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““Prince Andrew was just arrested,” Rep. Tom Massie wrote on X on Thursday. “This was the metric I established for success of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that Rep. Ro Khanna and I got passed. Now we need JUSTICE in the United States. It’s time for [Attorney General Pam Bondi] and [FBI Director Kash Patel] to act!”” There’s been a small measure of accountability for the thousands of people who conspired with Jeffrey Epstein to abuse children. Unfortunately, almost all of it is happening outside the US. Here we sit, the self-proclaimed greatest country on Earth, the country that worships its justice system, that claims no one is above the law. And watch Europe treat this with the seriousness it deserves. And why? Because sitting in the Oval Office is Donald J. Trump, a man who had a long-documented social relationship with Epstein, appears in flight records, photographs, court documents, and has been referenced by victims in sworn filings abusing kids. By now his entire administration is stained by Jeffrey Epstein. Howard Lutnick. Elon Musk. Steve Bannon. The man who gave Epstein the sweetheart deal that allowed him to continue abusing girls for over another decade went on to become Trump’s Labor Secretary in his first term. Pam Bondi, when she was AG of Florida, had the power to intervene and didn’t. And now actively impedes meaningful attempts to get justice for Epstein’s survivors. We’ve had a smattering of consequences, but it’s thin. It’s nowhere near enough for anyone to feel like we’ve actually done something in this country for victims we claim to want to help. At the center of it all is a class of very powerful, very wealthy, very politically connected people who protect one another. I’ve thought that ‘the Epstein class’ was just another political slogan. But it’s becoming clear that is in indeed a particular class after all. It’s the same cocktail party. The same guest list. The same whispered cover-ups. Meanwhile, Europe is proving that some measure of justice is possible. But here? We have Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, and a parade of MAGA influencers all insisting there isn’t enough evidence to prosecute anyone. While the UN says there’s enough evidence to consider Epstein’s conduct crimes against humanity. The UK has shown it can hold even a former prince accountable. Meanwhile, in the US, we’re defaulting to the word of one powerful, wealthy man over the voices of thousands of victims. Our DOJ refuses to release the names accused by Epstein’s survivors. There’s not even the semblance of trying to get justice. But the harder they push a cover-up, the more pressure there is to release the files. The more we learn. The more it becomes clear that Trump and his inner circle are as much a part of the Epstein class as anyone else in this country. We watch powerful people face consequences while our President claims exoneration when he’s been anything but. And hear the defense offered that, “It’s not a crime to party with Jeffrey Epstein.” Maybe not legally. But at the very least it should be disqualifying morally. If you knew what was going on and did nothing you’re complicit in the ecosystem that made it possible. And there were a lot of people who did just that. Who were they? DJT admitted he was one of them.