I joined Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty to talk about the spell that Jeffrey Epstein seemed to cast over a “club” of global elites who looked the other way from his predations, even after the truth about him was laid bare in a Daily Beast series by Conchita Sarnoff in 2010.
I hate to suggest another podcast, but Ezra Klein’s recent NYT podcast discussion with Anand Giridharadas about the Jeffrey Epstein files helped me understand the big picture. I just couldn’t get my head around something this big and insidious and willfully overlooked… and, quite frankly, evil.
It baffles me as to why did prior AGs and their DOJs did not pursue this. Why was it brushed under the rug by so many for so long? There is no explanation for not tackling this when it first was noticed...... They should've pounced on this. Epstein was so evil.
But, what about Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother ? He knows everything; strangely he seems absent but there is nothing he does not know, he inherited JE's estate and was in business with him. He knew and knows all about the girls, aiding and abetting his brother structurally even if he did not directly abuse them.
Tina Brown is an excellent journalist and now podcaster. Having been in this sector for many years, it would enhance her deliveries if she rid herself of the verbal tic of, “You know.” Very distracting.
You absolutely nail it Tina, everything you say on every count, from your portrait of ms. Siegel who frankly I crossed once , never again is all I can say …
I also knew there was something wrong with to those picture of poor Virginia Guiffre on the boat with Naomi and co. How on earth did that happen , as you say wouldn’t someone have asked who was she with? It beggars belief ..
She does look 12, and really lost. My heart breaks seeing that picture.
I have pointed those pictures out several times they are a window into that horrible world.
On top of everything She’s quoted as saying that someone was mean to her, you can guess who.
Another point is a boat would have a list of people, or any decent boat would for safety purposes .
That you broke this story and people continued to see him is also mind blowing.
I hate to suggest another podcast, but Ezra Klein’s recent NYT podcast discussion with Anand Giridharadas about the Jeffrey Epstein files helped me understand the big picture. I just couldn’t get my head around something this big and insidious and willfully overlooked… and, quite frankly, evil.
It baffles me as to why did prior AGs and their DOJs did not pursue this. Why was it brushed under the rug by so many for so long? There is no explanation for not tackling this when it first was noticed...... They should've pounced on this. Epstein was so evil.
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Tina, you are always spot on.
But, what about Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother ? He knows everything; strangely he seems absent but there is nothing he does not know, he inherited JE's estate and was in business with him. He knew and knows all about the girls, aiding and abetting his brother structurally even if he did not directly abuse them.
Tina Brown is an excellent journalist and now podcaster. Having been in this sector for many years, it would enhance her deliveries if she rid herself of the verbal tic of, “You know.” Very distracting.
You absolutely nail it Tina, everything you say on every count, from your portrait of ms. Siegel who frankly I crossed once , never again is all I can say …
I also knew there was something wrong with to those picture of poor Virginia Guiffre on the boat with Naomi and co. How on earth did that happen , as you say wouldn’t someone have asked who was she with? It beggars belief ..
She does look 12, and really lost. My heart breaks seeing that picture.
I have pointed those pictures out several times they are a window into that horrible world.
On top of everything She’s quoted as saying that someone was mean to her, you can guess who.
Another point is a boat would have a list of people, or any decent boat would for safety purposes .
That you broke this story and people continued to see him is also mind blowing.
Thank you for everything you do. X