Why wasn't Epstein put away for a lot longer? He only got 18 months.

[frigidweirdo]

not personally but I am sure he had a hand in it

The 2019 Arrest​

• Who Did It: The arrest was carried out by the FBI and federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY).
  
  
  
  
• The Charges: He was charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
  
  
  
  
• The Context: This was a new federal case that successfully argued it was not bound by the controversial 2008 "non-prosecution agreement" Epstein had previously reached in Florida.
  
  

Trump’s Connection & Response​

• The Acosta Resignation: Following the arrest, Trump’s Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, came under heavy fire because he was the U.S. Attorney who had overseen Epstein's lenient 2008 plea deal. Amid the backlash, Acosta resigned from the Trump administration in July 2019.
  
  
  
  
• Public Comments: After the arrest, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, "I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you," and stated they had not spoken in 15 years.
  
  
  
  
• Past Ties: Despite the distance Trump kept in 2019, the two were well-known social acquaintances in the 1990s and early 2000s in Palm Beach and New York. Trump famously told New York Magazine in 2002 that Epstein was a "terrific guy" who liked "beautiful women... on the younger side."
  
  
  

Recent Developments (2025–2026)​

Since returning to office for his second term, the "Epstein Files" have become a major political flashpoint:

• In late 2025, Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Trump signed into law.
  
  
  
  
• This has led to the release of over 3 million documents in early 2026, though the rollout has been criticized by some for being "late and in dribs and drabs."
  
  
  
  
• Current Attorney General Pam Bondi (who replaced Merrick Garland) has faced pressure over the handling of these files, specifically regarding whether a definitive "client list" actually exists.

Digest this all you like, all speculation

You're sure? As in, you have no freaking clue, but you decided that as everything good that happens is obviously Trump and anything bad that happens is obviously someone else, well, according to this "logic"....

So, it was carried out by the FBI.

And Acosta resigned.... because he had given the easy plea and gave Epstein an easy ride the first time around. And somehow you feel that therefore as one of Trump's would get heavily criticized, it must have been Trump who arrested Epstein, when logic suggests the exact opposite.

Trump instead of saying "I got him arrested" merely distanced himself from Epstein. Didn't accuse him of anything, didn't say anything bad. I mean, this is Trump who insults EVERYONE and he didn't insult Epstein and you think Trump had him arrested?

Well, all speculation, you've provided NOTHING that even suggests Trump even knew it was happening. And what you have provided would suggest Trump didn't want the arrest to happen.

 

[leftwinger]

You're sure? As in, you have no freaking clue, but you decided that as everything good that happens is obviously Trump and anything bad that happens is obviously someone else, well, according to this "logic"....

So, it was carried out by the FBI.

And Acosta resigned.... because he had given the easy plea and gave Epstein an easy ride the first time around. And somehow you feel that therefore as one of Trump's would get heavily criticized, it must have been Trump who arrested Epstein, when logic suggests the exact opposite.

Trump instead of saying "I got him arrested" merely distanced himself from Epstein. Didn't accuse him of anything, didn't say anything bad. I mean, this is Trump who insults EVERYONE and he didn't insult Epstein and you think Trump had him arrested?

Well, all speculation, you've provided NOTHING that even suggests Trump even knew it was happening. And what you have provided would suggest Trump didn't want the arrest to happen.

Sick. Youre really sick and grasping at straws. You should be institutionalized.

 

[leftwinger]

EPSTEIN FILES: Maine Gov Janet Mills Accused of Child Abuse Cover-up, Cocaine Trafficking in Newly Released SDNY Documents

 

[toobfreak]

Trump instead of saying "I got him arrested" merely distanced himself from Epstein. Didn't accuse him of anything, didn't say anything bad. I mean, this is Trump who insults EVERYONE and he didn't insult Epstein and you think Trump had him arrested?

You mean the Trump who released millions of pages of Epstein files to Joe Biden's ZERO? Meanwhile, Joe had the files for four years and never once said anything bad about Epstein.

He was probably too busy defending Hunter from sex crime and gun violations.

 

[Correll]

They don't care if Clinton, Schumer, Jeffries and many other prominent dumocraps were pals with Epstein and had sex with children on his island and elsewhere. This is not about them, it's only about Trump. And it's only about Trump so they can get the conversation far away from how absolutely friggin' corrupt the party has become.

That is clearly true.

So far the money shot for them, seems to be that Trump and a twenty year old woman, were on a plane at the same time.

LOL.

 

[egp320i]

You're sure? As in, you have no freaking clue, but you decided that as everything good that happens is obviously Trump and anything bad that happens is obviously someone else, well, according to this "logic"....

So, it was carried out by the FBI.

And Acosta resigned.... because he had given the easy plea and gave Epstein an easy ride the first time around. And somehow you feel that therefore as one of Trump's would get heavily criticized, it must have been Trump who arrested Epstein, when logic suggests the exact opposite.

Trump instead of saying "I got him arrested" merely distanced himself from Epstein. Didn't accuse him of anything, didn't say anything bad. I mean, this is Trump who insults EVERYONE and he didn't insult Epstein and you think Trump had him arrested?

Well, all speculation, you've provided NOTHING that even suggests Trump even knew it was happening. And what you have provided would suggest Trump didn't want the arrest to happen.

1st part, nobody was touching epstein until trump got into office the 1st time

do the math ......he did not like the guy and he clearly put it motion.....duh

 

[Dorian Mode]

That is clearly true.

So far the money shot for them, seems to be that Trump and a twenty year old woman, were on a plane at the same time.

LOL.

It's an impeachable offense to most dumocraps. Now that the dumocraps have opened this door to scrutinize the sex lives of GOP politicians it is only a matter of time before the door opens to scrutinize the dumocraps. Now you know Schumer is a freak, and so is Newscum. And you know most of the left have some serious issues with sexuality and you can bet they cover just about everything from necrophilia to many more unspeakable sexual habits. They will eventually wish that this door remained closed, as even now it is is ensnaring mostly dumocraps.

 

[Dorian Mode]

1st part, nobody was touching epstein until trump got into office the 1st time

do the math ......he did not like the guy and he clearly put it motion.....duh

Yeah, but they don't have anything better going on in the dumocrap party to bolster the dying party. This Hail Mary pass was their best shot. Pretty sad, actually.

 

[egp320i]

Oh, Trump had him arrested did he? Any evidence of this? Because I can't find any.

Yes, other people in positions of power. Like the FBI who arrested him.

Your attitude that the rich go around doing bad things, and we should just ******* LET THEM is just sick.

No, this time the rich are having people coming for them, because they're fed up.

You're a "realist" who encourages kiddy fiddling. Wow.

your words, don't twist mine

there is no evidence, it's not on record trump personally had him arrested

based on just detective proof trump gets into office, has the power......he's arrested
what glorious timing

my attitude that rich get away with stuff and we should let them, apparently you don't
understand reality, we can't stop it, why does this fester with you so bad?

who is we and who said we should just let them? I did not say that

oh so the rich are shaking in their 1000 boots because you are fed up.......yeah right

You are a sick **** if you think I ever encouraged kiddy fiddling......I certainly did not

you do know people in hollywood like decaprio LOVE young girls

he's 50 but needs at 24 year old

well when he was 40 a 14 year old girl at the island was perfect for him

call out that ****** to be arrested.....aww shit, he's a hollywood star, can't have that, right?

 

[frigidweirdo]

1st part, nobody was touching epstein until trump got into office the 1st time

do the math ......he did not like the guy and he clearly put it motion.....duh

You are hilarious.

The math? 1 + 1 = ******* hell

 

[EvilCat Breath]

You know why. He was protected by powerful people.

Hell! Dennis Hastert a serial pedo was sentenced for only 15 months when he should have gotten a life sentence, as Epstein should have gotten.

In Hastert’s case, how does he become Speaker? He was a back bencher of little consequence and absolutely no presence. Suddenly he’s Speaker of the House. Was he being blackmailed and controlled by hidden forces?

Dennis Hastert wasn't a pedo at all. This is a case of you building your own case and wondering why there was no prosecution. Hastert was a blackmail victim and they phonied up a case.

 

[gipper]

Dennis Hastert wasn't a pedo at all. This is a case of you building your own case and wondering why there was no prosecution. Hastert was a blackmail victim and they phonied up a case.

Proof?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Proof?

He was never prosecuted as a pedophile.

 

[gipper]

He was never prosecuted as a pedophile.

Proof?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Proof?

Proof of something not happening. You must be a democrat.

 

[georgephillip]

That is clearly true.

So far the money shot for them, seems to be that Trump and a twenty year old woman, were on a plane at the same time.

LOL.

Another money shot linking Trump and Epstein:

First Draft: Jared Kushner... Redacted?

"Take Donald Trump. If you or I search his name in the library of redacted files released to the public on the DOJ website, his name appears almost 5,000 times.

"But this week, when Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, searched for the president’s name in the unredacted files that only members of Congress can access, Trump’s name appeared 'more than a million times.'

"So at least 99.5% of the references to Donald Trump in the DOJ Epstein files have been redacted."

 

[struth]

Another money shot linking Trump and Epstein:

First Draft: Jared Kushner... Redacted?

"Take Donald Trump. If you or I search his name in the library of redacted files released to the public on the DOJ website, his name appears almost 5,000 times.

"But this week, when Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, searched for the president’s name in the unredacted files that only members of Congress can access, Trump’s name appeared 'more than a million times.'

"So at least 99.5% of the references to Donald Trump in the DOJ Epstein files have been redacted."

Haha Jamie Raskin!

Why doesn’t Raskin tell us all what it says about him????

 

[Correll]

Another money shot linking Trump and Epstein:

First Draft: Jared Kushner... Redacted?

"Take Donald Trump. If you or I search his name in the library of redacted files released to the public on the DOJ website, his name appears almost 5,000 times.

"But this week, when Rep. Jamie Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, searched for the president’s name in the unredacted files that only members of Congress can access, Trump’s name appeared 'more than a million times.'

"So at least 99.5% of the references to Donald Trump in the DOJ Epstein files have been redacted."

Hey next time, you get a dem president, he can release the UNREDACTED files, and **** the victims.... err that came out wrong...

Will that make you happy?

 

[georgephillip]

Haha Jamie Raskin!

Why doesn’t Raskin tell us all what it says about him????

Raskin isn't hiding "millions of documents" relating to Trump's fifteen year long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein:

Unredacted Epstein files have Trump’s name 'everywhere,' POTUS mentioned 'more than a million' times

"A Democrat reviewing the unredacted Epstein files says Donald Trump’s name appears over a million times in the database, though not every mention may refer to the president.

"What exactly do those references contain, and why are millions of documents still hidden?"

 

[struth]

Raskin isn't hiding "millions of documents" relating to Trump's fifteen year long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein:

Unredacted Epstein files have Trump’s name 'everywhere,' POTUS mentioned 'more than a million' times

"A Democrat reviewing the unredacted Epstein files says Donald Trump’s name appears over a million times in the database, though not every mention may refer to the president.

"What exactly do those references contain, and why are millions of documents still hidden?"

Sure he is, he claims to have them and isn’t making the public

This reminds me of how the Dems claimed to have all that evidence of the Russian conspiracy with Trump in 2016, but never shared it…not even with mueller apparently