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As European Heads Roll From Epstein Links, U.S. Fallout Muted
Europe and Asia see arrests and resignations linked to Epstein, while U.S. reports no prosecutions beyond Maxwell despite reputational damage to prominent figures.
- Since December, the U.S. Department of Justice has been releasing batches of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, while a Global Post breakdown on Thursday showed intense fallout across Europe and Asia.
- A law passed by Congress forced publication of previously sealed U.S. Department of Justice files, revealing Jeffrey Epstein built a vast network of powerful contacts, tarnishing reputations even without clear criminal evidence.
- Among concrete consequences, Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday, and Norway charged former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland with 'gross corruption' last week.
- While abroad officials acted, in the United States only Ghislaine Maxwell is convicted, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, `In July the Department of Justice said that we had reviewed the quote Epstein files and there was nothing in there that allowed us to prosecute anybody`.
- Global Post warned the scandal was `just getting started`, reaching France, Latvia, Poland, India, Dubai and Israel, with several prominent Americans resigning last week.
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As European heads roll from Epstein links, US fallout muted
The arrest of former prince Andrew has underlined the striking contrast between Europe, where high-profile, powerful people are being held to account over their links to Jeffrey Epstein, and the United States, where the fallout has been limited.
'Uproar' as Epstein fallouts 'rocks' Europe — and it’s 'just getting started'
In contrast to the relatively muted consequences seen in the U.S., an extensive breakdown from the Global Post on Thursday showed the "intense" fallout of the Epstein files across Europe and Asia, and noted that the scandal was only "just getting started."The U.S. Department of Justice has been releasing batches of files related to its investigations into deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein since December, in accordance with a law passed by …
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