was directly in furtherance of his sex trafficking operation. Real world major bad guys almost never actually work like that. They almost almost always have major legitimate (or legitimate appearing) businesses and activities they spend considerable effort on too. Epstein had a bunch of stuff going on in the finance world and was a philanthropist. His bl…
I do think it's clear he didn't have any really legitimate businesses. Even in the best case he was donating money to largely unproductive research and pop science in order to flatter himself, and the "conferences" are well attested to not be particularly intellectually rigorous.
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Espionage, like all significant industries, relies heavily on one’s personal contacts. In the spy game, reputation and trust are much harder to build, given the necessary lack of transparency on all sides. For this reason, espionage has often been something of a family business — the children meet the contacts of the parent, and thereby essentially inherit the store.
But can the doughter be a good spy if it's well known her father was a spy and most likely she is a spy as well? I mean her cover is blown.
You should instead be thinking: She's purveying wildly illegal services for rich and high-profile people, and her father worked for an intelligence agency. In the unlikely event the IC wasn't involved in the beginning, why would they not approach her post-hoc?
You don't need "cover" to be a good spy. You just need information and contacts. Cover is a tool to get those, because most people aren't as dumb as Bill Gates.