Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew are about to be exposed in court papers along with around 200 other people connected to one Jeffrey Epstein. LMFAO. A US court decided in December that these papers - which have been kept hush-hush - will finally be unveiled because essentially: New York district judge Loretta Preska said, "No more secrets," and so the names are starting to drop TONIGHT. Even though the ex-US president and the Duke of York have already been tied to Epstein, this batch of hundreds of files might spill some new details. Because the documents mainly consist of legal arguments from a 2015 defamation case by Virginia Giuffre, Epstein's main accuser, against his former lover Ghislaine Maxwell. But the files were sealed or heavily edited to protect the identities of alleged victims, people not accused of anything shady, and absent third parties who might have gotten caught up in the mess. But let's dig into the deets... What's the deal with this case? So, Virginia Giuffre filed a lawsuit in 2015, claiming she was one of Epstein's main victims of underage sex-trafficking. She sued Ghislaine Maxwell for defamation after Maxwell's spokesperson called Giuffre's allegations "obvious lies." Maxwell tried to ditch the case, but the judge ruled that Giuffre was a victim of continuous underage abuse between 1999 and 2002. So that ruling opened the floodgates for Giuffre to go after others, including Prince Andrew, who she accused of "sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress." This case reportedly got settled for a shit tonne of cash in Feb 2022. The Duke always denied the claims. But the ruling played a role in the criminal case against Maxwell, who got nailed for grooming four girls for Epstein to abuse. So she's now serving 20 years in a US prison, trying to appeal. What's in the documents? The papers are all from the 2015 lawsuit by Giuffre. It's eight years ago now but they got sealed or redacted to keep un-connected parties' privacy intact, sort of thing. They could be folks accused of wrongdoing, sure. But they could also be a pilot or a cleaner or security. So the evidence may include people who worked for Epstein, flew on his planes, visited his homes, it could include potential victims and witnesses; The Miami Herald pushed to get these documents unsealed in 2018, citing public interest but for privacy and court process reasons it's taken until now. If and when they're unveiled, these documents will be the eighth tranche to come out. If you doubt their significance: the day after the first batch came out (2019), Epstein was found dead in his prison cell. Bill Clinton in the mix So, there's ~170 names in the file, and Clinton is mentioned in more than 50 of the logs. Reportedly he's labeled as "Doe 36." There's no indication of wrongdoing, but he was buddy-buddy with Epstein. There's rumours, there's pictures, - and Clinton's team hasn't appealed his naming in the ABC reports-of-late. What does that mean? Only time can tell. If it turns out that Clinton has flatly denied - for years - setting foot on that island, and then it turns out there's flight logs showing he was there, at precisely the same time as Giuffre's unblemished record of civil cases attests - Bill Clinton could find himself in a sticky situation. But equally, Donald Trump was very friendly with Epstein. He was getting sued for (then) raping a 13 year-old with Epstein, who reportedly only withdrew from the legal process for fear of what might happen to her if she pursued it. Prince Andrew's part According to ABC News, the redacted files will include evidence from "Jane Doe 162," who is Johanna Sjoberg. She claimed Prince Andrew touched her breast at Epstein's place in 2001. The Duke still denies it, and Buckingham Palace calls it "categorically untrue." But Judge Preska is cool with releasing names like hers since she's already been spilling the beans in media interviews. Which effectively means nothing new is coming out that hasn't already been broadcast. So that's fine for the court - legally speaking - but embarrassing for the Duke, for Buckingham Palace, because it corrobattes the story they already wish wasn't out htere. Anyway, that's it from me. Make sure you check out Punk Politix on YouTube or check out the Alternative Paper Reviews. Peace.
