▲ 57 ▼ We're going to get an Oscar-nominated film about Jeffery Epstein before any real justice from the Epstein files (archive.ph) submitted 4 months ago by deforestgump@hexbear.net to c/slop@hexbear.net 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) In america* permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) I wish I could share your optimism, but Andy and Mandelson being arrested for a few hours then being allowed to continue to live their lives of obscene luxury in a country with deepening cost of living and child poverty crises, hardly counts as real justice Hopefully they both get convicted of misconduct in a public office and given the maximum sentences, but until it actually happens I'm sceptical that it will, and even then that charge barely scrapes the surface of the criminal depravity they engaged in facilitated by Epstein. Maybe other investigations by i.e. Poland lead to some consequences, but again I'll believe it when I see it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) I wish I could share your optimism, but Andy and Mandelson being arrested for a few hours then being allowed to continue to live their lives of obscene luxury in a country with deepening cost of living and child poverty crises, hardly counts as real justice Hopefully they both get convicted of misconduct in a public office and given the maximum sentences, but until it actually happens I'm sceptical that it will, and even then that charge barely scrapes the surface of the criminal depravity they engaged in facilitated by Epstein. Maybe other investigations by i.e. Poland lead to some consequences, but again I'll believe it when I see it permalink fedilink source parent